Build leadership through partner practice, daily solo practice, and real-world application

The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader · Richard Strozzi-Heckler

Grade every teaching pitch for boldness before it gets watered down to the safe middle

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation · Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson

Teach customers something they don't know about their business — then show why only you can fix it

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation · Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson

The scarcest resource is not time — it is the willingness to think long-term in a world addicted to busyness

The Real Reason We're All So Busy (and What to Do About It) · Dorie Clark

Identify your leadership archetype and master its shadow to bridge the gap to greatness

The Leadership Gap · Lolly Daskal

Combine high demands with high support to build gritty cultures

Angela Duckworth - Grit The Power of Passion and Perseverance at Talks at Google · Angela Duckworth

Innovation leaders do not create the vision—they create the conditions for collective genius

How to Manage for Collective Creativity · Linda Hill

Trust has three drivers—find your wobble and fix it

How to Build (and Rebuild) Trust · Frances Frei

Understanding Toyota Production System through the lens of interconnected system properties

The Modern Theory of the Toyota Production System · Phillip Marksberry

Recognize and navigate the moments when the fundamentals of your business change dramatically

Inside Intel · Tim Jackson

Create a system where the best ideas win regardless of hierarchy

How to Build a Company Where the Best Ideas Win · Ray Dalio

Engineer learning environments that make equality inevitable

The power of believing that you can improve · Carol Dweck

Power is never held alone and the most dangerous position is number one without allies

Chimpanzee Politics · Frans de Waal

Map competence and commitment to unlock the right support approach

Leadership and the One Minute Manager · Ken Blanchard

Build winning teams by weeding out takers and protecting generous givers

Are you a giver or a taker? · Adam Grant

Diagnose and upgrade your organization's culture through five tribal stages

Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization · Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright

Uncover your personal or organizational purpose through structured story-gathering

Find Your Why · Simon Sinek, David Mead, Peter Docker

Teams win when they support each other rather than compete against each other

Jocko Podcast 114 w/ Leif Babin - How to Lead and Win. · Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

Play to keep playing rather than to win and you build companies that endure

If You Want To Be SUCCESSFUL In Life, Master This ONE SKILL! | Simon Sinek · Simon Sinek

Take ownership of influencing those above you, not just below

Jocko Podcast 114 w/ Leif Babin - How to Lead and Win · Leif Babin

Build voluntary associations that multiply individual power and create the social infrastructure for collective achievement

Democracy in America · Alexis de Tocqueville

Eliminate organizational friction through crystal-clear commitments

The Great CEO Within · Matt Mochary

Identify when organizational behavior diverges from stated values

Losing Faith: How the Grove Survivors Led the Decline of Intels Corporate Culture · Bob Coleman and Logan Shrine

Reach the point where you contribute more than you consume

The First 90 Days · Michael D. Watkins

Ask what does life want from me instead of what do I want from life

Two Pages with MBS - Liz Wiseman on Impact Players and Multipliers · Liz Wiseman

Diagnose team dysfunction by starting at the foundation

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Summary · Patrick Lencioni

Give someone immense power and no budget to find asymmetric wins

Sweat the small stuff · Rory Sutherland

Lead with equanimity, bold vision, and decisive action when uncertainty is highest

The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism · Olivia Fox Cabane

Make yourself useful on the work that matters most, especially in ambiguity

Liz Wiseman on Impact Players - Two Pages with MBS Podcast · Liz Wiseman

Givers are at both the bottom and top of every success metric—the key is weeding out takers

Are You a Giver or a Taker · Adam Grant

The best leaders combine fierce resolve with personal humility

Jim Collins — A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath · Jim Collins

Structure, not culture, determines whether organizations nurture or kill breakthrough ideas

Loonshots Framework · Safi Bahcall

Find what's already working and scale it, rather than diagnosing what's broken and fixing it

Adam Grant WorkLife - How to Change Your Workplace · Adam Grant

Paint a vivid picture, appeal to identity, shrink the change — in that order

Adam Grant WorkLife - How to Change Your Workplace · Adam Grant

Build trust before crisis or it will not exist during crisis

Simon Sinek: Opens Up About His Struggle with Loneliness, Love, Dating! · Simon Sinek

Impact, execution, and optics — align all three or fail at one

Shreyas Doshi on Pre-Mortems, the LNO Framework, and Strategy vs. Execution · Shreyas Doshi

Lead your team the way great parents raise their children

Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe · Simon Sinek

Great leaders protect their people from internal danger to unleash external performance

Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe · Simon Sinek

Healthy organizations outperform smart ones every time

The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team with Patrick Lencioni · Patrick Lencioni

Study your best performers, not your average, to raise the whole curve

The Happy Secret to Better Work · Shawn Achor

Sustain change

Leading change - John Kotter · Must Read Summaries

Empower employees

Leading change - John Kotter · Must Read Summaries

Create a vision

Leading change - John Kotter · Must Read Summaries

Leading change

Leading change - John Kotter · Must Read Summaries

Organizing for hypergrowth

Inside the Tornado: Marketing Strategies From Silicon Valley's Cutting Edge · Geoffrey A. Moore

Promote a culture of learning and growth

Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well · Douglas Stone

Build an organization that can prosper far beyond the presence of any single leader and through multiple product life cycles

Built to Last · Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras

Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership · John C. Maxwell

Create an environment of complete honesty and openness where issues are surfaced and dealt with directly

Principles: Life and Work · Ray Dalio

Mapping influence networks and building strategic alliances to advance your agenda beyond direct authority

The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded_Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter · Michael D. Watkins