Managing Real People

The books, in order

1. 1

   Leadership · 15 min

   The One Minute Manager

   Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

   Separating the specific mistake from the person's worth as a whole is what makes a correction get heard instead of just triggering defensiveness.

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2. 2

   Leadership · 18 min

   First, Break All the Rules

   Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

   The culture a company advertises gets its concrete meaning from the way a manager organizes an ordinary day.

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3. 3

   Leadership · 15 min

   Dare to Lead

   Brené Brown

   Keeping your armor on all the time protects a leader's image, but it costs you a team that rarely feels safe enough to disagree.

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4. 4

   Leadership · 16 min

   Leadership: The Power of Emotional Intelligence

   Daniel Goleman

   Feeling irritation rise before it turns into shouting opens a gap of a few seconds that changes the direction of the whole conversation.

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5. 5

   Leadership · 16 min

   Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value

   Bill George

   Knowing someone's job title is management; knowing the name of their child is genuine leadership.

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6. 6

   Leadership · 15 min

   Tribal Leadership

   Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright

   In the stage where everyone tries to shine alone, information becomes a hidden currency, and the group works harder and more exhausted than the collective result justifies.

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7. 7

   Leadership · 16 min

   The Infinite Game

   Simon Sinek

   A company has no finish line: the player who treats the market as if it will end on a set date is the one who leaves the table soonest.

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8. 8

   Leadership · 16 min

   The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

   Grant Cardone

   Most people fail less from a lack of talent and more from miscalculating how much effort their goal actually takes.

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9. 9

   Leadership · 18 min

   The Virgin Way

   Richard Branson

   Truly listening to the people who serve customers reveals solutions that no board meeting could uncover.

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10. 10

    Leadership · 17 min

    Quiet Leadership

    Carlo Ancelotti

    The tactical system must adapt to the genius of the available talent, never forcing athletes into rigid theoretical molds.

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