BOOKS THAT WORK

Flexible work can enable us to successfully deliver productivity and wellbeing. Flexperts fronts into the challenges, like disconnection, organisational culture and leadership and how to develop flexible working as an individual, team and organisation.

Owen Eastwood is a high performance coach, who has worked with teams like the Royal Ballet in London, England Football, South African Cricket and Nato, centring his work on ‘belonging’ - a basic human need.

The world is changing rapidly, will you be a bystander leader - ignoring change as it happens around you, or will you be an upstander leader contributing to positive change?

2023 has started with a climate change wake up call in New Zealand – many communities have been hit by, and are reeling from, weather related disasters. A question for all of us as business leaders, and in our organisations wherever in the world we are, how prepared are we to work through and support our people and communities recover from these sorts of disasters?

Business books don’t have the monopoly on providing insights and inspiration to make work better. Aroha is a beautiful small book that contains 52 whakataukī - or Māori proverbs providing life lessons, guidance and notes of caution. Aroha tell stories that help anchor different ways of looking at work, teams and working.

A numbers person is someone who understands the metrics, can read what they are given, looks for trends in the data and can communicate the data to others.  They have conversations about action, are future focused and solutions orientated.  They think slowly and critically about the data they have. Numbers people are enjoy seeing evidence of their impact, and knowing they are making a di...

This playbook explains how respect, fairness, integrity, attention, empathy, humility and courage are the characteristics of the compassionate leader. And it’s not all about putting everyone first – compassionate leadership starts with self compassion.

Psychologist, Dr Sarb Johal, helps us navigate uncertainty, understanding how our brain drives our reactions, the role of structure and habit in creating calm and how self regulation makes us more creative, positive and optimistic.

Future You helps us challenge our assumptions and embrace the future - harnessing the creative benefits of change, learning all the way from Gen Z, by observing as leaders and making sure we have flexibility and spontaneity in what we do. Author, entrepreneur and educator Frances Valintine leads by example in this.

In a post-pandemic world flexible work has blurred the boundary between our professional and personal lives. How do we take back control, deal with the demands of work and have greater freedoms?

Drawing on a decade of research and experience of creatively solving problems with Design Thinking, Experiencing Design challenges us to deeply understand what Design Thinking is, and how it can shake-up the way we lead and work together.

From ideas to funding, history shows us that innovation has been stifled because of gender - hear the examples from author Katrine Marçal and how we might change to bring more innovation and ideas to life.

Learn what created the culture at Netflix from their Chief Talent Officer of 14 years Patty McCord, and how this applies today in a Covid world. Powerful takes us inside culture lessons from Silicon Valley and sheds light on what a culture of freedom and responsibility does for people, teams and organisations. Hear about concepts such as relentlessly focusing on the future, a recipe for building g...

Learn how perspective, perspective on ourselves and others and what behaviours are created through fear of loss at work to develop wiser, more compassionate leadership.

Why does it matter to feel the pain of change and embrace the grief that comes with change? How do you find patience and hope? And what role does being clear on your values help in recovering from change? Plan B lays out this and more to master change.

Understand the pitfalls of always wanting to ‘win’ or be right at work and how a different approach changes how we operate and the results we can achieve.. Learn the difference between Radiators and Drains, how bad bosses can be great bosses and why awards matter.

Former Sportsgirl and Sussan CEO Colleen Callander’s story of leadership success is centred on changing the emphasis from profit to people, purpose and passion. She’s a leader who plays the long game – putting people first and knowing profit will follow.  Colleen is proof that this approach to leadership works. Leader by Design shares the things that Colleen knows creates successful lead...

This Empathy episode is essential if you: Are leading a team through a particularly tough challenge Want to master the art of connection with your team Are keen to build a diverse and inclusive culture Run a company and want to grow a culture with a strong sense of belonging Hear what empathy is, how we’re wired to be empathetic and why it makes business sense.  

Discover the case for trust – even though it’s time consuming, can be risky and the return isn’t always obvious - learn why trust matters, what anchors trust and practical ways for how to build it.

Discover a proven formula for a 4 day week that maintains productivity and ensures 100% of pay for the workforce. As we grapple with what workplaces and the workforce looks like and needs in a Covid 19 world where many people are questioning the role work plays in their lives, there’s no better time to get serious about learning about the 4 Day Week.

Learn what confidence is, why it matters and how to build it. It’s worth it, as confidence can make us healthier, happy, wealthier, kinder and more motivated.

Key insights from six Books That Work authors to help lift our sights to thrive at work, as individuals and to help build good workplace cultures. A Books That Work episode special.

We take the best and most useful bits of our business books to date to provide a shortcut into the skills we need from our leaders.

Get insights into the importance of flexibility in leadership, how to make good decisions, the power of systems leadership, the language strategic leaders use and the questions they ask.

Discover what burnout looks like, what causes it, how to spot it and what to do about it personally and as leaders.