BOOKS THAT WORK

Silver Linings shares the magic that turned the pandemic clouds on the horizon into silver linings. It teaches us about the Kiwi leadership and running businesses that should also make a difference to how we operate now and in the future.

Suneel Gupta was the poster child for failure before he uncovered how to turn ideas into backable ideas and action. He shares the seven surprising changes we can make to get people to take a chance on us. Backable encourages us to think and do some things differently to make ourselves ‘backable’.

Judith Beck draws on decades of experience as an executive recruiter to share what sets the top 10 percent of people apart. She believes the key to speeding up our career progression is to think as individuals, not as genders, and when we do this the sooner their will be equality for everyone

This is the story of achievement, and how small steps of cultivating positivity can give anyone a competitive edge. Deena Kastor is proof that scanning the world for goodness can create a whole new channel of energy to reach our potential and open possibilities. 

Global Generation has been building communities while building gardens in London since 2004. Hear the leadership stories that emerged during this time and how models centred on “I, we and the planet’ can help our thinking when tackling work and organisational problems and opportunities.

A formula for unleashing our inner brilliance as leaders, to make a difference for ourselves and our teams. Be Brilliant teaches us how to own our own spotlight. Proudly – like flamingos. We’re challenged to get on the good side of the self doubt versus self belief and invisible and visible continnuim.  To do any of this and to lead our teams we need to own our own spotlight, and the assets w...

Gail Kelly passionately argues for putting people and customers at the heart of a business and leading with courage and generosity of spirit. Gail is a leader worth following, whose pragmatic, practical advice and tips are inspiring and motivating for any leader or any person wanting to know more about what good leadership looks like. Learn from Gail’s experience and insights about being bold, bac...

What will jobs look like in the future? Will Artificial Intelligence and robots take over? What chance have I got to survive and thrive at work with so much technological change? What the future of work looks like is worrying many people according to research.  Forever Skills provides a raft of calm in the boiling ocean of concern and uncertainty about the future of work. Uncover the 12 skill...

The playbook for how to create a great place to work.  Practical, straight up advice and tips as a leader or to get your organisation and team to sit up and take culture seriously. Making culture the number one priority for organisations and team, with investment to match. Culture is the thing that gets people out of bed in the morning and is often the last thing they think of before they go...

In this pilot Books That Work episode we talk about being a change maker, working out what drives you, how to open your thinking to doing things differently, trying out new things at work and just going for it, courageously. Get five actionable things to try or test at work as well.