Library
We base many of our programs and solutions off of the ideas of some of the most innovative thinkers. Always reading, we constantly add to our library of knowledge so we can craft interventions from the latest insights. Here we want to share some of our favorite must-reads with you, so you can start learning from the thinkers who inspire us every day.
Classics
These are the essentials we feel everyone should have on their bookshelf.
The Wisdom
of Teams: Creating the High Performance Organization
Douglas Smith and Jon Katzenbach
Understand what real team performance means.
The Five
Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni
Leaders play a vital role in demonstrating to a team how they can overcome these five dysfunctions.
Drive: The
Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel Pink
We build all of our engagement programs through Pink's three key drivers.
Why Should
Anyone Be Led by You? What It Takes to Be an Authentic Leader
Gareth R. Jones and Robert Goffee
The best leaders build off of their strengths and personality.
The Art of
Possibility
Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
The arts transform the way we see ourselves, our connections, and our working lives.
Power: Why
Some People Have It - and Others Don't
Jeffery Pfeffer
Certain things out of our control can give us a power advantage.
Rework
David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried
Rework moves us to rethink our complete work structures with inspiring ideas ready for implementation.
It Doesn't
Have to be Crazy at Work
David Heinemeier Hansson and Jason Fried
Learn to better balance work so you can increase performance.
Exponential
Organizations
Michael S. Malone, Salim Ismail, and Yuri van Geest
Modern organizations need new ideas so they can be flexible and compete.
Delivering
Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Tony Hsieh
An inspiring insight into a laboratory of company culture.
The Designful
Company
Patrick Marty Neumeier
To solve some of the toughest problems in every industry, we need to learn to think like designers.
Resonate
Nancy Duarte
Become motivated to craft thoughts and visions into meaningful communication templates.
Who Says
Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround
Louis V. Gerstner Jr.
The impossible transformation of an old, large organization.
The Connected Company
Dave Gray and Thomas Vander Wal
A blueprint for building a company around principles such as customer-centricity and breaking down silos.
Reinventing
Organizations
Frederic Laloux
These tools help leaders understand what needs to be done to make evolutionary leaps in an organization.
Culture
Blueprint: The Step-By-step Guide to Shift and Design Your Company Culture
Robert Richman
The right people are key to intentionally shaping culture.
Kill the
Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution
Lisa Bodell
Risk and trust are central to innovative companies. Bodell helps us get there.
The Power of
WOW
The Employees of Zappos.com, Tony Hsieh, and Mark Dagostino
When the employees of a company engage with its culture, it brings customer service to a new level.
Traction
Gino Wickman
A blueprint for bringing joy, growth, and productivity to the workplace.
Unique
Ability
Catherine Nomura and Julia Walker
Find your strengths so that you will love what you do.
No Rules Rules
Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
A look at how Netflix became one of the most progressive employers in the world.
The Reengineering Alternative
William E. Schneider
Find the path to organizational change that works specifically for your company.
Primed to Perform
Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor
Build a great culture through a scientific and sustainable approach.
The Culture Book
Weeva & Culturati
The guide to building your company's culture by learning from those who have succeeded and failed.
Wilfull Blindness
Margaret Heffernan
Why do we put our heads in the sand when things get difficult? Learn why and how to rise above it and address the issues at hand.
Humanocracy
Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini
Break past stagnant business traditions and implement a system that fits the modern company and the people within it.
The Culture Puzzle
Mario Moussa
The book for companies to find the essential elements of their own culture and build it into an adaptive and and high-functioning model.
Tribal Leadership
David Logan & John King
Team success is often greatly dependent on a manager's ability to lead. Discover the five stages of work tribes and how to become the great tribal leader.
Courageous
Cultures
Karin Hurt & David Dye
Company's shouldn't be afraid to allow their employees to ask questions and confront issues. Provide a safe space for employees to question, grow and innovate and the culture of empowerment will bring great opportunities!
The Culture Code
Daniel Coyle
Understand how to look past the individual expertise of employees and learn how to create a strong working environment.
Leading with Questions
Michael Marquardt
Create space for growth and innovation by asking the right questions in the right way.
The Hero Factor
Jeffrey Hayzett and Jim Ebder
Learn how to put your ego aside to be the best manager for your team.
Radical Focus
Christina Wodtke
Understand how to implement OKRs and focus your goals and direction for success.
Multipliers
Liz Wiseman
Be a multiplier of intelligence by building your team up with encouragement, positivity and trust.
The Agile Culture
Pollyanna Pixton, Paul Gibson, Niel Nickolaisen
Create shared goals and ownership within your organization to make it adaptable.
Corporate Culture
Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle
Building staying-power and recognizability through a clear company culture.
Grit
Angela Duckworth
A scientific look at the success behind the addage 'when the going gets tough, the tough gets going'.
Conscious Capitalism
John Mackey and Raj Sisodia
Business success doesn't have to come at the expense of employees, nature and so many other things. Ethical capitalism can be the long-term solution,
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
Understanding and learning the power of communication and persuasion in any situation.
The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
Learn how to get things done right using the simple yet effective system of the checklist