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So you think you can lead a team?: The Reading List

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In the first half of 2025 I presented a number of times on team leading. During the talk I reference a number of books which have helped me become a better team leader:

The One Minute Manager
Kenneth Blanchard
ISBN-13: ‎978-0008128043

The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey
Ken Blanchard, Hal Burrows
ISBN-13: 978-0007116980

 

Leadership & The One Minute Manager

by Kenneth Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, Drea Zigarmi

ISBN-13: 978-0007103416


How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
ISBN-13: 978-8183631297

What did you say? The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
Charles N. Seashore, Edith Whitfield Seashore, Gerald M. Weinberg
ISBN-13: 978-0965043007

 

Nonviolent Communication
Marshall B. Rosenberg
ISBN: 978-1-892005-28-1

 

Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change

Kent Beck

ISBN-13: 978-0321278654

 

Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track
by Will Larson and Shaula Evans
ISBN-13: 978-1736417911

 

 

The listening list:

 

How to Make Friends and Influence People

Terrorvision 

 

The Work

Rivers of Nihil



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  1. Anonymous4 March 2025 at 06:34

    Excellent - but the most interesting sounding one appears to be missing - about using non-violent language?

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    1. Anonymous4 March 2025 at 06:36

      Well spotted! I've added it.

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    2. Anonymous4 March 2025 at 06:50

      Excellent - thank you :-)

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