WHAT HAVE BEEN THE TOP BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GUESTS I HAVE HAD ON MY STRATEGY BITES PODCAST TO DATE?
Do you have a few minutes to read? No matter where you are or what you’re doing, reading can be a great way to expand your knowledge. My guests typically come from Management Consulting or the world of Strategy, and have succeeded in their chosen paths. So by spending a few minutes reading my blog or listening to my podcast, you can likely benefit in some way.
Managers are always looking for ways to improve their management skills. Instead of taking a course, why not read the best books on management? These books have been recommended by top consultants around the world. Find out which ones you should be reading!
🎆Toby Norton-Smith-Smith-MD of X15 Ventures
📕Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies by Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, David Wessels
🎆Deanne Stewart -CEO of Aware Super
📕The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
📕The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues by Patrick Lencioni
🎆Jean Hayden – Strategy & Operations Director Google Cloud
📕True North: A Memoir by Jill Ker Conway &
📕Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro
🎆James Twiss – CEO – Beforepay
📕War & Peace Novel by Leo Tolstoy
🎆Diane Smith-Gander AO – ED & NED and Former McKinsey Partner
📕Mentally at Work: Optimising health and business performance through connection by Genevieve Hawkins
📕Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick: People, Probabilities, and Big Moves to Beat the Odds by Chris Bradley, Martin Hirt, and Sven Smit
📕Not Always Diplomatic: An Australian Woman’s Journey Through international affairs by Sue Boyd
🎆Rob Marcolina Group Executive at Qantas
📕 The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
🎆 Joao Segorbe EGM Strategy & Corporate Development at AGL Australia
📕 The Signal and the Noise By Nate Silver
🎆 Fiona Hayes-St.Clair Chief Strategy Officer at QBE
🎙️ Brene Brown Podcast / Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell / Exponential View by Harvard Business Review
🎆 John Lydon Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company
📕 Humble Consulting: How to Provide Real Help Faster by Edgar Schein
🎆 Anthony Millet Global Partner at Antler
📕 The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
🎆 Felix S. Danziger at HDPartners
📕 Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations by Brené Brown
🎆 Victor Cheng CEO & Coach at Caseinterview.com
📕 The Obstacle Is the Way Book by Ryan Holiday
🎆 Amanda Price Partner in Charge, Ventures KPMG Australia
📕 The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
🎆 Tim Moore Director at Dorado Capital
📕 Wealth, War and Wisdom by Barton Biggs
🎆 Lili Sussman Chief Strategy Officer at Wisr
📕 The Power of Vulnerability by Brené Brown
🎆 Liana Downey Chief Executive Officer at Common Ground
🎙️ The Placebo Effect – Ted Talk
🎆 Leah Weckert Chief Executive Commercial and Coles Express at Coles
📽️📺 The Power of Vulnerability / The Call to Courage by Brené Brown
🎆 Tennealle O’ Shannessy Chief Executive Officer at Adore Beauty
📕 Thinking, fast, and slow by Daniel Kahneman
🎆 Paul Mullins Board Member at Investigo
📽️ Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
🎆 Ilan Israelstam Board Member at Betashares
📕 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Good to Great by Jim Collins
🎆 Stephanie Knight Chief Learning Officer at Management Consulted
📕📽️ Works of Brené Brown
🎆 Adam Jacobs Co-Founder at Hatch
📕 The Consolations of Philosophy by Alian de Botton
🎆 Lucy Wark Founder at Normal
📕 Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas
🎆 Stuart Fitzroy Managing Director APAC at Rokt
📕 Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
🎆 Joshua Taylor VP Strategy & Insights at PepsiCo
🎙️ Hardcore History by Dan Parlin
🎆 Victor Cheng CEO at CaseInterview
📕 Richistan by Robert Frank
🎆 Katrina Barry CEO at me&u
🎙️ Legacy Podcast
🎆 Steve Duke Host of Two Roads Podcast
📕 When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi / Designing your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans / Lost Connections by Johann Hari
🎆 Asha Walsh Associate Partner at Oaktree Talent
📕 Lean In by Cheryl Sandberg
🎆 Sophie Hayek CEO at PropHero
📕 Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard
🎆 Milosh Milisavljevic Chief Customer Officer at Medibank
📕 Essentialism by Greg McKeown / Effortless by Greg McKeown / Lost Connection by Johann Hari / Bittersweet by Susan Cain / No Rules Rules by Erin Meyer & Reed Hastings
🎆 Anna Podolsky, CEO at Lyka
📕 Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath / Atomic Habits by James Clear
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