The Leadership Book Review: Recent Episodes
Chris Alexander
This podcast is ideal if you're looking for a new leadership book to delve in to, or want to hear about how times have changed by hearing about books from the past. The Leadership Book Review is a brief summary of a book followed by some detailed commentary about how useful it is, how nice it is to read, and what you might take away from it. New episodes Fridays.
A psychologist looks at why passion and resilience - or grit - are the secrets to success. With Ella Podmore.
When you find yourself given a lot of responsibility quickly, this book might help you navigate how to ask for the assistance you need to succeed.
Let go of what you can't control and learn to lead a happier work life, if you can get through the profanity at the start.
Situational Leadership is brought into the world of the One Minute Manager. The advice in this one is actually quite useful in places, but the storytelling style is still quite annoying.
Deliberately marooning himself hundreds of miles from help, seeking to last the Antarctic winter, this book tells the story of Byrd's adventure, alone, in his own words.
This book takes a detailed, well referenced and well sourced look at just how biased Silicon Valley is against women and minorities. At times a distressing and disturbing read for the detailed descriptions of how the business world of the Valley is stacked against women.
This book is a mimic and parody of the One Minute Manager series, helping employees stay one step ahead of their One Minute-adhering boss.
For a change, the One Minute Manager seeks some advice, and comes up with some advice about health and wellbeing that are generally accepted nowadays.
I hadn't picked this book for its leadership knowledge potential, but it turns out there might be something we can learn about values from Mike Pence.
The One Minute Manager crosses over with an analogy about monkeys being problems as a means to help you delegate.
Hailing from the 1970's, The One Minute Manager spawned a whole series of books and a lot of change in management. But nowadays it's showing its age. Take a look at what's changed, and where there are lessons yet still to be learnt.
This is a little gem of a book from Harvard's 20 Minute Manager series. It covers several areas relevant to managing up, although it's not perfect. Find out what to expect from the book and what you can take away from it in this review.
Find out why I found this book to be really useful to me personally, and also what you can take away from it if you find yourself to be a leaf in a very large tree. There is great advice here too for leaders looking to inspire their team.