Fierce Leadership
Fantastic book based around Susan Scott’s idea that you change the world ‘one conversation at a time’. Highly applicable to school leadership. Key Takeaways: Squid Eye. Squids are impossible to see. So instead you...
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Right to Lead Maxwell (Kindle)
A good summary of Maxwell’s other leadership books. This is also its weakness as if you have read his other works it is primarily quotes from those books. Summary Men are alike in their...
David & Goliath – Underdogs, Misfits and the art of battling giants by Malcolm Gladwell
Point 1: Play to you’re advantages and strengths Sometimes what we think is an advantage is actually a disadvantage. The key point of this book is that trying to play the Giant’s game will...
Predictably Irrational
Dan Ariely Dan Ariely is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Behavioral Economics at MIT. His work has been featured in leading scholarly journals as well as a variety of popular media outlets, including...
First 90 days – key ideas
Introduction The key idea of this book is that the actions you take during your first three months in a will determine whether you succeed or fail. If you fail to build momentum during...
Good to great
Collins book Good to Great researches successful companies and draws out key features of those that have made the transition from Good to Great. A summary of the key ideas: Confront the Brutal Facts...
