Be Great: The Five Foundations of an Extraordinary Life By Peter Thomas
BOOK: Thomas reveals the importance of personal Values and how to discover your own. Building on a values foundation he shows us how to use Focus, Visualization, Inspiration, and Reflection to reach our unlimited potential.
Emergenetics: Tap Into the New Science of Success By Geil Browning
BOOK: A brain-based approach to personality profiling that gives you the keys you need to discover not only your own natural strengths and talents, but also those of others.
The Brain in Love: 12 Lessons to Enhance Your Love Life By Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
BOOK: Based on Dr. Daniel Amen’s cutting-edge neuroscience research, The Brain in Love shares twelve lessons that help you enhance your love life through understanding and improving brain function.
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It's Not About the Coach By: Marshall Goldsmith
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The best leaders may be the ones least noticed.
A lot of what passes for leadership development in companies can be a waste of time. See if you recognize this process. Your company taps you as a future leader. It sends you to "leadership camp," which can last anywhere from a day to a couple of weeks. You're entertained by a parade of speakers (like me), and afterward you're required to critique the speakers and rate how effective they were. If the company is particularly rigorous about gathering information, you may be asked to critique the hotel and the food. But nobody is critiquing you. Nobody is following up to see what you learned or if you have actually become a more effective leader. As a result, the people who may be learning (and changing) the most are the speakers, the hotel staff members, and the cooks.
This is an odd thing that points out a huge fallacy about the process of helping people change for the better. We focus too much on the salesperson rather than the customer. We focus on the speaker rather than the learner. We focus on the coach rather than the person being coached. We focus too much on the leader rather than the people doing the work.
It's certainly true in my coaching. Of the great clients I have had the privilege to work with, Hal may be my star pupil. His coworkers judged him to have improved more than anyone I've worked with.
Hal managed a division of about 40,000 people in one of the world's largest organizations. His CEO recognized that Hal was a great leader and wanted him to expand his role by providing more leadership in building synergy across divisions. The CEO asked me to work with him. Hal eagerly accepted this challenge and involved his team. Together, they established the most rigorous project-management process I've ever seen. Each person took responsibility for creating positive synergy. They regularly reported on their efforts in reaching out to colleagues across the company to build teamwork.
How Brain Science Can Change Coaching By Ray B. Williams "Coaching has evolved into a much more sophisticated profession based on knowledge from many other disciplines. Now brain science research has potential for having the greatest impact on coaching individuals and leaders in organizations."
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The Neuroscience of Leadership: The Brain and Change By Judith Bell Leaders who understand what is occurring in the brain while learning is taking place can create an environment in which people are free to make mistakes and learn from them.
“Being Here” by Edward Teach
Making big changes in a business is always difficult. Can managers make it easier by mastering the art of “presence”? free
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
BOOK: According to Dweck there are two types of "mindsets": fixed and growth. Which mindset do you possess, and how is it affecting your success and happiness?
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
BOOK: Drawing on cutting-edge neurobiological research and Eastern meditation practices, as well as studies conducted by his own, L.A.-based Mindsight Institute, Siegel explains how mindfulness and empathy can literally rewire the brain and catalyze greater personal fulfillment.
Unchain Your Brain
BOOK: An easy-to-follow, step-by-step program that shows you how to boost your brain so you can kick your bad habits.
It's Not About the Coach By: Marshall Goldsmith
How Brain Science Can Change Coaching 
The Neuroscience of Leadership: The Brain and Change 
