Good To Great

Good To Great

By Jim Collins

In this book, Jim Collins uncovers the underlying variables that enable any type of organization to make the leap from good to great while other organizations remain only good. Rigorously supported by evidence, his findings are surprising – at times even shocking – to the modern mind. Buy from amazon

 

The Toyota Way Fieldbook

The Toyota Way Fieldbook

By Jeffrey Liker

Jeffrey Liker first revealed the management principles Toyota’s worldwide reputation for quality and reliability in the international bestseller The Toyota Way.

Now, he and Toyota veteran David Meier take those lessons a step further with The Toyota Way Fieldbook. You’ll receive the diagnostic tools, worksheets, and exercises–many adapted from Toyota originals–so you can craft the most effective approach for your organization. Buy from amazon

Blue Ocean Strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy

By W. Chan Kim

Written by the business world’s new gurus, Blue Ocean Strategy continues to challenge everything you thought you knew about competing in today’s crowded market place. Based on a study of 150 strategic moves spanning more than a hundred years and thirty industries, authors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne argue that lasting success comes from creating ‘blue oceans’: untapped new market spaces ripe from growth.Buy from amazon

 

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

By Stephen R. Covey

Hugely acclaimed, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People discusses and brings together the many closely relatable dilemmas that people are most often faced with, on both the professional and the personal fronts of their lives. The book, in combination, offers its readers with integrated and rationally augmented solutions to face these problems head on and fix them with integrity.Buy from amazon

 

The Goal

The Goal

By Eliyahu M. Goldratt

The main protagonist of the story is Alex Rogo who is a manager of the production plant of UniCo Manufacturing. The plant schedules run behind time and are in extremely low efficiency levels, posing a threat to the sustainability of the company. In the event of such an emergency situation, Bill Peach, a company executive informs Alex that the latter has three months in hand to convert the plant into a profitable and successful one. A parallel story of Alex’s troubled marriage develops through the book.Buy from amazon

 

Cartoon Guide to Statistics

Cartoon Guide to Statistics

By Larry Gonick

If you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart, tried to watch the Bernoulli Trails on “People’s Court,” or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six states, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Statistics to put you on the road to statistical literacy.Buy from amazon

 

The One Thing

The One Thing

By Gary Keller

The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results is a 2013 book written by authors Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. The book, The One Thing, explains how the habit to succeed can be incorporated in our life to overcome the hurdles like the lies that will block our success, the thieves that will steal our time and increase our concentration in the purpose, the way we prioritize and the productivity of our business. Buy from amazon

 

First, Break All The Rules

First, Break All The Rules

By Gallup

Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its revolutionary study of more than 80,000 managers in First, Break All the Rules, revealing what the world’s greatest managers do differently. With vital performance and career lessons and ideas for how to apply them, it is a must-read for managers at every level. Buy from amazon

 

Grit

Grit

By Angela Duckworth

In this must-read for anyone seeking to succeed, pioneering psychologist Angela Duckworth takes us on an eye-opening journey to discover the true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement. Winningly personal, insightful and powerful, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that – not talent or luck – makes all the difference. Buy from amazon

 

Atomic Habit

Atomic Habits

By James Clear

World-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered a simpler system for transforming your life. He knows that lasting change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions – doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call. He calls them atomic habits. Buy from amazon

 

Great at work

Great at Work

By Morten T. Hansen

From the New York Times bestselling author of Great by Choice comes an authoritative, practical guide to individual performance – based on analysis from an exhaustive, groundbreaking study. Why do some people perform better at work than others? This deceptively simple question continues to confound professionals in all sectors of the workforce. Now, after a unique, five-year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees, Morten Hansen reveals the answers in his ‘Seven Work Smarter Practices’ that can be applied by anyone looking to maximise their time and performance. Buy from amazon

 

The winning way

The Winning Way

By ANITA BHOGLE & HARSA BHOGLE

The Winning Way: Learning from Sports Managers The answer to questions like, “What makes a sports champion?” and “Why do only some teams keep winning while others win only for a while and then lose?” are stored between the 226 pages of The Winning Way. It is a self-help book that gives the key elements that make a winning team. Buy from amazon

 

Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life

Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life

By Héctor García & Francesc Miralles

We all have an ikigai. It’s the Japanese word for ‘a reason to live’ or ‘a reason to jump out of bed in the morning’.

It’s the place where your needs, desires, ambitions, and satisfaction meet. A place of balance. Small wonder that finding your ikigai is closely linked to living longer.Buy from amazon

 

Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

By John Doerr & Larry Page

Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals how the goal-setting system of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) has helped tech giants from Intel to Google achieve explosive growth—and how it can help any organization thrive.Buy from amazon

 

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

By Chris McChesney, Sean Covey & Jim Huling

For fans of Good to Great and The First 90 Days, The Four Disciplines of Execution is the foundational text for creating lasting organizational change. A #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller with more than 500,000 copies sold, The Four Disciplines of Execution will radically change your business.Buy from amazon