"Leaders Are Readers"
The following books unravel the secrets to motivational performance, employee engagement, leadership, and using your innate giftedness to have a successful life.
Whether you're starting out in your career, facing burnout after 15+ years in your career, wanting to lead with greater impact, or simply wanting to learn, these are the expert insights on executive career development, leadership transformation, and personal fulfillment.
Author: Bill Hendricks
Short Description: This is the definitive book for Giftedness Discovery explaining what it is, how to find it, and how to use it. Exercises in the back will help you find your own giftedness. Much of the approach of The Giftedness Group® has its foundation in this book.
Who we recommend it for: anyone wondering what their unique purpose is or what they’re supposed to do with their lives.
Author: Steven M. Darter (Advisor to The Giftedness Group®)
Short Description: Learn how to use the Giftedness Discovery methods to manage and motivate your employees and improve performance, profit, and purpose. This staple book will help you understand your team better, yourself better, and how to make sure that you’re getting the most out of yourself and your team.
Who we recommend it for: anyone interested in improving performance and enhancing motivation at work.
Author: Max Lucado
Short Description: This book offers practical tools for exploring and identifying your own uniqueness, motivation to put your strengths to work, and the perfect prescription for finding and living in your sweet spot for the rest of your life.
Who we recommend it for: anyone seeking purpose and to shake things up.
Author: Matthew Kelly
Short Description: Founders and CEOs are not exempt from making “people-mistakes.” This easy-to-read book includes a story about how one company massively grew its profits and impact by resurrecting people, culture, and leadership.
Who we recommend it for: Chief People Officers and all who are managing at least one other person.
Author: Curt Thompson
Short Description: In this incredible book, Dr. Thompson writes from decades of counseling and psychology experience on the power of retelling therefore reshaping your story. Heal from the hurt you’ve been lugging after you look at your stories and shine truth, goodness, and God’s light on those stories.
Who we recommend it for: Strongly recommend for anyone seeking a deeper unraveling of their own story for the sake of healing and understanding others.
Author: J. Oswald Sanders
Short Description: Lasting leadership requires integrity and Spiritual Leadership will help shape your life to be ready for leadership roles. Time management, being a person of your word, humility, and integrity are how we lead well, not just sheer strategy.
Who we recommend it for: those who are trying to enrich their leadership and build their lives to be ready for a deeper level of leading others.
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Author: Robert Kiyosaki
Short Description: This best seller is known as the freshman textbook for any entrepreneur. However, we like it because of the entrepreneurial mentality it instills. Now, I don't mean we're each called to start businesses, but giftedness births new work and this book helps massage that faculty in your Giftedness Discovery process.
Who we recommend it for: anyone who needs to change their perspective on salaried jobs, limited thinking, and mindset.