The Executive Reading List

Paul's research shows recognition only lands when it's in the language your people value. Read it before you hand out another gift card.

Episode 42 with Dr. Paul White

The hands-on companion to The Fearless Organization, with tools you can use with your own team.

Episode 41 with Dr. Amy Edmondson

Amy's book on psychological safety and how leaders build it. Start here if your team goes quiet when it matters most.

Episode 41 with Dr. Amy Edmondson

Amy's guide to failing well. She helps you tell the failures worth celebrating from the ones you should have prevented.

Episode 41 with Dr. Amy Edmondson

Jay has spent decades teaching leaders how influence works. His new book is about getting real commitment for your ideas, so people do more than nod along in the meeting.

Episode 40 with Dr. Jay Conger

Brian is The Points Guy. If you travel for work, his book will probably pay for itself on your next trip.

Episode 37 with Brian Kelly

Tom was Tipper X, one of the FBI's most prolific informants. His story shows how ordinary people talk themselves into bad decisions, and what it takes to speak up.

Episode 29 with Tom Hardin

Adam's guide to working with people you don't agree with, like, or trust. It works in the boardroom, and it'll probably help at Thanksgiving too.

Episode 22 with Adam Kahane

Adam has worked with generals and guerrillas. This is his practical guide to changing a system you don't control, which describes most of our jobs.

Episode 22 with Adam Kahane

Tom wrote this one with his grandfather, Don Clifton. It's a short read on how small moments of recognition add up across a team.

Episode 20 with Tom Rath

The research behind my conversation with Tom. Friendships at work drive engagement and performance, and Tom shows managers how to make room for them.

Episode 20 with Tom Rath

Tom's newest book is about turning purpose into something you use every day, at work and outside it.

Episode 20 with Tom Rath

Amy's guide to the colleagues who drive you up the wall, from the pessimist to the know-it-all. You'll come away with words for the conversation you've been avoiding.

Episode 17 with Amy Gallo

If your calendar is wall-to-wall meetings, Rebecca's seven principles will help you cut the ones that shouldn't exist and fix the rest.

Episode 16 with Dr. Rebecca Hinds

Margaret makes the case that leading other people starts with understanding your own wiring, and she shows you where to start.

Episode 10 with Margaret Andrews

How two neighbors turned an abandoned rail line into one of New York's best-loved parks. Read it if you're building something nobody has asked for yet.

Episode 9 with Robbie Hammond

Justin's short, funny rules for doing great work and still signing off at 5 p.m.

Episode 4 with Justin Kerr

Andrew ran London Business School and believes judgment can be learned. This is his framework for making better calls, and for catching yourself before a bad one.

Episode 3 with Sir Andrew Likierman

Mita takes apart the myths that keep inclusion work stuck, with fixes a manager can try on Monday.

Episode 2 with Mita Mallick

Mita turns the worst boss behavior she's seen into lessons you can use. You'll recognize someone in here. Hopefully it isn't you.

Episode 2 with Mita Mallick

The book that gave a name to the career most of us actually have. Read it if your résumé looks more like a scribble than a ladder.

Episode 1 with Helen Tupper

Most of us wait for a great mentor to show up. Helen and Sarah give you the tools to coach yourself in the meantime.

Episode 1 with Helen Tupper

Helen and Sarah's case for getting comfortable being uncomfortable, because that's where you actually grow. Start here if you feel stuck.

Episode 1 with Helen Tupper