Six of the finest tomes that captured our attention during the month of September
1. WORK RULES!
Laszlo Block
From the head of Google’s innovative People Operations, Block offers insight into how the tech giant does business, how to attract the best talent to your company, and how to manage and motivate a team of thousands
2. THE END OF JOBS
Taylor Pearson
The rapid advancement of technology and globalisation has changed the way the world works, and those that don’t adapt are working harder and earning less. Pearson offers advice for entrepreneurs on how to understand this new paradigm
3. BOLD
Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler
The follow-up to their New York Times Bestseller Abundance, Bold is a radical how-to guide for using exponential technology and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth, while impacting the lives of billions
4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Anne-Marie Slaughter
Having previously left her dream job as the first female director of policy planning at the US State Department (under Hillary Clinton) when life – and family – intervened, Slaughter lays out a future of quality for women and men, work and family
5. TEAM OF TEAMS
General Stanley McChrystal
Drawing on experiences learned as commander of the Joint Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan; McChrystal lays out a strategy to combine the agility and adaptability of a small team, with the power and resources of a giant organisation
6. DO OVER
Jon Acuff
There are four elements all great careers have in common: relationships, skills, character and hustle. Acuff’s ‘Career Savings Account’ method teaches you ways to amplify those skills, to discover how to work toward the job you’ve always wanted
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