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Listopia > Kirk Gray's votes on the list MHE Leadership and Software Stuff (19 Books)
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Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust
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"How to avoid the zero-sum trap in a complex collaboration situation"
Kirk
rated it 5 stars
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The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
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"Google survey said the most important trait of a successful team was psychological safety - how can we use that?"
Kirk
rated it 5 stars
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Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value
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Measure What Matters
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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
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"Interesting book about the metrics that really matter in software delivery, although framed from more of a devops perspective...interesting to see how we can integrate into our lifecycle"
Kirk
rated it 4 stars
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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"Growth mindset is the jam. Again getting out of the trap of "what is is all that can ever be""
Kirk
rated it 4 stars
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Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
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"How to turn people from great ICs into "10x" types, by raising the bar for the people around them, and by leaving awesome in their wake."
Kirk
rated it 5 stars
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High Output Management
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"The original book about engineering management. So many good concepts, esp in the first half."
Kirk
rated it 5 stars
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
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"People won't follow you unless you've articulated the why. If people understand the mission, the purpose, then they will bring out another level of effort and dedication."
Kirk
rated it 5 stars
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer
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"I think that Systems Thinking is a really cool way to think about how things get done (or don't) in an organization, and this is a really good starter book on that. 'An Elegant Puzzle' builds on this a lot."
Kirk
rated it 5 stars
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Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
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"Why convince people in meetings when you can use pre-suasion to get ahead of these high-stakes conversations?"
Kirk
rated it 3 stars
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
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"How to have all the difficult conversations that people struggle to have, but that so sorely need to happen in order for people to grow and understand expectations."
Kirk
rated it 5 stars
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Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders
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"Read this book, about creating and enabling leaders everywhere. It's SO GOOD."
Kirk
rated it 5 stars
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
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"Great book about actionable negotiating tactics, and understanding where you are willing to compromise, and what you need to anchor to."
Kirk
rated it 4 stars
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Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
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"Everyone should read this book, about how to avoid being a victim, and how to own your part in relationships and circumstances. Good book for life, not just work."
Kirk
rated it 5 stars
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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
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Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity
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"Please do read - similar to crucial conversations, but different - how to use candor to build trust and performance."
Kirk
rated it 5 stars
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Progress Principle
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"People need to feel progress, and that's how you build momentum - how to incorporate this into your work to make sure there are waypoints of success and feedback in your plan."
Kirk
rated it 4 stars
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Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling
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