Resources
The books on this page serve as a source of inspiration and practical guides to lead you down a beautiful road of personal development.
Resources
The books on this page serve as a source of inspiration and practical guides to lead you down a beautiful road of personal development.
Business
Traction
by Gino Wickman
This is a well known resource for business owners looking to run and scale a successful company with ease and simplicity. It helped me to understand the role I need to embrace, the core functions, and meeting cadence of my business. For more on this, see Taking The Entrepreneurial Leap with Gino Wickman.
Scaling Up
by Verne Harnish
Harnish’s book is all about how to scale your business with tools that are powerful and effective. I consider this resource to be an MBA-in-a-book. For more, listen to the author’s interview on Growing Global.
Profit First
by Mike Michalowicz
As a business owner, this book transformed the way I compensated myself. For anyone who is struggling to stay profitable, not paying themselves, or even asking “where did the money go?” this is a must-read.
Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!
by Greg Crabtree
Want to become financially proficient? Look no further than this book. This book provides you with a way to deep dive into your numbers and actually understand the meaning behind numbers.
Leadership
Who
by Geoff Smart, Patrick Lawlor, et al.
This is the PERFECT book on the hiring process because it breaks down the hiring and onboarding process simply and easily. We condensed down to a four-page takeaway and use this as a core component of our HR function in our business.
Who Not How
by Dan Sullivan
The major takeaway I got from this book is that I don’t need figure out how to do something; I need to figure out who I need to hire to get that thing done. This book is the single best source on how to delegate.
The Power of TED
by David Emerald
Too much drama in your life? If so, you need to get out of your drama triangle. This book helps you to identify when you’re in a drama, how to remove yourself from it, and how to reclaim your power. For more on this, listen to the Growing Global podcast episode with David Berg, my mentor and friend who introduced me to the concept.
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
by Michael Bungay Staner
Are your one-on-ones falling flat? Spruce them up with the 7 questions outlined in this book. The concepts are also powerful in mentoring relationships or any other situation where you are looking for a great way to connect with your direct reports.
Trust and Inspire
by Stephen M.R. Covey
How to move away from Command and Control leadership to Trust and Inspire Leadership.
The Charisma Myth
by Olivia Fox Cabane
Olivia Fox Cobane she talks about the four different types of charisma:
Focus, Visionary, Kindness, and Authority. See my LinkedIn post here.
The Healing Organization
by Raj SISODIA
Creating an organization that benefits employees, customers, community and makes the world a better place.
Rocket Fuel
by Gino Wickman & Mark C. Winters
After you have read and implemented the Entrepreneurial Operating System and read Traction this book talks about the Visionary – Integrator relationship. One of the most important relationships in the company.
Giftology
by John Ruhlin
A tactical approach to delighting your client, prospective client, and employee relationships. The best book I’ve ever read about gifting.
Personal Development
The Audacity to be Queen
by Gina DeVee
DeVee gives a unique perspective about the Injured Feminine Instinct and catogorizes the two extremes as Compliance – overly female and Defiance – overly male when she a woman is in Aliance she is a Queen – balanced and knows when to use her masculine and feminine energy. She gives women permission to act like a Queen and talks about the difference between being a Queen and Princess. For more on this, listen to Gina DeVee on Growing Global.
The Ways of Integrity
by Martha Beck
Beck had a strict, dogmatic upbringing. When she realized she was doing things that weren’t congruent with her core values, she went on a journey of redefining how to stay true to who she really is.
A Radical Awakening
by Dr. Shefali
Why do you react that way? This book helped me, as a woman and mother, to debunk and find peace with my own upbringing. Plus, it changed the way I parent my children.
The Gifts of Imperfection
by Brene Brown
As a recovering perfectionist, this book helped me understand where perfectionism comes from and how to unpack it. In fact, shortly after reading this book, I joined an art class. If you are a suppressed creative and think if you didn’t feel shame you’d be able to create amazing outcomes, this book is for you.
The Big Leap
by Gay Hendricks
The most powerful reading in my entrepreneur’s book club, The Big Leap lays out why high achievers must leave their comfort zone in order to get to the next level.
Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself
by Dr. Joe Dispenza
Training your mind to create the life you want.
Turning Pro
by Steven Pressfield
How to go from being an armature to a professional in any area of your life.
Parenting
Untamed
by Glennon Doyle
Glennon Doyle speaks my truth. Motherhood is not easy and in this extraordinarily honest book, I know that I’m not alone in the struggles I feel as a working mom.
A Radical Awakening
by Dr. Shefali
Why do you react that way? This book helped me, as a woman and mother, to debunk and find peace with my own upbringing. Plus, it changed the way I parent my children.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
by Carol Dweck, Ph.D.
As my favorite book to reference with my children, this book sets me and them up for success by avoiding a fixed mindset and pursuing a growth mindset. In fact, I sent it to my child’s kindergarten teacher and they built a whole program around a growth mindset.
How To Raise Successful People
by Esther Wojcicki
A must read for any parent with young children. Written by Esther Wojcicki a teacher and mother to three successful entrepreneurial daughters. Her parenting principles are based on TRICK – Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, Kindness.
T – Trust Yourself, Trust Your Child
R – Respect, your child is not your clone
I – Independence. Don’t do anything for your child that they can’t do themselves
C – Collaboration – Don’t dictate, collaborate
K – Kindness model it, it’s contagious!