Leadership Competency Reading List

Drive for Results
Ultimately leaders are responsible for delivering results. Getting their teams to achieve their targets
can be a tricky balancing act of support and challenge, which many a leader fails miserably to do.
It needs a level of flexibility and responsiveness to the situation and the type of people on the team.
When this skill is weak targets are frequently missed or staff attrition high, which eventually leads to
an even worse situation.
Measure What Matters: OKRs: The Simple Idea that
Drives 10x Growth
2018 - John Doerr
ISBN-10: 024134848X
ISBN-13: 978-0241348482
This is rapidly becoming a key reference book for some of the leading organisations in the world. Doerr explains
his view of goal setting, which he calls OKRs, which are really neat and insightful ways to get people to achieve
success in the world of work. This is a really important read, which would benefit many a leader.
Managing for the Future
1992 - Peter Drucker
ISBN-10: 0750609095
ISBN-13: 978-0750609098
Drucker is one of the brilliant minds of leadership and business, and in this classic book, he reveals some of the
secrets of economics, business and leadership. This is the kind of book that makes you sit up straight and have
a real think about what you want your business to be and how to get there.
The Leadership Habit: Transforming Behaviors to Drive
Results
2017 - Tammy Berberick, Peter Lindsay & Katie Fritchen
ISBN-10: 1119363209
ISBN-13: 978-1119363200
This another broad book on leadership that looks to help leaders develop the right behaviours and outlook to
drive success across a broad spectrum of activities. The first chapter deals directly with the drive for results, but
the subsequent chapters are also related to this. This is a really solid and well thought out book that will become
a classic in the years to come.
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