I'm a firm believer in growth never ending. As a professing Christ follower, I'm a def work in progress, so here are some tools I'm using for growth, personally and with teams in business with which I consult.
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Development Training
Leadership Good Reads
Self Analysis and Team Analysis Assessments
Personal Growth/ Goal Setting
Business Growth Strategy
Development Training
Being an excellent leader and an excellent doer are two very different things. Here are some tools for starters and movers!
Perfect for new leaders moving or preparing to move into their next stage. I've actually used this with volunteer teams and with secular businesses leading faith forward.
Leading Others
This is great for the step up leader. How do you release a bit and allow others to think and decision make?
Leading Leaders
Don't forget if you adopt a model, your team needs to have it to. This is good for the EOS companies out there.
What the Heck Is EOS? Guide for Employees
Leadership Good Reads
If you see something say something, but do the research first
I find different common problems in different industries, but the truth is teams can degrade and fail to share information anywhere. If you're experiencing this breakdown, this is a good one.
Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable
This is a good one.
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire
This is a no brainer for foundational leadership training. My mother gifted it to me in college and I read it every few years.
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
Of course Lencioni would have something good in this bucket. When you're looking on the inside, it can be hard to diagnose problems. This is a good one!
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: 20th Ed.
I've read this multiple times. This is faith focused but a game changer
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership
Self Analysis and Team Analysis Assessments
Three go-tos out of the millions out there
Where we are in the process impacts how it goes. If someone never finishes anything, do they have someone tenacious to help them along? This can help you diagnose pain points in projects before they even begin by understanding your people and yoursel...
The 6 Types of Working Genius: Understand Your Gifts & Team
This is the assessment for your team. Do assessments BEFORE internal promotions.
The Online Assessment: Six Types of Working Genius
This is my preferred test. It's long but so comprehensive. I will have high potential staff and their supervisors take it and use it as a tool to discuss how they interact.
Get Started with Enneagram Tests
FREE and so simple. This tells you how someone is hardwired for tasks to big vision thinking
THINKING WAVELENGTH | TheCompuLab
Personal Growth/ Goal Setting
So much research went into how we can map out growth through the thought process in this book. We are wired to grow these ways.