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Books That Made Me Better at Work
15 items
By
Tze Choong
The books I actually go back to on hiring, managing, and coaching. No fluff, just what worked going from IC to engineering director.
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Managing People & Teams
Hiring & Culture
Feedback & Difficult Conversations
Sustainable Career Growth
Managing People & Teams
Closest match to my own path from IC to engineering director.
The Making of a Manager Book by Julie Zhuo
Short, tactical, built around better questions. Good fit for a coaching brand.
The Coaching Habit
On leaders who make people smarter vs. leaders who drain the room.
Multipliers Book by Liz Wiseman | Make Everyone Smarter
Blunt accountability framing. No excuses, own the outcome.
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Still the sharpest operating manual for leverage, one-on-ones, meetings, and team output.
High Output Management
Best technical leadership roadmap I’ve found—from mentoring and tech lead work through managing managers.
The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
Hiring & Culture
Organizations need to be more flexible instead of hardfast rules and policy. Best companies adapt.
No Rules Rules: Netflix & Culture of Reinvention
Sharp hiring framework. Matches my hiring manager background.
Who: The A Method for Hiring
The author who inspired Amazon's Flywheel concept.
Good to Great
Feedback & Difficult Conversations
Practical model for direct feedback without being a jerk about it.
Radical Candor
Step-by-step tools for raising hard issues without triggering defensiveness or losing the relationship.
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters
A practical reset for receiving criticism without getting defensive—and turning it into useful signal.
Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
Sustainable Career Growth
Clear framework for saying no, protecting focus, and making the highest-value contribution without doing everything.
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
A sustainable way to grow: do fewer things, work at a natural pace, and obsess over quality instead of busyness.
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Turns career planning into experiments. Prototype paths before making high-stakes bets.
Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
