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A find for the business and leadership shelf 📚 CEO Excellence by Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller and Vikram Malhotra explores six mindsets that distinguish leading CEOs. One to consider if you’re interested in developing your leadership approach and gro...
CEO Excellence: Six Mindsets of Top Leaders
The story behind America’s “Banana King” 🍌 Rich Cohen’s The Fish That Ate the Whale is a biography to explore if you enjoy business history and the lives of entrepreneurs. A pick for the curious reader’s bookshelf. 📚
The Fish That Ate the Whale: America's Banana King
What helps a company grow—and stay successful? 📚 These two books explore that question: Good to Great by Jim Collins and Built to Last, co-written with Jerry I. Porras. A pair to consider if you’re interested in leadership, business growth and build...
Good to Great and Built to Last (Jim Collins)
Business lessons told through a story 📚 The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox introduces the Theory of Constraints—understanding what holds progress back and focusing improvements there. One to consider if you enjoy problem-solving, business ...
The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition
For the business-curious bookshelf 📚 The Algorithm explores a formula for rapid business growth, drawing on companies including Tesla and Lululemon. One to consider if you’re interested in how businesses grow and the thinking behind their strategies...
The Algorithm: Hypergrowth Formula for Tesla & More
For readers curious about creating new business opportunities 💡 This two-book collection by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne explores finding untapped markets and achieving growth without displacing existing industries, companies or jobs. A pair to c...
Blue Ocean Strategy & Beyond Disruption (2 Books)
Making people feel valued is a business skill too 💛 Unreasonable Hospitality explores going beyond expectations and creating memorable experiences. One to consider if you’re interested in hospitality, customer service or bringing a more personal tou...
Unreasonable Hospitality: Power of Giving More
A closer look at leadership in private equity 📚 The 5x CEO by Samantha Allison and Taavo Godtfredsen explores strategies used by CEOs to build business value. One to consider if you’re curious about leading companies backed by private equity and the...
The 5x CEO: Strategies & Tactics of Top CEOs
For readers interested in the link between leadership and innovation 💡 Genius at Scale by Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards and Jason Wild explores how great leaders drive innovation. A title to explore if you’re curious about leading teams and bringing ...
Genius at Scale: How Leaders Drive Innovation
A business idea is one thing—making an appealing offer is another 💡 In $100M Offers, Alex Hormozi explores creating offers that customers find hard to turn down. One to consider if you’re working on how you package and present your products or servi...
$100M Offers: Make Offers So Good
For readers drawn to strategy, history and human behaviour 📚 Robert Greene draws on military history to explore navigating conflict and competition. This concise edition offers a shorter version of The 33 Strategies of War—one to consider if you enj...
The Concise 33 Strategies of War - Robert Greene
Start small, test your ideas and learn as you go 💡 The Lean Startup by Eric Ries explores building a business through experimentation, customer feedback and continuous improvement. One to consider if you’re turning an idea into a business and want t...
The Lean Startup: How Entrepreneurs Innovate
For anyone curious about building something new 💡 Zero to One by Peter Thiel with Blake Masters explores original ideas, startups and creating business value. One to consider if you enjoy thinking about opportunities others might overlook and what m...
Zero to One: Notes on Startups & Building Future
From finding an idea to testing, building and growing it 💡 The Idea Chose You by Tom Frazier presents a playbook for founders in the AI age, organised around 22 startup decisions. One to explore if you’re interested in turning a business idea into a...
The Idea Chose You: Operator's Playbook AI
For the dreamers with business ideas 💗 Dream Big and Win by Liz Elting explores turning passion into purpose and building a business. A title to consider if you’re interested in entrepreneurship and the journey from ambition to action. 📚✨
Dream Big and Win: Passion to Purpose Biz