Sean Glaze recommends five books for team leaders: Patrick Lencioni's The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Simon Sinek's Leaders Eat Last, Kim Scott's Radical Candor, and two of his own, The Ten Commandments of Winning Teammates and What Effective Leaders Do.
If you lead a team and you've not read these 5 books, you don't know what you're missing. Number 1 is The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni, a masterclass on what kills chemistry and why trust is the foundation of every team. Number 2, The Ten Commandments of Winning Teammates by me, Sean Glaze. Most leaders focus on skills and strategy and ignore the interpersonal behaviors that make or break a team. This one gives your people 10 specific things that they can do to become someone others want to work with. Number 3 is Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek. People give everything when they feel protected instead of pressured, and this is a book that shows you how to create that type of environment. Number 4, Radical Candor by Kim Scott. It shows you how to care about people personally while still being direct enough to actually help them grow and hold them accountable. Number 5, What Effective Leaders Do, also by me. Being promoted doesn't make someone effective. This book walks you and your people through the awareness and assumptions and focus and Confidence that separates leaders who get results from those that just stay busy. Start reading one of them this week. Your team will thank you.
