Radical Candor

Radical Candor

This is not a biblical leadership book, but Radical Candor gave me a useful framework for thinking about how I lead. Scott’s model is built around caring personally while challenging directly, and she applies it to feedback, team relationships, performance...
Dare to Lead

Dare to Lead

Is any leadership shelf complete without at least one book by the fabulous Brené Brown? Probably not. Dare to Lead applies Brown’s research on courage, vulnerability, shame, empathy, and trust to organizational leadership, with particular attention to difficult...
Hannah’s Gift

Hannah’s Gift

Be ready to cry. I read Hannah’s Gift probably twenty years ago, most likely after buying it in an airport, and then sobbed my way through the flight. Housden recounts the final year of her three-year-old daughter Hannah’s life as she faced cancer, making this a raw...
10% Happier

10% Happier

10% Happier begins with journalist Dan Harris’s televised panic attack and follows his skeptical investigation into meditation, neuroscience, self-help, and secular spirituality. He presents mindfulness as a practical tool for reducing reactivity and stress without...