Book Recommendations

Louise Teboul, Operations Director of Common Purpose UK, the international leadership
development organisation, shares her business/leadership book recommendations for the
summer. @louiseteboul @CommonPurposeUK
 

REBEL IDEAS BY MATTHEW SYED
The bestselling author of Black Box Thinking, shows how, in high performing teams, the
knowledge and ideas used by individuals can yield successes far beyond the skills or
performance of any single member.
The book has a wealth of different examples, from Iraq to the Death Zone at the summit of
Mount Everest; from the high-tech industries of Silicon Valley to the Manchester United
dressing room during the reign of Sir Alex Ferguson.
It really makes you think - covering everything from echo chambers to the impact of the lack
of diversity, such as ‘group-think’ or worse - to how our ego makes us crave being with likeminded people.
 

RADICAL CANDOR BY KIM SCOTT
This is all about being able to give, and receive, honest feedback in the workpl...