Below is the reading list for Module 1 (M1) of the ISAPS L.I.F.T. Program: Leading Self. We have created a list of 11 books that will help support your learning in this course.
The 100 Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity
By Lynda Gratton & Andrew Scott. A fresh look at our need to build portfolio careers as we live longer and find opportunities to reinvent ourselves across multiple careers and roles.
Wilful Blindness: Why we Ignore the Obvious at our Peril
By Margaret Heffernan. How common errors and repeated mistakes occur due to our tendency to live by established habits. We avoid challenging our assumptions and ways of working, leading to missing signals and data that should be in plain sight.
Emotional Intelligence
By Daniel Goleman. The original work on EQ that explored the increasing role of emotions alongside logic and data as key leadership attributes. Now more relevant than ever as we manage across complexity, uncertainty, and change. Today we must bring others with us on the change journey by understanding the full range of motivators that make up our human behavior.
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way we Live, Love, Parent & Lead
By Brené Brown. Building on notions of authentic leadership and transparency, Brown has brought to light the importance of vulnerability and admitting we sometimes do not having the answers as leaders. Vulnerability becomes a strength that then enables us to move more courageously to action in life and at work.
Grit: Why Passion & Resilience are the Secrets to Success
By Angela Duckworth. The author identifies strategies to build resilience in a world of uncertainty and constant change. She identifies key strategies and true qualities that lead to outstanding achievement in today’s complex leadership landscape.
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What you Don’t Know
By Adam Grant. Organizational psychologist Grant is an expert on opening our minds to “argue like we’re right but listen like we’re wrong”. Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn.
How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back
By Sally Helgesen & Marshall Goldsmith. Research shows that women face specific and different roadblocks from men as they advance in the workplace. In fact, the very habits that helped women early in their careers can hinder them as they move up. Simply put, what got you here won't get you there. This book examines blind spots and what to do about them.
Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads: On Managing Yourself
Volume 1: By Peter F. Drucker, Clayton M. Christensen, Daniel Goleman
Volume 2: By Deborah M. Kolb, Rob Cross, Joseph L. Badaracco, Laura Morgan Roberts
Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads: On Mental Toughness
By Martin E.P. Seligman, Tony Schwartz, Warren G. Bennis, Robert J. Thomas
Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads: On High Performance
By Harvard Business Review, James Clear, Daniel Goleman, Heidi Grant, Peter F. Drucker
Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads: On Women and Leadership
By Herminia Ibarra, Deborah Tannen, Joan C. Williams, Sylvia Ann Hewlett
