Candor: Be A Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humility By Kim Scott

My Top 10 Favourite Business Books (So Far)

I always love checking out other people’s recommended reads, so I decided to write a list of my own! Last year, I started devouring business books and have continued into this year. I try to alternate between fiction, business, memoirs, and humour just to mix it up, attempt to make a dent in my ever-expanding to-read pile, and allow time for some of the bigger ideas to percolate.

Here are ten of my favourite business/non-fiction books. Some of them aren’t technically business books, but they have all helped me grow as an employee, a team leader, and an individual.

1. Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humility by Kim Scott

I loved this book! Five stars. Cannot recommend enough.

While their discipline may make them appear rigid to others, upholders themselves feel free, effective, and independent.”

“For an inner expectation to be met, it must be clearly articulated. Therefore, upholders must take care to define for themselves what they want and what they value—that clarity is essential.”

Rubin also gives tips for working with each tendency, which I have found very useful at work. I can’t assume my team members are upholders like me. They aren’t. I have one of each tendency on my team! One responds well to and actually prefers external accountability, while another does not and will actually accomplish more without it.

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As SalesHub continues to grow, we are constantly thinking about and talking about how to inspire curiosity, learning, adaptability, collaboration, strategic thinking, problem solving, and more. I head up our content team and find myself devouring articles and books about leadership and growth. This one is really speaking to me. I have written down pages of notes and am looking forward to implementing several ideas from the book.

The authors explain that there are three positive motivators (play, purpose, potential) and three negative motivators (emotional, economic, inertia).

“Curiosity and experimentation are at the heart of play. People intrinsically enjoy learning and adapting. We instinctively seek out opportunities to play. Some companies actively encourage their employees to play in their work... the organization encourages its people to indulge their curiosity — to play in the work itself.”

“A culture that inspires people to do their jobs for play, purpose, and potential creates the highest and most sustainable performance.”

“Where do you find play, purpose, and potential in your daily activities?”

Thanks for reading! I’d love to hear what your favourite books are, whether they are business or self-improvement. Always looking for