Pick any topic and I'll find you a reference.
For example, if trust doesn't exist within your organization, I'll recommend reading The Speed of Trust.
If you feel that your company is organizationally unhealthy, I'll point you to The Advantage.
Employees don't seem motivated? Drive would be the perfect book to read to understand what really motivates people.
Unfortunately pointing others to books and references can only go so far.
What I got out of a book will definitely not be the same thing that you get out of a book.
So I run the risk of having my intentions ending up completely missed.
The reason for this is that people have a different set of experiences that make up how they interpret the world -- so unless it's absolute math, what people read or what people take away from a book is always "subject" to interpretation.
In short, what I take away from a book will almost always be completely different than what you take away.
My advice, when pointing a peer, superior, or junior colleague to reference, is to write a short summary of what you got out of it. That will at the very least bias them into being in the same ball park that you are in.
Otherwise, you'll be in for a big surprise when you ask, "Hey. How was that book I told you about?" And that person will answer,"Yeah..[insert something that doesn't connect with you]"
For example, if trust doesn't exist within your organization, I'll recommend reading The Speed of Trust.
If you feel that your company is organizationally unhealthy, I'll point you to The Advantage.
Employees don't seem motivated? Drive would be the perfect book to read to understand what really motivates people.
Unfortunately pointing others to books and references can only go so far.
What I got out of a book will definitely not be the same thing that you get out of a book.
So I run the risk of having my intentions ending up completely missed.
The reason for this is that people have a different set of experiences that make up how they interpret the world -- so unless it's absolute math, what people read or what people take away from a book is always "subject" to interpretation.
In short, what I take away from a book will almost always be completely different than what you take away.
My advice, when pointing a peer, superior, or junior colleague to reference, is to write a short summary of what you got out of it. That will at the very least bias them into being in the same ball park that you are in.
Otherwise, you'll be in for a big surprise when you ask, "Hey. How was that book I told you about?" And that person will answer,"Yeah..[insert something that doesn't connect with you]"
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