resources

Books my clients and I are reading (and re-reading) these days:

Work-related:
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

by Patrick Lencioni

Good to Great
by Jim Collins

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when Stakes are High
by Kerry Patterson

The Leadership Challenge
by James Kouzes & Barry Posner

Creating the Accountable Organization:
A Practical Guide To Performance Execution

by Mark Samuel

The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual
and Organizational Accountability
by Craig Hickman, Tom Smith & Roger Connors

The Heart of Coaching: Using Transformational Coaching
to Create a High-Performance Culture

by Thomas Crane

The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything
by Stephen Covey

Personal (here’s the book I keep talking about these days!):
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein

Websites I check in with:
Harvard Business Review
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
VitalSmarts
Fast Company
White Hot Truth
International Coach Federation

My charity of choice? The Calgary Interfaith Food Bank. I share a percentage of my proceeds with this charity on behalf of my clients each Christmas.