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Books & Media

Employee Management

     Manager tools podcast - single most effective tool, Part 1

     Manager tools podcast - single most effective tool, Part 2

     Nonviolent Communication — by Marshall Rosenberg

Organizational Culture

     The Advantage — by Patrick Lencioni

     Leadership is Language — by L. David Marquet

     The Culture Code — by Daniel Coyle

Vision & Change

     Tribal Leadership — by Logan, et. al

     Switch — by Chip and Dan Heath

     Leading Change — by John Kotter

     The 4 Disciplines of Execution — by McChesney, et. al

Create Wow

     The Power of Moments — by Chip and Dan Heath

     Love Does — by Bob Goff

     Zero to One — by Peter Thiel

Executive Communications

     Winning Minds — by Simon Lancaster

     Executive Presence — by Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Public Speaking

     Pitch Perfect — by Bill McGowan

     Presenting to Win — by Jerry Weissman

     Made to Stick — by Chip and Dan Heath

Decision-making

     Decisive — by Chip and Dan Heath

     Six Thinking Hats — by Edward de Bono

     How to make hard choices — a TED Talk by Ruth Chang

Win & Defend

     What I learned from 100 days of rejection — a TEDx Talk by Jia Jiang

     Pitch Anything — by Oren Klaff 

     Never Split the Difference — by Chris Voss

     Bargaining for Advantage — by G. Richard Shell

     The 33 Strategies of War — by Robert Greene

Marketing and Public Relations

     Building a Story Brand — by Donald Miller

     The New Rules of Marketing & PR, 8th edition — by David Meerman Scott

Addressing Conflict

     The Five Dysfunctions of a Team — by Patrick Lencioni

     Creating a drama-free workplace — by Anna Maravelas

     The Joy of Conflict Resolution — by Gary Harper

     BIFF — by Bill Eddy

Don't Be a Hack

     The Antidote — by Oliver Burkeman

     Fooled by Randomness — by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

     The Halo Effect — by Phil Rozenzweig

     Toxic Charity — by Robert Lupton

     All the Trouble In the World — by P. J. O'Rourke

Oversight

     Owning Up: the 14 questions every board member needs to ask — by Ram Charan

     Extreme Ownership — by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

     Discipline is Destiny — by Ryan Holiday

Diplomacy

     How to Talk to Anyone — by Leil Lowndes

     Any video by The Science of People

Personal Transformation

     Why do inner work — a TEDx Talk by Dominick Quartuccio

     People Fuel — by John Townsend

     Changes That Heal — by Henry Cloud

     The Laws of Human Nature — by Robert Greene

     The Book of Waking Up — by Seth Haines

     What's your punchline? — a TEDx Talk by Michael Jr.  (or this faith-based version)

     Stop searching for your passion — a TEDx Talk by Terri Trespicio

     Change the world by dating well. What science shows. — a speech by Melody George

     Make Your Bed — by William McRaven

     Annual Thanksgiving message (start at minute 16:40) — a sermon by Kenton Beshore