The Best Leadership Reading List From July 2024
As the saying goes, read, read, read. Here are some of my favorites from July to help with your business leadership learning.
Welcome to August 2024!
Hopefully, the summer is treating you well, and you have found some time to take a break and recharge for the second half of the year.
Now, onto the reading list.
"If it’s wisdom you are after, you are going to spend a lot of time sitting on your ass and reading.” - Charlie Munger
Here are some insightful articles and books I came across last month.
Around the Web
How to get unstuck through deliberate decision-making - several great articles focusing on optimizing the decision-making process.
On Planning and Winning the Week - There is never enough time to get it all done. Here are some excellent ideas to help you keep the main thing the main thing.
Three Questions to Ask About Your Digital Strategy - What approach should you take when adapting to a market or looking for disruption?
10 Most Important Metrics For Evaluating a Company - As a business leader, you need to be able to evaluate a business's performance.
How to Assess True Macroeconomic Risk - Watch for macro changes that could have a big impact on your business.
How to Impress in High-Stakes Presentations - Learn what you can do to help make your next executive presentation a success.
The Complete History & Strategy of Costco - I have meant to listen to this for a while, and it did not disappoint. It is as in-depth a study as you will find, but it is also enjoyable. It is an excellent case study of a fly-wheel business model for driving sustainable growth. Highly Recommended!
How to build good relationships inside and outside your engineering team - Building strong cross-team relationships is imperative for all leaders.
Books
Riding Shotgun: The Role of the COO, Updated Edition - This book examines how the second-in-command role can be deployed successfully.
The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport - You don’t have to be a fan of F1 to get a lot from this business book (but if you are, you will enjoy the behind the scenes).
Choose Your Enemies Wisely: Business Planning for the Audacious Few - How you define your competition can help or hinder your decision-making process.
The Wolf Age: The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons, and the Battle for the North Sea - If you are looking for a break from the business books and want to learn more about the history of Scandinavia, this is the book for you.
Looking for more to read? Here are my lists from 2024: June, May, April, March, February, January, and 2023.
Great list of worthwhile readings, Josh.
Thanks for including my article on planning!