Here are some of my favourite books that have influenced my own leadership journey. My hope is that they inspire and cultivate a leadership practice for you.
Top 10+ Books
Dare To lead
Dare to Lead (and her book Rising Strong) are key references for me in leadership capacity and development.
The Infinite Game
Infinite Mindset is a paradigm for leaders to see past their own ego and path and instead “advance towards an infinite vision that benefits everyone.” To have an infinite mindset means to see abundance, work towards a ‘just cause,’ and to have the courage to lead.
Set Boundaries, Find Peace
Set Boundaries, Find Peace acts as a guide to reclaiming yourself and your leadership by getting intentional about setting boundaries that protect your peace and allow you to rise.
The Path Made Clear
The Path Made Clear is filled with quotes and passages from a beautiful collection of inspirational people that help you tap into your purpose.
Up Ghost River
Up Ghost River is a pivotal piece for my own decolonization work in understanding the atrocities of residential schools in Canada.
Power: A User’s Guide
Infinite Mindset is a paradigm for leaders to see past their own ego and path and instead “advance towards an infinite vision that benefits everyone.” To have an infinite mindset means to see abundance, work towards a ‘just cause,’ and to have the courage to lead.
Creativity Inc.
Middle Passage by James Hollis is foundational for me in conceptualizing the reorientation of Self, and the journey to becoming.
How to Talk
The Path Made Clear is filled with quotes and passages from a beautiful collection of inspirational people that help you tap into your purpose.
Rising Strong
Rising Strong helped me visualize leadership as an actual practice, not a skill that is acquired. In the arena of life, how do you Rise from all the challenges? And do so in a way where you learn and grow, rather than spin your wheels and repeat patterns?
Reinventing Organizations
Reinventing Organizations helps us see that “Teal” organizations are possible. The question is, do you have the self-leadership to engage in the reinvention of self, to contribute to greater impact through an organization?
Tribes
In Tribes, Seth Godin shares that there are two things for you to know (1) individuals have more power than ever before in history (and so what are you doing with it?) & (2) the only thing holding you back is lack of faith. Boom.Have faith in self, cultivate abundance (thank you Deepak Chopra), and get some coaching to cultivate faith in Self.
It’s Your Turn
Seth Godin inspires self-leadership here. To take the responsibility of your life, stand into your power and possibility, and go for it. Everyone has access to a microphone, we can choose to do the work we are capable of, and we can make a ruckus in the world. It’s Your Turn…
The Middle Passage
Middle Passage by James Hollis is foundational for me in conceptualizing the reorientation of Self, and the journey to becoming.
Bullet Journal
Bullet Journal is a useful productivity book to lay out your notebook. Best tip ever: create an index at the front and fill it as you go.
Creative Collaborations
Creative Collaborations is a powerful resource for me when advising on creative cross-sector and cross-organizational collaborations. Literacy and fluency of collaboration is challenging at best – and yet so required today.
In Loving What Is
In Loving What Is, Byron Katie’s ‘The Work‘ is foundational for self-leadership. The four key questions help you learn from your triggers to cultivate a greater sense of self.