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🌱 New Managers

Practical wisdom for the daunting leap from individual contributor to leader of people. These books address the specific anxieties and skill gaps that come with managing others for the first time.
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🙏 Servant Leadership👥 People Management🧠 Emotional Intelligence🤝 Team Dynamics🛡️ Psychological Safety🛡️ Trust Building👂 Active Listening🌱 Leadership Development
Motivation
by Brian Tracy • 2013
A hiring formula and a first-week overload: the motivation system that works when pep talks fail.
3.94
611
💪 Employee Motivation👥 Team Management📋 Hiring Practices📊 Performance Management🚀 Onboarding
Motivation Summary
Motivation
A hiring formula and a first-week overload: the motivation system that works when pep talks fail.
by Brian Tracy 2013
3.94
611 ratings
💪 Employee Motivation👥 Team Management📋 Hiring Practices📊 Performance Management🚀 Onboarding
A Leader's Legacy
by James M. Kouzes • 2006
Your team won't remember the CEO. They'll remember you. How to earn a legacy worth leaving.
3.77
538
🤲 Servant Leadership👥 People Management🔗 Trust Building💬 Feedback Culture🪞 Self-Awareness
A Leader's Legacy Summary
A Leader's Legacy
Your team won't remember the CEO. They'll remember you. How to earn a legacy worth leaving.
by James M. Kouzes 2006
3.77
538 ratings
🤲 Servant Leadership👥 People Management🔗 Trust Building💬 Feedback Culture🪞 Self-Awareness
Why Motivating People Doesn't Work . . . and What Does
by Susan Fowler • 2014
Rewards and punishments backfire. Real motivation runs on three psychological needs, not incentives.
3.69
1k+
🏢 People Management🏗️ Workplace Culture🧠 Intrinsic Motivation🎓 Self-Determination Theory🧭 Values-Driven Leadership
Why Motivating People Doesn't Work . . . and What Does Summary
Why Motivating People Doesn't Work . . . and What Does
Rewards and punishments backfire. Real motivation runs on three psychological needs, not incentives.
by Susan Fowler 2014
3.69
1k+ ratings
🏢 People Management🏗️ Workplace Culture🧠 Intrinsic Motivation🎓 Self-Determination Theory🧭 Values-Driven Leadership
The Energy Bus Field Guide
by Jon Gordon • 2017
The bus metaphor, now with action plans: ten weeks to a positive, purpose-driven team.
4.19
235
🏢 Workplace Culture🦠 Toxic Workplaces🎯 Purpose At Work🧠 Positive Psychology🤲 Servant Leadership
The Energy Bus Field Guide Summary
The Energy Bus Field Guide
The bus metaphor, now with action plans: ten weeks to a positive, purpose-driven team.
by Jon Gordon 2017
4.19
235 ratings
🏢 Workplace Culture🦠 Toxic Workplaces🎯 Purpose At Work🧠 Positive Psychology🤲 Servant Leadership
Leadership is Language
by L. David Marquet • 2020
Most leaders speak the language of the factory floor. How to talk so your team thinks and commits.
4.04
2k+
🏢 Organizational Culture👥 Team Leadership🛡️ Psychological Safety📉 Flat Hierarchies🤝 Collaborative Leadership
Leadership is Language Summary
Leadership is Language
Most leaders speak the language of the factory floor. How to talk so your team thinks and commits.
by L. David Marquet 2020
4.04
2k+ ratings
🏢 Organizational Culture👥 Team Leadership🛡️ Psychological Safety📉 Flat Hierarchies🤝 Collaborative Leadership
Bringing Out the Best in People
by Alan Loy McGinnis • 1985
Belief is a leader's most underused lever. Here is precisely how to pull it.
4.30
4k+
👥 People Management🤝 Team Leadership💪 Employee Motivation👍 Positive Reinforcement🎯 Goal Setting
Bringing Out the Best in People Summary
Bringing Out the Best in People
Belief is a leader's most underused lever. Here is precisely how to pull it.
by Alan Loy McGinnis 1985
4.30
4k+ ratings
👥 People Management🤝 Team Leadership💪 Employee Motivation👍 Positive Reinforcement🎯 Goal Setting
Good Authority
by Jonathan Raymond • 2016
Lead like a mentor, not a fixer. Five escalating steps to accountability and real growth.
4.05
854
🧱 Leadership Development🧑‍💼 People Management💬 Vulnerable Leadership📋 Accountability At Work🧠 Coaching Mindset
Good Authority Summary
Good Authority
Lead like a mentor, not a fixer. Five escalating steps to accountability and real growth.
by Jonathan Raymond 2016
4.05
854 ratings
🧱 Leadership Development🧑‍💼 People Management💬 Vulnerable Leadership📋 Accountability At Work🧠 Coaching Mindset
Dealing with Difficult People
by Harvard Business Review • 2007
Diagnose conflict before you act: hot fights and cold shoulders each need a different playbook.
3.66
1k+
💥 Workplace Conflict💬 Difficult Conversations🧊 Passive Aggression⬆️ Managing Up🧠 Emotional Intelligence
Dealing with Difficult People Summary
Dealing with Difficult People
Diagnose conflict before you act: hot fights and cold shoulders each need a different playbook.
by Harvard Business Review 2007
3.66
1k+ ratings
💥 Workplace Conflict💬 Difficult Conversations🧊 Passive Aggression⬆️ Managing Up🧠 Emotional Intelligence
The Silent Language of Leaders
by Carol Kinsey Goman • 2010
Seven seconds of body language can sabotage a leader's message. The cues to fix first.
3.60
574
🧍 Body Language🏢 Executive Presence🧠 Emotional Intelligence🧬 Neuroleadership🔄 Change Management
The Silent Language of Leaders Summary
The Silent Language of Leaders
Seven seconds of body language can sabotage a leader's message. The cues to fix first.
by Carol Kinsey Goman 2010
3.60
574 ratings
🧍 Body Language🏢 Executive Presence🧠 Emotional Intelligence🧬 Neuroleadership🔄 Change Management
Scrum Mastery
by Geoff Watts • 2013
How great ScrumMasters earn trust, provoke growth, and build teams that no longer need them.
4.23
1k+
🫡 Servant Leadership🏃 Agile Coaching🤝 Team Facilitation🔄 Continuous Improvement🔀 Organizational Change
Scrum Mastery Summary
Scrum Mastery
How great ScrumMasters earn trust, provoke growth, and build teams that no longer need them.
by Geoff Watts 2013
4.23
1k+ ratings
🫡 Servant Leadership🏃 Agile Coaching🤝 Team Facilitation🔄 Continuous Improvement🔀 Organizational Change
Warren Buffett's Management Secrets
by Mary Buffett • 2009
$20 billion cash cushion, 73% margins, and managers he never calls. The Buffett management formula.
3.74
1k+
🏰 Competitive Advantage📈 Value Investing🤝 Delegation🌟 Employee Motivation💰 Cost Management
Warren Buffett's Management Secrets Summary
Warren Buffett's Management Secrets
$20 billion cash cushion, 73% margins, and managers he never calls. The Buffett management formula.
by Mary Buffett 2009
3.74
1k+ ratings
🏰 Competitive Advantage📈 Value Investing🤝 Delegation🌟 Employee Motivation💰 Cost Management
Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions
by Keith Rosen • 2008
Stop controlling resources and start creating possibilities: a playbook for sales leaders.
3.90
532
📈 Sales Leadership🎯 Sales Coaching🧑‍🏫 Manager As Coach🧩 Coaching Frameworks📊 Performance Management
Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions Summary
Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions
Stop controlling resources and start creating possibilities: a playbook for sales leaders.
by Keith Rosen 2008
3.90
532 ratings
📈 Sales Leadership🎯 Sales Coaching🧑‍🏫 Manager As Coach🧩 Coaching Frameworks📊 Performance Management
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
by Oren Harari • 2002
Ten leadership rules from a four-star general. Rule one: the front line is usually right.
4.04
651
🪖 Military Leadership🤝 Empowered Teams🪞 Ego Management🗣️ Constructive Dissent👥 People-First Management
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell Summary
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
Ten leadership rules from a four-star general. Rule one: the front line is usually right.
by Oren Harari 2002
4.04
651 ratings
🪖 Military Leadership🤝 Empowered Teams🪞 Ego Management🗣️ Constructive Dissent👥 People-First Management
It Worked for Me
by Colin Powell • 2012
A general's leadership code: own every failure, earn trust daily, fix problems before they spread.
4.09
7k+
🪖 Military Leadership🤲 Servant Leadership🧾 Accountability Culture🌱 Mentoring And Development🏛️ Modern Stoicism
It Worked for Me Summary
It Worked for Me
A general's leadership code: own every failure, earn trust daily, fix problems before they spread.
by Colin Powell 2012
4.09
7k+ ratings
🪖 Military Leadership🤲 Servant Leadership🧾 Accountability Culture🌱 Mentoring And Development🏛️ Modern Stoicism
What the CEO Wants You To Know, Expanded and Updated
by Ram Charan • 2017
Learn the handful of levers that a fruit stand and a Fortune 500 both depend on.
3.88
3k+
🏢 Business Fundamentals💰 Financial Literacy👥 Talent Management🎯 Execution Management🔗 Organizational Alignment
What the CEO Wants You To Know, Expanded and Updated Summary
What the CEO Wants You To Know, Expanded and Updated
Learn the handful of levers that a fruit stand and a Fortune 500 both depend on.
by Ram Charan 2017
3.88
3k+ ratings
🏢 Business Fundamentals💰 Financial Literacy👥 Talent Management🎯 Execution Management🔗 Organizational Alignment
Wooden on Leadership
by John Wooden • 2005
The coach who won ten titles in twelve years reveals why he never mentioned winning.
4.40
5k+
🧱 Team Building🏛️ Organizational Culture🔄 Process Over Results🤲 Servant Leadership📚 Leader As Teacher
Wooden on Leadership Summary
Wooden on Leadership
The coach who won ten titles in twelve years reveals why he never mentioned winning.
by John Wooden 2005
4.40
5k+ ratings
🧱 Team Building🏛️ Organizational Culture🔄 Process Over Results🤲 Servant Leadership📚 Leader As Teacher
Gods of Management
by Charles B. Handy • 1986
Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.
3.78
144
🏛️ Organizational Culture📚 Management Theory📋 Bureaucracy Critique🏢 Flat Organizations💼 Gig Economy
Gods of Management Summary
Gods of Management
Four workplace gods, one crumbling bureaucracy, and the 1986 book that saw the gig economy coming.
by Charles B. Handy 1986
3.78
144 ratings
🏛️ Organizational Culture📚 Management Theory📋 Bureaucracy Critique🏢 Flat Organizations💼 Gig Economy
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
by Sarah Drasner • 2022
Trust, honest feedback, smaller batches: the management playbook engineers never got.
4.16
1k+
⚙️ Engineering Management💻 Software Teams🛡️ Psychological Safety💬 Giving Feedback📈 Career Development
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us Summary
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
Trust, honest feedback, smaller batches: the management playbook engineers never got.
by Sarah Drasner 2022
4.16
1k+ ratings
⚙️ Engineering Management💻 Software Teams🛡️ Psychological Safety💬 Giving Feedback📈 Career Development
HBR Guide to Coaching Employees
by Harvard Business Publishing • 2014
Stop fixing problems. Start coaching. A conversation blueprint that builds self-sufficient teams.
3.91
382
📈 Employee Development💬 Feedback Delivery🌱 Growth Mindset🧠 Emotional Intelligence🤝 Team Coaching
HBR Guide to Coaching Employees Summary
HBR Guide to Coaching Employees
Stop fixing problems. Start coaching. A conversation blueprint that builds self-sufficient teams.
by Harvard Business Publishing 2014
3.91
382 ratings
📈 Employee Development💬 Feedback Delivery🌱 Growth Mindset🧠 Emotional Intelligence🤝 Team Coaching
The 360 Degree Leader
by John C. Maxwell • 2006
Your title doesn't determine your influence. How to lead up, down, and sideways from anywhere.
4.16
8k+
🏢 Middle Management💬 Influence Without Authority↗️ Leading Up↔️ Peer Influence🌱 Team Development
The 360 Degree Leader Summary
The 360 Degree Leader
Your title doesn't determine your influence. How to lead up, down, and sideways from anywhere.
by John C. Maxwell 2006
4.16
8k+ ratings
🏢 Middle Management💬 Influence Without Authority↗️ Leading Up↔️ Peer Influence🌱 Team Development
The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle
by James C. Hunter • 2004
The leadership method that puts service before power, and why it outperforms authority every time.
3.99
936
🤲 Servant Leadership🌱 Leadership Development🧱 Character Development🔥 Intrinsic Motivation🏢 Workplace Culture
The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle Summary
The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle
The leadership method that puts service before power, and why it outperforms authority every time.
by James C. Hunter 2004
3.99
936 ratings
🤲 Servant Leadership🌱 Leadership Development🧱 Character Development🔥 Intrinsic Motivation🏢 Workplace Culture
HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers (with bonus article “How Managers Become Leaders” by Michael D. Watkins)
by Linda A. Hill • 2017
Managing a function is about depth; leading a business is about breadth. The canonical frameworks.
4.21
318
🔄 Management Transitions🏢 Executive Development🌐 Enterprise Thinking🤝 Cross-Functional Leadership🕊️ Stakeholder Management
HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers (with bonus article “How Managers Become Leaders” by Michael D. Watkins) Summary
HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers (with bonus article “How Managers Become Leaders” by Michael D. Watkins)
Managing a function is about depth; leading a business is about breadth. The canonical frameworks.
by Linda A. Hill 2017
4.21
318 ratings
🔄 Management Transitions🏢 Executive Development🌐 Enterprise Thinking🤝 Cross-Functional Leadership🕊️ Stakeholder Management
On Emotional Intelligence
by Harvard Business Review • 2015
IQ gets you hired. Emotional intelligence gets you promoted: five skills any leader can strengthen.
3.93
3k+
🧠 Emotional Intelligence📈 Leadership Development👥 People Management🤝 Interpersonal Skills🏢 Workplace Culture
On Emotional Intelligence Summary
On Emotional Intelligence
IQ gets you hired. Emotional intelligence gets you promoted: five skills any leader can strengthen.
by Harvard Business Review 2015
3.93
3k+ ratings
🧠 Emotional Intelligence📈 Leadership Development👥 People Management🤝 Interpersonal Skills🏢 Workplace Culture
The Essential HR Handbook
by Sharon Armstrong • 2008
Every HR question a manager faces, from hiring to firing, in one desk reference.
3.62
460
🏢 People Management🎯 Talent Acquisition📈 Performance Management⚖️ Workplace Compliance🚪 Employee Onboarding
The Essential HR Handbook Summary
The Essential HR Handbook
Every HR question a manager faces, from hiring to firing, in one desk reference.
by Sharon Armstrong 2008
3.62
460 ratings
🏢 People Management🎯 Talent Acquisition📈 Performance Management⚖️ Workplace Compliance🚪 Employee Onboarding
People Follow You
by Jeb Blount • 2011
You depend on your team more than they depend on you. Lead accordingly.
4.17
232
🧑‍💼 People Management🙏 Servant Leadership🤝 Trust Building👂 Active Listening🎯 Employee Coaching
People Follow You Summary
People Follow You
You depend on your team more than they depend on you. Lead accordingly.
by Jeb Blount 2011
4.17
232 ratings
🧑‍💼 People Management🙏 Servant Leadership🤝 Trust Building👂 Active Listening🎯 Employee Coaching
The McKinsey Engagement
by Paul N. Friga • 2008
The consulting playbook for team problem solving: four rules for people, five for analysis.
3.56
539
📊 Consulting Methodology👥 Team Dynamics🧩 Problem Solving Frameworks📈 Data-Driven Decisions💬 Client Communication
The McKinsey Engagement Summary
The McKinsey Engagement
The consulting playbook for team problem solving: four rules for people, five for analysis.
by Paul N. Friga 2008
3.56
539 ratings
📊 Consulting Methodology👥 Team Dynamics🧩 Problem Solving Frameworks📈 Data-Driven Decisions💬 Client Communication
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
by James Stanier • 2020
Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.
4.35
599
🛠️ Engineering Management💻 Tech Leadership👥 Software Teams🔄 Career Transitions🏗️ Team Culture
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager Summary
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.
by James Stanier 2020
4.35
599 ratings
🛠️ Engineering Management💻 Tech Leadership👥 Software Teams🔄 Career Transitions🏗️ Team Culture
On Becoming a Leader
by Warren Bennis • 1989
Leadership is not a set of skills. It is the slow, unglamorous work of becoming yourself.
3.89
5k+
🏛️ Leadership Classics🌟 Authentic Leadership🪞 Self-Knowledge🧪 Experiential Learning💡 Intuitive Thinking
On Becoming a Leader Summary
On Becoming a Leader
Leadership is not a set of skills. It is the slow, unglamorous work of becoming yourself.
by Warren Bennis 1989
3.89
5k+ ratings
🏛️ Leadership Classics🌟 Authentic Leadership🪞 Self-Knowledge🧪 Experiential Learning💡 Intuitive Thinking
The Four Tendencies
by Gretchen Rubin • 2017
Every habit system ignores how you respond to rules. Four profiles that finally fix it.
3.83
24k+
🏷️ Personality Typology🧩 Habit Formation🤝 Accountability Systems🪞 Self-Awareness👥 Team Dynamics
The Four Tendencies Summary
The Four Tendencies
Every habit system ignores how you respond to rules. Four profiles that finally fix it.
by Gretchen Rubin 2017
3.83
24k+ ratings
🏷️ Personality Typology🧩 Habit Formation🤝 Accountability Systems🪞 Self-Awareness👥 Team Dynamics
Good Boss, Bad Boss
by Robert I. Sutton • 2010
The gap between the boss you think you are and the one your team sees.
3.79
3k+
👥 People Management🏢 Organizational Behavior🛡️ Psychological Safety⚡ Power Dynamics☣️ Toxic Leadership
Good Boss, Bad Boss Summary
Good Boss, Bad Boss
The gap between the boss you think you are and the one your team sees.
by Robert I. Sutton 2010
3.79
3k+ ratings
👥 People Management🏢 Organizational Behavior🛡️ Psychological Safety⚡ Power Dynamics☣️ Toxic Leadership
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