🛡️ Psychological Safety

Explorations of the conditions that allow people to speak up, take risks, and fail without fear—essential reading for leaders building teams where honesty and innovation can thrive.

The 7 Commitments of a Great Team

by Jon Gordon • 2025

His late coach's principles are all a struggling CEO has left to save his company.

3.79

385

🏆 Leadership Fable 🤝 Team Culture 💙 Servant Leadership 💬 Vulnerable Leadership 🎯 Coaching Mindset

The 7 Commitments of a Great Team

His late coach's principles are all a struggling CEO has left to save his company.

by Jon Gordon 2025

3.79

385 ratings

🏆 Leadership Fable 🤝 Team Culture 💙 Servant Leadership 💬 Vulnerable Leadership 🎯 Coaching Mindset

Leading With Questions

by Michael J. Marquardt • 2005

Replace advice with inquiry: a leadership shift that turns dependent teams into problem solvers.

3.50

747

🧱 Questioning Cultures 🗣️ Coaching Questions 📚 Action Learning 💪 Employee Empowerment 👂 Active Listening

Leading With Questions

Replace advice with inquiry: a leadership shift that turns dependent teams into problem solvers.

by Michael J. Marquardt 2005

3.50

747 ratings

🧱 Questioning Cultures 🗣️ Coaching Questions 📚 Action Learning 💪 Employee Empowerment 👂 Active Listening

Rebel Talent

by Francesca Gino • 2018

Five traits that turn rule-breakers into innovators, and how to develop them without getting fired.

3.70

2k+

🏢 Organizational Behavior 💡 Workplace Innovation 🏛️ Corporate Culture 🎨 Creative Thinking 🤝 Authentic Leadership

Rebel Talent

Five traits that turn rule-breakers into innovators, and how to develop them without getting fired.

by Francesca Gino 2018

3.70

2k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Behavior 💡 Workplace Innovation 🏛️ Corporate Culture 🎨 Creative Thinking 🤝 Authentic Leadership

Feedback (and Other Dirty Words)

by M. Tamra Chandler • 2019

Feedback dread is biology, not destiny. The step-by-step fix for turning it into growth.

3.71

184

🏢 Feedback Culture 💬 Workplace Communication 🎯 Giving Feedback 🎧 Receiving Feedback 🧠 Emotional Regulation

Feedback (and Other Dirty Words)

Feedback dread is biology, not destiny. The step-by-step fix for turning it into growth.

by M. Tamra Chandler 2019

3.71

184 ratings

🏢 Feedback Culture 💬 Workplace Communication 🎯 Giving Feedback 🎧 Receiving Feedback 🧠 Emotional Regulation

Imagine It Forward

by Beth Comstock • 2018

Big companies kill new ideas. A GE insider's method for keeping innovation alive anyway.

3.79

831

🏢 Corporate Innovation 🔄 Change Leadership 💻 Digital Transformation 🔬 Lean Methodology 🚀 Intrapreneurship

Imagine It Forward

Big companies kill new ideas. A GE insider's method for keeping innovation alive anyway.

by Beth Comstock 2018

3.79

831 ratings

🏢 Corporate Innovation 🔄 Change Leadership 💻 Digital Transformation 🔬 Lean Methodology 🚀 Intrapreneurship

Revolutionize Teamwork

by Eric Coryell • 2019

Three kinds of teams: only one handles pressure without you. Here's how to build it.

3.92

🧩 Team Accountability 🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Decision Rights 📊 Team Metrics 💬 Feedback Culture

Revolutionize Teamwork

Three kinds of teams: only one handles pressure without you. Here's how to build it.

by Eric Coryell 2019

3.92

95 ratings

🧩 Team Accountability 🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Decision Rights 📊 Team Metrics 💬 Feedback Culture

Get Rid of the Performance Review!

by Samuel A. Culbert • 2010

Performance reviews kill honest talk and breed fear. What if the conversation replaced the verdict?

3.51

147

📊 Performance Management 🔄 Continuous Feedback 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 🤝 Humanistic Management 🏢 Workplace Culture

Get Rid of the Performance Review!

Performance reviews kill honest talk and breed fear. What if the conversation replaced the verdict?

by Samuel A. Culbert 2010

3.51

147 ratings

📊 Performance Management 🔄 Continuous Feedback 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 🤝 Humanistic Management 🏢 Workplace Culture

High Performance

by Jake Humphrey • 2021

Own your reactions, fuel yourself from within, and keep your head when the pressure spikes.

4.06

2k+

🏆 High Performance 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🔁 Habit Formation 🌱 Growth Mindset

High Performance

Own your reactions, fuel yourself from within, and keep your head when the pressure spikes.

by Jake Humphrey 2021

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏆 High Performance 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🔁 Habit Formation 🌱 Growth Mindset

Who Does What By How Much?

by Jeff Gothelf • 2024

Your OKRs measure the wrong thing. Shifting from output to customer behavior makes them work.

4.36

107

🎯 Goal Frameworks 📊 Outcomes Over Outputs 🔗 Organizational Alignment 👥 Customer-Centric Strategy 🧭 Team Autonomy

Who Does What By How Much?

Your OKRs measure the wrong thing. Shifting from output to customer behavior makes them work.

by Jeff Gothelf 2024

4.36

107 ratings

🎯 Goal Frameworks 📊 Outcomes Over Outputs 🔗 Organizational Alignment 👥 Customer-Centric Strategy 🧭 Team Autonomy

Agile Conversations

by Douglas Squirrel • 2020

Agile fails in conversation, not process. Five dialogues that build the trust no tool can.

4.08

329

🔄 Organizational Change 💻 Software Teams 💬 Workplace Conversations 🤝 Trust Building 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Agile Conversations

Agile fails in conversation, not process. Five dialogues that build the trust no tool can.

by Douglas Squirrel 2020

4.08

329 ratings

🔄 Organizational Change 💻 Software Teams 💬 Workplace Conversations 🤝 Trust Building 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Systems Inspired Leadership

by Frank Uit de Weerd • 2022

Leadership isn't a person. It's a system. The manual for making your organization its own leader.

3.93

🤝 Relational Leadership 🌐 Organizational Systems 🧠 Collective Intelligence ⚡ Conflict Transformation 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team Coaching

Systems Inspired Leadership

Leadership isn't a person. It's a system. The manual for making your organization its own leader.

by Frank Uit de Weerd 2022

3.93

55 ratings

🤝 Relational Leadership 🌐 Organizational Systems 🧠 Collective Intelligence ⚡ Conflict Transformation 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team Coaching

The Power of Teamwork

by Brian Goldman • 2022

Emergency rooms and cockpits share a secret: real teams wire their brains to do more with less.

3.52

122

🧩 Team Dynamics ✈️ Crew Resource Management 🚨 Crisis Management 🏥 Patient-Centered Care 🔧 Human Factors

The Power of Teamwork

Emergency rooms and cockpits share a secret: real teams wire their brains to do more with less.

by Brian Goldman 2022

3.52

122 ratings

🧩 Team Dynamics ✈️ Crew Resource Management 🚨 Crisis Management 🏥 Patient-Centered Care 🔧 Human Factors

The Agile Leader

by Zuzana Šochová • 2020

Leaders go first. The mindset shift that turns managers into catalysts for self-organizing teams.

4.38

🌀 Agile Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🕸️ Systems Thinking 👥 Self-Organizing Teams 🎯 Shared Purpose

The Agile Leader

Leaders go first. The mindset shift that turns managers into catalysts for self-organizing teams.

by Zuzana Šochová 2020

4.38

16 ratings

🌀 Agile Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🕸️ Systems Thinking 👥 Self-Organizing Teams 🎯 Shared Purpose

The Smart Mission

by Edward J. Hoffman • 2022

What NASA's hardest projects reveal about knowledge: it lives in teams, not databases.

3.90

📋 Project Management 🧠 Knowledge Management 📚 Organizational Learning 🤝 Team Dynamics 📖 Storytelling In Business

The Smart Mission

What NASA's hardest projects reveal about knowledge: it lives in teams, not databases.

by Edward J. Hoffman 2022

3.90

50 ratings

📋 Project Management 🧠 Knowledge Management 📚 Organizational Learning 🤝 Team Dynamics 📖 Storytelling In Business

Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation

by Neil Perkin • 2017

Technology is outpacing your company. The playbook for teams, habits, and vision that close the gap.

4.08

💻 Digital Transformation 🔄 Agile Methodology 🎯 Customer Focus 💡 Design Thinking 🚀 Change Leadership

Building the Agile Business through Digital Transformation

Technology is outpacing your company. The playbook for teams, habits, and vision that close the gap.

by Neil Perkin 2017

4.08

77 ratings

💻 Digital Transformation 🔄 Agile Methodology 🎯 Customer Focus 💡 Design Thinking 🚀 Change Leadership

The Power of Vulnerability

by Barry Kaplan • 2018

How to turn coworkers into a team of leaders by leading with vulnerability, not authority.

4.07

🔓 Vulnerable Leadership 🧘 Inner Work ⚖️ Conflict Resolution 🏆 High-Performing Teams 🌟 Holistic Fulfillment

The Power of Vulnerability

How to turn coworkers into a team of leaders by leading with vulnerability, not authority.

by Barry Kaplan 2018

4.07

42 ratings

🔓 Vulnerable Leadership 🧘 Inner Work ⚖️ Conflict Resolution 🏆 High-Performing Teams 🌟 Holistic Fulfillment

The Professional Agile Leader

by Ron Eringa • 2022

Agile asks leaders to dismantle the very authority that made them successful.

4.41

🌊 Agile Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🤝 Self-Managing Teams 🎯 Outcome Over Output 🌱 Coaching Leadership

The Professional Agile Leader

Agile asks leaders to dismantle the very authority that made them successful.

by Ron Eringa 2022

4.41

44 ratings

🌊 Agile Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🤝 Self-Managing Teams 🎯 Outcome Over Output 🌱 Coaching Leadership

Unlearning Silence

by Elaine Lin Hering • 2024

Silence is learned, not innate. The framework for unlearning it and recovering your voice.

4.08

292

🗣️ Speaking Up 💼 Workplace Communication 🤫 Voice And Silence ⚡ Power Dynamics 🧠 Survival Strategies

Unlearning Silence

Silence is learned, not innate. The framework for unlearning it and recovering your voice.

by Elaine Lin Hering 2024

4.08

292 ratings

🗣️ Speaking Up 💼 Workplace Communication 🤫 Voice And Silence ⚡ Power Dynamics 🧠 Survival Strategies

Lead Without Blame

by Diana Larsen • 2022

Blame looks like accountability but kills team learning. What resilient leaders practice instead.

3.91

🏫 Learning Organizations 🔄 Team Retrospectives 🌈 Inclusive Leadership 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Lead Without Blame

Blame looks like accountability but kills team learning. What resilient leaders practice instead.

by Diana Larsen 2022

3.91

47 ratings

🏫 Learning Organizations 🔄 Team Retrospectives 🌈 Inclusive Leadership 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Collective Intelligence

The Future of Work

by Harvard Business Review • 2021

The pandemic shattered the employment deal. Nine rules for the one that replaces it.

3.40

🏠 Remote Work 🧠 Workplace Mental Health 🎯 Corporate Purpose 🤖 AI In The Workplace 💼 Gig Economy

The Future of Work

The pandemic shattered the employment deal. Nine rules for the one that replaces it.

by Harvard Business Review 2021

3.40

55 ratings

🏠 Remote Work 🧠 Workplace Mental Health 🎯 Corporate Purpose 🤖 AI In The Workplace 💼 Gig Economy

Leading Beyond Change

by Michael Sahota • 2021

90% of transformations fail because an organization cannot evolve beyond its leader's consciousness.

4.17

🏢 Organizational Culture 🧘 Conscious Leadership 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔮 Teal Organizations 🌱 Inner Transformation

Leading Beyond Change

90% of transformations fail because an organization cannot evolve beyond its leader's consciousness.

by Michael Sahota 2021

4.17

29 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 🧘 Conscious Leadership 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔮 Teal Organizations 🌱 Inner Transformation

Glad We Met

by Steven G. Rogelberg • 2024

Millions of 1:1s flop weekly. The playbook to make them the best meeting, backed by data.

3.71

503

📋 Meeting Effectiveness 🎯 Managerial Coaching 🤝 Workplace Relationships 🧑‍💼 New Managers 👥 People Leaders

Glad We Met

Millions of 1:1s flop weekly. The playbook to make them the best meeting, backed by data.

by Steven G. Rogelberg 2024

3.71

503 ratings

📋 Meeting Effectiveness 🎯 Managerial Coaching 🤝 Workplace Relationships 🧑‍💼 New Managers 👥 People Leaders

HBR's 10 Must Reads for Executive Teams

by Harvard Business Review • 2023

Diversity hires can't fix a culture that refuses to learn. Trust and systemic change can.

3.63

🏢 Executive Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🌍 Diversity And Inclusion 💼 Employee Engagement 🔄 Systemic Change

HBR's 10 Must Reads for Executive Teams

Diversity hires can't fix a culture that refuses to learn. Trust and systemic change can.

by Harvard Business Review 2023

3.63

19 ratings

🏢 Executive Leadership 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🌍 Diversity And Inclusion 💼 Employee Engagement 🔄 Systemic Change

Creative Acts for Curious People

by Sarah Stein Greenberg • 2021

Eighty assignments from the Stanford d.school that train anyone to think and lead like a designer.

3.93

334

🧠 Design Thinking 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping ⚖️ Design Ethics ✏️ Creative Exercises 🔄 Experiential Learning

Creative Acts for Curious People

Eighty assignments from the Stanford d.school that train anyone to think and lead like a designer.

by Sarah Stein Greenberg 2021

3.93

334 ratings

🧠 Design Thinking 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping ⚖️ Design Ethics ✏️ Creative Exercises 🔄 Experiential Learning

The Knowledge Café

by Benjamin Anyacho • 2021

Knowledge management fails when it ignores conversation. A café format captures what databases miss.

2.00

🧠 Knowledge Management 🔄 Organizational Learning 🧭 Facilitation Techniques 🤝 Knowledge Sharing 👥 Participatory Methods

The Knowledge Café

Knowledge management fails when it ignores conversation. A café format captures what databases miss.

by Benjamin Anyacho 2021

2.00

2 ratings

🧠 Knowledge Management 🔄 Organizational Learning 🧭 Facilitation Techniques 🤝 Knowledge Sharing 👥 Participatory Methods

Unmuted

by Heather Hansen • 2022

Why you stay silent and how to speak up confidently, connect across cultures, and be heard.

3.60

🗣️ Business Communication 🎥 Virtual Presence 🌍 Global English 👂 Active Listening 📢 Speaking Up

Unmuted

Why you stay silent and how to speak up confidently, connect across cultures, and be heard.

by Heather Hansen 2022

3.60

20 ratings

🗣️ Business Communication 🎥 Virtual Presence 🌍 Global English 👂 Active Listening 📢 Speaking Up

The Emotionally Intelligent Team

by Vanessa Urch Druskat • 2025

Talent can't make teams great. Nine norms for the emotional intelligence that can.

4.36

🔄 Team Dynamics 🏢 Organizational Culture 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🐝 Collective Intelligence 💬 Feedback Culture

The Emotionally Intelligent Team

Talent can't make teams great. Nine norms for the emotional intelligence that can.

by Vanessa Urch Druskat 2025

4.36

50 ratings

🔄 Team Dynamics 🏢 Organizational Culture 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🐝 Collective Intelligence 💬 Feedback Culture

The Awakened Mind

by Michael Bunting • 2022

Why leadership training fails: the unconscious patterns you missed and how to disarm them.

3.95

🎓 Adult Development 👤 Shadow Work 🧘 Mindful Leadership 💖 Self-Compassion 🪞 Personal Accountability

The Awakened Mind

Why leadership training fails: the unconscious patterns you missed and how to disarm them.

by Michael Bunting 2022

3.95

41 ratings

🎓 Adult Development 👤 Shadow Work 🧘 Mindful Leadership 💖 Self-Compassion 🪞 Personal Accountability

Deep Listening

by Emily Kasriel • 2025

The quiet skills that make people feel truly heard, and why no one teaches them.

4.00

355

👂 Listening Skills 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🧘 Mindful Communication 🌑 Shadow Work 🤝 Humanistic Psychology

Deep Listening

The quiet skills that make people feel truly heard, and why no one teaches them.

by Emily Kasriel 2025

4.00

355 ratings

👂 Listening Skills 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🧘 Mindful Communication 🌑 Shadow Work 🤝 Humanistic Psychology

The Octopus Organization

by Phil Le-Brun • 2025

Your company runs on permission slips. Ten shifts that move the decisions to the edges.

4.27

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Adaptive Organizations 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔁 Continuous Improvement 🧭 Strategic Clarity

The Octopus Organization

Your company runs on permission slips. Ten shifts that move the decisions to the edges.

by Phil Le-Brun 2025

4.27

97 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Adaptive Organizations 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔁 Continuous Improvement 🧭 Strategic Clarity

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