Leadership insights, thoughts from lived experiences and readings
Last week I finished another of Patrick Lencioni's book - The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable. In this early book (written even before Five Dysfunctions of a Team) the author emphasizes on why organizational health is the ultimate differentiator between a successful and failed business as well as how to achieve that. Organizational health… Continue reading The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive by Patrick Lencioni
This week I finished The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller. I was interested to read this book as I recently read Mark Miller's The Heat of Leadership and The Secret of Teams. I am also a big fan of Ken Blanchard's One Minute Manager. This a fantastic business fable involving a struggling leader Debbie Brewster discovering… Continue reading The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller
Marqeta began a new journey as a public company this June 9th by listing in Nasdaq. This is a major milestone in my career. I have missed it a few times in the past, but now I feel good that I have been part of taking a small startup to a mid-size public company. I… Continue reading Marqeta Successfully Executed IPO at June 9th
I finished another good business fable last week, The Heart of Leadership: Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow by Mark Miller. This is an amazing leadership book that I strongly recommend. It was very fitting that Patrick Lencioni wrote the forward of this book. In this business fable the author talks about foundational leadership characters. Characters, which… Continue reading The Heart of Leadership by Mark Miller
I am very keen in deepening my understanding about engineering leadership for fast growing tech companies. This is very relevant to my current company where I am working as a Sr Engineering Manager. I often share my thoughts, new learnings, leadership puzzles that is confusing me currently in my social media networks. As a result… Continue reading Good Leadership and Management Books
Earlier this week I finished another good book from Management Guru Patrick Lencioni - The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable. In his customary style, Patrick brings out the inner conflicts of the CEO of a San Francisco based company which many struggling CEOs experience. A temptation may be understood as a personal moral failure that… Continue reading The Five Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni
Yesterday I finished First, Break All The Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman from Gallup Organization. This is a good book that managers at different levels should read. This may turn out to be a bit heavy for entry level managers but may be not. The reason I mention it… Continue reading Book Review: First, Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham
Today I finished Ashlee Vance's biography Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. Needless to say, it's fascinating and thought-provoking. In this biography, the author remained true to his readers and didn't let Elon control the content. He interviewed Musk regularly along with people close to Elon to present the reader an… Continue reading Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
A leader is best when people barely know he exists. Of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, “We did this ourselves". - Quote from Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Last week I finished reading the book (hardcover) The Truth About Employee Engagement: A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery by Patrick Lencioni. This is another good business fable from Pat that touches a very fundamental understanding of team dynamics. In this book the author talks about why people feel misery at job… Continue reading The Truth About Employee Engagement by Patrick Lencioni
I finished the audiobook Leading the Pack: Expert Training to Build Relationships and Inspire Followers by John Maxwell and Brian Tracy yesterday. This is a compilation of several insightful lectures from both these famous leadership coaches. But I didn't get the feel of a book as I have listened to many such lectures on youtube from both the… Continue reading Leading the Pack by John Maxwell and Brian Tracy
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