Recommended Reading and Resources
Charlie and the Mandarin team recommend these books to help you on your strategy, leadership and personal growth journey.
Books by Topic
Strategy, Planning and Execution
- 4 Disciplines of Execution – Sean Covey
- Good Strategy, Bad Strategy – Richard Rumelt
- Measure What Matters – John Doerr
- The Art of War – Sun Tzu
- The Strategy Book – Max McKeown
- Traction – Gino Wickman
Leadership and Team Performance
- Leaders Eat Last – Simon Sinek
- ​Leadership and Self-deception – Arbinger Institute
- Multipliers – Liz Wiseman
- The Culture Code – Daniel Coyle
- The Culture Map – Erin Meyer
Coaching and Personal Effectiveness
- ​7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
- Atomic Habits – James Clear
- Deep Work – Cal Newport
- Manifest – Roxie Nafousi
- ​The Source – Dr Tara Swart
- ​Time to Think – Nancy Kline
- The Chimp Paradox - Professor Steve Roberts
Creativity
- The Artist's Way – Julia Cameron
- Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert
- Everybody Writes – Ann Handley
- Steal Like An Artist – Austin Kleon
- The War of Art – Shawn CoyneÂ
Communication
- Pyramid Principle – Barbara Minto
- Order Out of Chaos – Scott Walker
- Surrounded by Idiots – Thomas Erikson
- Radical Candor - Kim ScottÂ
Critical Thinking
- Black Box Thinking – Matthew Syed
- Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
- Critical Thinking Skills – Stella Cottrell
- Pig Wrestling – Pete Lindsay and Dr Mark Bawden
- Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
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