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4/11/2016

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Baseball player, coach and executive - Tony LaRussa. A baseball legend.

"I mostly enjoy reading fiction and anything written by coaches."

Favorite Fictional Reads...

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The Secretary of Veteran Affairs has a bookshelf worth sharing…“Throughout my education, military, and business careers; there are a few principles in which I believe deeply that drive my behavior everyday” —Secretary Bob McDonald.
Below are Secretary of McDonald’s top book recommendations that he shared with Things We Read. Many of which were books he recommended to his employees when he was the CEO of Proctor and Gamble.

Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl

Living a life driven by purpose is more meaningful and rewarding than meandering through life without direction. My life's purpose is to improve lives...the leader's job is to understand and enable the purpose and dreams of their employees. In this sense the task of the leader become a calling, a profession; not a job.

The Surprising Solution
Bruce Piasecki

Companies must do well to do good and must do good to do well....the point is that you can't say you are about making life better for people only in one area of your business. It has to be meaningfully integrated into all aspects of your business and operations.

The Dream Manager
Matthew Kelly

Everyone wants to succeed, and success is contagious. I have never in all my life, in any career, in any country, at any time, met a person who tries to fail. Everyone I have met wants to succeed. So the job of the leader is to help people succeed.

Good to Great
Jim Collins

Putting people in the right jobs is one of the most important jobs of the leader.

The West Point Way of Leadership
Col. Larry Donnithorne

Character is the most important trait of a leader. At West Point I learned that the character of a leader is their most important attribute. Character is defined as always putting the needs of the organization above your own. As a Captain in the Army, I always ate after the soldiers in my command.

Note: The Secretary also cites the West Point Cadet Prayer Book as being pivotal for this belief.

Connections
James Burke
Diverse group of people are more innovative than homogenous groups....Leaders are the most effective diverse teams follow the "Platinum Rules": treat others as they want to be treated.

The Fifth Discipline (Peter Senge)
Out of The Crisis (W. Edwards Deming)

Ineffective systems and cultures are bigger barriers to achievement than the talents of people.

Leading Change (John Kotter)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)

Organizations must renew themselves. Any organization, as with any organism, which is growing must renew itself. Growth by definition requires change. Changes requires renewal. Recruiting and training are top priorities.

Built to Last
Jim Collins

The true test of the leader is the performance of the organization when they are absent or after they depart...this means that the organization will be able to sustain itself successfully over time regardless of the quality of the leader.

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Enjoy Books That Matter.

Tony La Russa

Favorite Fictional Reads...

Favorite Coach-written books...

Bob McDonald

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Tony La Russa

Favorite Fictional Reads...

Favorite Coach-written books...

Bob McDonald

Archives

﻿Category of Booklist Contributors﻿

Enjoy Books That Matter.

Category of Booklist Contributors