Dina's Coaching Bookshelf

Here are some wonderful books that have broadened my learning and thinking about leading, communicating and living fully.

Many of them have been essential guides to me as I have developed my leadership coaching skills in an ongoing effort to provide transformational leadership coaching to my clients.

The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life
Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
Wonderful and sensible manual for turning obstacles into possibilities

The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
Dan Roam
The international bestseller that proves that a simple drawing on a humble napkin can be more powerful than the slickest PowerPoint presentation.

Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time
Susan Scott
How to use everyday conversations to cut through the politics at work and start talking about what is really important and game-changing for an organization.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick M. Lencioni
Five key dysfunctions that inhibit high performance in teams

The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary
Angeles Arrien
Arrien is a leading expert on native spirituality and shamanism and reveals the four archetypal principles of the Native American medicine wheel and how they can lead us to a higher spirituality, more effective personal and professional lifes and a better world.

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t
Jim Collins
One of those books on leadership that managers and execs will be reading for years to come.  Unexpected lessons of leadership excellence and what it takes to create and sustain success

How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life
Clifton and Rath
50 years of research about the powerful impact of positive psychology on work and life.

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
Timothy Gallway
How to get out of your own way and let your best game emerge

Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box
The Arbinger Institute
Learning how the process of self-deception works–and how to avoid it and stay in touch with our innate sense of what’s right.

The Leadership Challenge, 3rd Edition
Kouzes and Posner
A terrific roadmap for improving your leadership skills, and a must-read for anyone who manages others.

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Chip Heath and Dan Heath
The art of making ideas unforgettable.

Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
William Bridges
Practical, step-by-step strategies for minimizing the disruptions caused by workplace change.

Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
George Leonard
How the process of mastery can help us attain a higher level of excellence and a deeper sense of satisfaction and fulfillment in our daily lives.

Say It in Six: How to Say Exactly What You Mean in Six Minutes or Less
Ron Hoff
The title says it all.  And this book is also full of great tips for running effective meetings.

Training to Imagine: Practical Improvisational Theatre Techniques to Enhance Creativity, Teamwork, Leadership, and Learning
Kat Koppett
A range of terrific exercises for use in team meetings, offsites,  etc.

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter
Twenty bad habits that stifle already successful careers

What is the Emperor Wearing?: Truth-Telling in Business Relationships
Laurie Weiss, Ph.D
The power and importance of truth telling in organizations

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
Daniel H Pink
Pink argues that business and everyday life will soon be dominated by right-brain thinkers. He identifies the roots and implications of transitioning from a society dominated by left-brain thinkers into something entirely different.

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