Books like No Ego by Cy Wakeman

The Lean Startup presents a systematic, scientific approach for creating and managing successful startups in uncertain environments, emphasizing rapid experimentation, customer feedback, and iterative product development.

Daniel Goleman explains how emotional intelligence—self‑awareness, self‑discipline, and empathy—complements IQ, shaping success, happiness, and relationships.

Daniel H. Pink explores how intrinsic motivation—not external rewards—drives better performance, creativity, and well‑being, drawing on three decades of research and practical examples for individuals and organizations.

A groundbreaking guide to embracing vulnerability and courage.

Learn to navigate high‑stakes, emotionally charged conversations with confidence, ensuring productive outcomes in work and life.

Radical Candor explains how leaders can combine caring personally with challenging directly to create a culture of honest feedback, cohesive teams, and sustainable results.

Leaders Eat Last explains how leaders who prioritize the safety and well‑being of their teams build trust, loyalty and high performance in modern organizations.

Carol Dweck explores how the two fundamental mindsets—fixed and growth—shape our attitudes, goals, and success across work, relationships, and parenting, offering practical strategies to shift from stagnation to opportunity.

Discover the science behind high‑performing teams and how to build a vibrant culture in any group, from Pixar to Navy SEALs. Learn the three essential skills—safety, shared risk, and purpose—that foster trust, creativity, and lasting success.

A practical guide that teaches how to boost emotional intelligence with four core EQ skills—self‑awareness, self‑management, social awareness, and relationship management—to enhance personal and professional success.

"The bestselling authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach us how to turn evaluations, advice, criticisms, and coaching into productive listening and learning We swim in an ocean of feedback. Bosses, colleagues, customers-but also family, friends, and in-laws-they all have "suggestions" for our performance, parenting, or appearance. We know that feedback is essential for healthy relationships and professional development-but we dread it and often dismiss it. That's because receiving feedback sits at the junction of two conflicting human desires. We do want to learn and grow. And we also want to be accepted just as we are right now. Thanks for the Feedback is the first book to address this tension head on. It explains why getting feedback is so crucial yet so challenging, and offers a powerful framework to help us take on life's blizzard of off-hand comments, annual evaluations, and unsolicited advice with curiosity and grace. The business world spends billions of dollars and millions of hours each year teaching people how to give feedback more effectively. Stone and Heen argue that we've got it backwards and show us why the smart money is on educating receivers- in the workplace and in personal relationships as well. Coauthors of the international bestseller Difficult Conversations, Stone and Heen have spent the last ten years working with businesses, nonprofits, governments, and families to determine what helps us learn and what gets in our way. With humor and clarity, they blend the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical, hard-headed advice. The book is destined to become a classic in the world of leadership, organizational behavior, and education"-- "The bestselling authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach us how to turn evaluations, advice, criticisms, and coaching into productive listening and learning We swim in an ocean of feedback. Bosses, colleagues, customers--but also family, friends, and in-laws--they all have "suggestions" for our performance, parenting, or appearance. We know that feedback is essential for healthy relationships and professional development--but we dread it and often dismiss it. That's because receiving feedback sits at the junction of two conflicting human desires. We do want to learn and grow. And we also want to be accepted just as we are right now. Thanks for the Feedback is the first book to address this tension head on. It explains why getting feedback is so crucial yet so challenging, and offers a powerful framework to help us take on life's blizzard of off-hand comments, annual evaluations, and unsolicited advice with curiosity and grace"-- Discover how to turn evaluations, advice, criticisms, and coaching into productive listening and learning. Receiving feedback sits at the junction of two conflicting human desires: we do want to learn and grow, and we also want to be accepted just as we are right now. The authors offer a powerful framework to help us take on life's blizzard of off-hand comments, annual evaluations, and unsolicited advice with curiosity and grace.

Presenting a managerial approach to the study of organisational behaviour, with an emphasis on improving working performance through a better understanding of human resources, this book contains summaries, review questions and assignments.

Suggests five questions leaders should use to evaluate their organization and make changes, covering mission, customers and their values, results, and plans.

Reality‑Based Leadership teaches managers to cut through drama, clarify roles, and empower teams with facts‑driven guidance, turning everyday work into focused, results‑oriented action.