Featured Book

The Crux: How leaders become strategists by Richard P. Rumelt

What passes for strategy in too many businesses, government agencies, and military operations is a toxic mix of wishful thinking and a jumble of incoherent policies. Richard P. Rumelt’s breakthrough concept is that leaders become effective strategists when they focus on challenges rather than goals, pinpointing the crux of their pivotal challenge—the aspect that is both surmountable and promises the greatest progress—and taking decisive, coherent action to overcome it.

Featured Podcast

The High Performance Podcast: E144 – Amanda Blanc: Finding your voice and speaking up

Amanda Blanc is a Welsh businesswoman and the current CEO of Aviva, stepping into the role in July 2020. Amanda discusses what she learnt from her role as CEO and how she approaches leading a million pound company. Communication is key for Amanda, she approaches every conversation with an open mind wanting to learn how she can improve her work and in turn, the company.

Book recommendations 2022

1. • Nine lies about work – Ashley Goodall and Marcus Buckingham
   • Pitstop to Perform – Ray Collis and John O’Gorman
   • Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick – Chris Bradly, Martin Hirt, Sven Smith
   • Lead from the Future – Josh Suskewicz and Mark W. Johnson
   • High Performance Lessons form the Best – Damian Hughes Jake Humphrey
   • Stolen Focus – Johann Hari
   • Doing Agile Right – Darrell Rigby, Sarah Elk and Steven Berez
   • The Business of Winning – Mark Gallagher
   • Work Disrupted – Jeffrey M Schwartz and Susanne Riss
   • Black Box Thinking – Matthew Syed
   • Seeing around corners – Rita Gunther McGrath

Recommended podcasts

High Performance Podcast – Damian Hughes and Jake Humphrey

Dare to Lead – Brené Brown

Winning Teams – John Murphy