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Book Summaries Take control. Work Smarter. Make it count. The following book summaries are an intellectual homage to the great works listed here. We do not own the intellectual property and encourage you to purchase and add to your own library the titles that are most impactful to you. Phill Nosworthy is a keynote speaker, author and Co-Founder of SL+D. SL+D is an online learning platform, offering expertly crafted courses to accelerate your personal and professional growth. Finally, Fortune 500 level career development for everyone. For more information, visit phillnosworthy.com + switchld.com BOOK SUMMARIES 1 Contents Book 1. Leadership Transformed by Dr. Peter Fuda ............................................................................................. 2 Book 2. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frank ......................................................................................... 5 Book 3. The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown ............................................................................................. 7 Book 4. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey ................................................................. 9 Book 5. Get Some Headspace by Andy Puddicombe ........................................................................................ 13 Book 6. Getting Things Done by David Allen .......................................................................................................15 Book 7. Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath .....................................................................................................19 Book 8. All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin ..................................................................................................22 Book 9. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Dr Marshall Goldsmith ...........................................25 Book 10. Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein ......................................................................................28 Book 11. Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull ................................................................................................................... 31 Book 12. Scaling Up Excellence by Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao ..............................................................34 Book 13. Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman .................................................................................... 37 Book 14. Mindset by Carol Dweck.......................................................................................................................... 40 Book 15. How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie .......................................................43 Book 16. Influence by Robert B. Cialdini, PH.D. ..................................................................................................47 Book 17. Great Work by David Sturt ...................................................................................................................... 50 Book 18. Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi ........................................................................................................52 Book 19. Drive by Dan Pink .......................................................................................................................................55 Book 20. Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek .........................................................................................................59 Book 21. Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee ...........................63 Book 22. The Road To Character by David Brooks ............................................................................................66 Book 23. The Essential Drucker by Peter Drucker .............................................................................................70 Book 24. The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman ................................................................................................... 75 BOOK 1 2 Leadership Transformed by Dr. Peter Fuda Author’s Pitch How does a good manager become a great leader? Ask around in business circles, and you’ll get a thousand different answers. But now, internationally-renowned leadership expert Dr Peter Fuda has created a single, coherent roadmap for greatness: after more than a decade’s research and practice, Fuda shares the seven common threads that have enabled hundreds of leaders across the world to transform themselves into effective, inspiring leaders. Fuda has helped leaders on four continents achieve greatness. Previously available only to the select clients of his industry- leading consultancy, now Fuda’s expert knowledge can help kick-start your own leadership transformation. Author and Credentials As a management consultant, Peter and his team at The Alignment Partnership (TAP) have created some 30 published case studies of business transformation, and more than 500 individual case studies of leadership In A Nutshell transformation around the world. Clients include global multinationals like MasterCard, Cutting edge insight into modern leadership. Kraft, Philips, Peabody, Bayer, Xstrata, CSC, Backed by over a decade of rigorous, first- Luxottica, Dun & Bradstreet and Mars; ASX hand research with hundreds of CEOs, giants like Westpac, Telstra, Suncorp, Foxtel, Fuda frames the leadership transformation Crown Casino and Promina, and the Hong through 7 easy to grasp metaphors. Kong and Queensland governments. In an environment where 70% of all change efforts fail, TAP has a better than 90% success rate. Visuals A 2 minute book trailer As a leadership coach, Peter has enabled more than 200 CEOs to measurably increase their Check out Fuda’s YouTube channel leadership effectiveness and performance. for a range of videos The fire metaphor: from ‘burning As a thought leader, Peter’s research and platform’ to ‘burning ambition’ approaches to transformation have been published on five continents. He is the first Australian ever published on transformation in the prestigious Harvard Business Review. His doctoral research is now required reading at universities from Taiwan to the USA, including at Harvard. Peter is also an Adjunct Professor of management at Macquarie University. BOOK 1 3 Leadership Transformed by Dr. Peter Fuda “The greatest leaders transform themselves The 7 Metaphors before transforming others. Leadership At the heart of the book are 7 metaphors, as Transformed is a guidebook on how to described @www.peterfuda.com, these are: transform yourself and your organisation.” – Marshall Goldsmith, World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker (Thinkers50 Global Study) 1. Fire • The motivational forces that initiate “On a global basis, transformative leadership and sustain transformation efforts; is a rare asset and vital to the success including a burning platform and burning of any organisation. In this provocative ambition, as well as personal and book, Peter has uncovered a compelling organisational reasons for change. paradigm that will no doubt benefit leaders • The Fire, or the big why is actually a crucial and their organisations.” – Tim Armstrong, part of how leaders transform. As Nietzsche Chief Executive Officer, AOL Inc said, “he who has a why to live can bear almost any how”. Fire is central to the other six metaphors, because if the fire Summary goes out, all other factors are redundant. Fuda identifies five strategies for 2. Snowball empowering leadership • A virtuous snowball of accountability that propels the change effort forward; starting 1. From content to context with the leader, and building momentum Shift focus from the day-to-day as others are ‘swept up’ in the journey. detail of their world to creating a • Momentum is contingent upon getting a context for the success of others. critical mass of leaders on the journey, exiting those who are not committed, and embedding constructive leadership 2. From talking to walking. in the organisation’s systems and Shift from telling others what is structures. At this point, the snowball required to showing them. is almost impossible to stop. 3. From competing to collaborating. 3. Master Chef Move from politics and conflict toward • Artful application of the ‘leadership creating genuine relationships built on science’ (frameworks, tools and strategies), trust and the idea of mutual success. which enable a leader to advance from amateur cook to ‘master’ chef. • Pioneering French chef Marcel Boulestin 4. From guru to guide. once said “cooking is not chemistry, From providing answers to coaching it’s an art. It requires instinct and taste others to find answers for themselves. rather than exact measurements”. Similarly, transformation is accelerated 5. From critic to cheerleader. when leaders work fluidly within a From a focus on what is going recipe (change frameworks), and wrong to what is going right. artfully deploy their utensils (tools) and cooking methods (strategies). 4. Coach • A team of consultant(s), colleagues and supporters that collectively coach a leader toward their aspirations. • The leader is likened to captain of a sporting team who receives coaching from a variety of sources, both on-field and off-field. Coaching is most powerful when all groups identify mutually BOOK 1 4 Leadership Transformed by Dr. Peter Fuda beneficial outcomes from the leader’s Additional Information transformation, and create a trusting Fuda’s website contains a wealth of environment for that coaching to take place. great articles and a brilliant