TOP FIVE 5

Five Leadership Books for Engineers

Top Five is a regular feature in THE PULSE! Top Five explores recommendations for podcasts, books, activities, and more. For this issue, Engineering Georgia is exploring books every engineering leader or aspiring leader should read. These books will help you grow and keep you hooked until the end.

SURROUNDED BY IDIOTS

by Thomas Erikson

An international phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide. It offers a simple yet ground-breaking method for assessing the personalities of people we communicate with, in and out of the office, based on four personality types (Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow) and provides insights into how we can adjust the way we speak and share information.

THE CONNECTOR MANAGER: WHY SOME LEADERS BUILD EXCEPTIONAL TALENT - AND OTHERS DON'T by

Jaime Roca

Drawing on their groundbreaking data-driven research, as well as in-depth case studies and extensive interviews with managers and employees at companies like IBM, Accenture, and eBay, the authors show what behaviors define a Connector manager and why they are able to build powerhouse teams. They also show why other types of managers fail to be equally effective and how they can incorporate behaviors of Connector managers in order to be more effective at building teams.

LEADING FROM THE MIDDLE: A PLAYBOOK FOR MANAGERS TO INFLUENCE UP, DOWN, AND ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION

by Scott Mautz

An insightful and practical guide for the backbone of an organization: those who have a boss and are a boss and must lead from the messy middle. Accomplished author and former P&G executive Scott Mautz walks readers through the unique challenges facing these managers and the mindset and skillset necessary for managing up and down and influencing what happens across the organization.

WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON'T GET YOU THERE: HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE BECOME EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL PAPERBACK

by Marshall Goldsmith

What is the solution? The Harvard Business Review asked Goldsmith, “What is the most common problem faced by the executives that you coach?”

Inside, he answers this question by discussing not only the key beliefs of successful leaders but also the behaviors that hold them back. He addresses the fundamental problems that often come with success–and offers ways to attack these problems. Goldsmith outlines twenty habits commonly found in the corporate environment and provides a systematic approach to helping you achieve a positive change in behavior.

From Expert To

EXECUTIVE: MASTERING THE SOPS OF LEADING

by Edward E. Tyson & Michael Ashley

From Expert to Executive illustrates the importance and power of demystifying, deconstructing, and rebuilding our notions of leadership in a bid to overcome the most pressing crisis facing modern organizations: not enough leaders are leading. Through a matrix of interconnected stories of personal and professional struggle, a solution is posed to the characters and readers –LeadershipSOPs – a compact leadership model linked to an elegant framework for understanding the purpose and domains of leading, as well as a strait forward methodology for taking consistent action across those domains.