Must-reads from a top CEO's book list
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
recommends four business books he thinks everyone should read
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh wants
his employees to continuously explore new ideas. That's why there's a library
of some of his favourite books at Zappos' Las Vegas headquarters.
Over the years he's
recommended well over 20 business books -including his own, the 2010 bestseller
Delivering Happiness and you can always find what he's currently reading atop
his cluttered desk. Hsieh shared with Business Insider four books he's
recommending to everyone at the moment.
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Leadership consultant and pop
ular TED Talk speaker Simon Sinek's 2009 book Start with Why has a simple but
potentially profound insight: The best leaders process and share information by
starting with why, then how and then finally what, whereas m o s t people
approach matters in the reverse order.
Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
Author Steven Johnson
argues in his 2010 book that innovation comes from the collision of ideas. This
can happen when an individual working in isolation builds off years of existing
knowledge to fuel his insights, or it can happen much more quickly when several
creative types bounce ideas off each other in a community like Silicon Valley.
Getting Things Done by David Allen
David Allen is a management
consultant whose 2001 classic Getting Things Done has sold over a million cop
ies, ma ki ng it t h e g o t o book on personal productivity for the past 15
years. Allen updated t last year, but its main principles have held up well
because they provide readers of all experience levels with tools to make
decisions, plan their days according to top priorities, and stay focused on
what matters.
Originals: How Non Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
Wharton's youngest and
highest rated professor, Adam Grant, released his second book recently. It's an
exploration of how nonconformists change the world on both an individual and
corporate level. In both cases, it's an openness to continually try new things
and not expend too much energy on what doesn't work.
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