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2016 Year in Review

Stats:

# of Books Read: 73 (see Book List)
# of Pages Read: 23,441
# of Re-Reads: 6
Genre You Read the Most: Business

1. Best book you read in 2016?

In Work Rules!, Laszlo Bock taps into his experience from Google’s PeopleOps team. This is a bible for recruiters, HR managers, and execs.

Ego Is the Enemy book review: Ryan Holiday challenges readers to not let pride stand in the way of attaining or repeating success.

Grit book review: Duckworth posits that grit–which she defines as passion plus perseverance–is a better predictor of success than talent.

Smarter Faster Better explains how to leverage our brain’s hardwiring to increase productivity and accomplish ever-higher goals.

Fix It book review: This book provides practical, actionable leadership ideas that I’ve already begun to use with my team.

Black Box Thinking book review: Although his first book Bounce was really good, Matthew Syed’s newest book reaches a whole new level.

Of all John Maxwell’s work, The 5 Levels of Leadership does the best job of defining what separates good leaders from great leaders.

Adam Grant’s insightful work made me reconsider some of my preconceived notions of how creativity is fueled in individuals and organizations.

Creativity, Inc. book review: This book is packed with tips for how to breed innovation and employee autonomy in any company.