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General HR
NEW: Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level
By Leander Kahney
Transformative HR: How great companies use evidence-based change for sustainable advantage
By: John W. Boudreau and Ravin Jesuthasan
Leadership
NEW: Leadership Intelligence: The 5Qs for Thriving as a Leader
By Ali Qassim Jawad & Andrew Kakabadse
NEW: Applied Empathy: The New Language of Leadership
By: Michael Ventura
The Weird CEO: How to Lead in a World Dominated by Artificial Intelligence
By: Charles Towers-Clark
How To Lead Others: Eight Lessons For Beginners
By: John Adir
Lessons in Leadership: 12 Key Concepts
By: John Adir
Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice And Leadership
By: Lee G. Bolman & Terrence E. Deal
Good people: The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters
By: Anthony Tjan
Leading from Purpose: Clarity and confidence to act when it matters
By: Nick Craig
Culture
Culture Your Culture: Innovating experiences @Work
By: Karen Jaw-Madson
The Power of Company Culture: How any business can buld a culture that improves productivity, performance and profits
By: Chris Dyer
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Racism at Work: The Danger of Indifference
By: Binna Kandola
Management
The Asshole Survival Guide: How to deal with people who treat you like dirt
By: Robert I Sutton
The Carrot Principle: How the best managers use recognition to engage their people, retain talent, and accelerate performance
By: Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
Teams
The Power of a Positive Team: Proven Principles And Practices That Make Great Teams Great
By: Jon Gordon
Personal development/CPD
NEW: What it Takes: How I Built a $100 Million Business Against the Odds
By: Raegan Moya-Jones
NEW: The Visual MBA: A Quick Guide to Everything You’ll Learn in Two Years of Business School
By: Jason Barron
NEW: Rise: Start Living the Life You Were Meant to Lead
By: Royston Guest
Head Start: Build A Resilient Mindset So You Can Achieve Your Goals
By: Ian Price
Captivate: The Science of Suceeding with People
By: Vanessa Van Edwards
Steps to High performance: Focus on whay you can change (and ignore the rest)
By: Marc Effron
Mind Flip: Change the way you thnk about yourself and reinvent your future
By: Zena Everett
How to Deal With Difficult People: Smart tactics for overcoming the problem people in your life
By: Gill Hasson
Great At Work: How top performers do less, work better and achieve more
By: Morten Hansen
Organisational performance
NEW: Redesigning The Way Work Works: Strong Opinion and Advice from 40 Years in the Business
By Bruce Morton
NEW: Brave New Work
By: Aaron Dignan
Capability At Work: How to Solve the Performance Puzzle
By: Paul Matthews
Informal Learning at Work: How to Boost Performance in Tough Times
By: Paul Matthews
Learning Transfer at Work: How to Ensure Training >> Performance
By: Paul Matthews
The Human Workplace: People-centred organizational development
By: Andy Swann
Purpose Meets Execution: How winning organizations accelerate engagement and drive profits
By: Louis Efron
Purpose
Find Your Why: A practical guide for discovering purpose for you and your team
By: Simon Sinek
Wellbeing
Mind Time: How 10 mindful minutes can enhance your work, health and happiness
By: Michael Chaskalson & Megan Reitz
How We Work: Live your purpose, reclaim your sanity and embrace the daily grind
By: Leah Weiss
Change
NEW Neuroscience for Organizational Change: An evidence-based practical guide to managing change
By: Hilary Scarlett
How change happens
By: Duncan Green
NEW: The HR Change Toolkit: Your Complete Guide to Making it Happen
By: Lucy Adams
Meetings
NEW: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters
By: Priya Parker
Kill Bad Meetings: Transform your culture, improve collaboration, & accelerate decisions
By: Kevan Hall & Alan Hall
The Art of Gathering: Create Transformative Meetings, Events and Experiences
By: Priya Parker