AMA Leadership Answer - Do you have any book recommendations?

Thanks for the question Emily!

I remember being on a management course based on the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey many years ago. The course was great and I absorbed all the content, the book came with it. So the course left a mark with me that there was something in this. I tried to read the book but it got harder and harder the deeper I got. I was a terrible reader in those days, always easily distracted. So I bought an audio book version that I didn't know at the time wasn't the original and it took a different approach to explain the principles.

It explained the 7 Habits of Highly "Ineffective" People first. That was immensely powerful and I would listen to it on my journeys to work every morning. So that was the most influential book on my career by far.

I did also read Simon Sinek Start with Why a couple of years ago and that was also a lightbulb moment where I realised "wow...no-one is asking why here". So now "why?" is my most common question to product managers and repetition is gradually having an influence.

I do need to read more so I will add The Captain Class to my list.