[cnj]

Cool, this looks nice!

I'm currently mentoring new tech leads, and I'm using books heavily as a tool. I usually break a book into two or three parts which we discuss and try to apply to our every-day problems. It works quite well.

However the biggest challenge I had wasn't finding good leadership books, but narrowing my list of books down.

I currently read with my mentees:

- The Managers Path

- Elastic Leadership

- Simply Said: Communicating Better at Work and Beyond

- Nonviolent communication

"Simply Said" is a good example for my struggle: I picked it because I needed a single book that covers written communication, presentations, body language, focus on the needs of the person communicated to etc.

There are surely better books for each topic individually, but picking a single one was tough!

[chingv]

So glad to hear you’re finding Simply Said helpful!

That’s our company’s book, written by our managing partner, Jay Sullivan. I was pleasantly surprised to see it pop up while browsing HN.

What’s one thing you learned from the book that’s been helpful for you?

(Nonviolent Communication is also a good one that’s on my reading list)

[cnj]

The advice on trying to pick one person per sentence and to keep eye contact with that person was most helpful for me. I either tended to flick between people quickly, or look at one person for a longer period of time.