Some good reads that have really helped me grow over the years. A mix of books and articles I keep coming back to. If anything here is new to you, dig in.
The operator's bible. Grove's framing of management as a production function is the closest thing I have to a working theory of the job.
The L10 meeting framework that has structured how I run leadership cadences. Demystifies the operating system every well run team needs.
On why some leaders make their teams smarter and others quietly subtract IQ points from every room they walk into.
A novel about a factory that is secretly a master class on bottlenecks and throughput. Changed how I look at every workflow I touch.
The most useful book I have read on why organizations get stuck and what actually moves them.
The OKR playbook. Worth reading even if you do not use OKRs, because it forces clarity on what "winning" actually means.
The honest book about leadership decisions you cannot Google your way out of.
The Amazon operating playbook from two insiders. Especially good on how to write a six pager that actually moves a decision.