There is a lot of content out there. These are the resources I recommend. The goal is not to read or listen to more, but better.

Podcasts

At the Table with Patrick Patrick Lencioni - Link

The Organizational Health Advantage with James Fenton and Keith Hadley - Link

Reading

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Lencioni, Patrick. Jossey-Bass, 2002. If you’re new to the world of organizational health this is a great place to start. Patrick digs deep into five basic dysfunctions that hold teams back and illustrates the behaviors that overcome them.

The Six Types of Working Genius. Lencioni, Patrick. The Working Genius, 2020. Teams get work done well when they understand how each team member contributes to the effort. In this book, Patrick explores how the individual wiring each team member brings to the table can be best appreciated and deployed to increase team trust and effectiveness.

The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business. Lencioni, Patrick. Jossey-Bass, 2012. The one model to rule them all, in the Advantage Patrick brings together the disciplines that help organizations thrive. Patrick argues that organizational health is a force multiplying advantage.

The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities. Lencioni, Patrick. Jossey-Bass, 2018. Leadership is a stewardship and too many leaders want to be liked. Many others see leadership as a prize to hold onto not an opportunity to give. In this book Patrick explores the motivations that drive healthy leaders to do what is most important.

Trust: Knowing When to Give It, When to Hold It, and How to Earn It. Cloud, Henry. HarperCollins Leadership, 2021. Henry Cloud explores the fundamental nature of trust and why it is the secret ingredient that builds strong relationships.

The One Minute Manager. Blanchard, Kenneth, and Spencer Johnson. William Morrow, 1982. This classic leadership text, breaks down the clarifying behaviors that are foundational to any supervisory relationship.

Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness through Situational Leadership. Blanchard, Kenneth, Donald Zigarmi, and Paul Zigarmi. HarperCollins, 2013. Once the basics have been mastered, leaders need to refine their approach to shepherding by dialing in their coaching skills to meet others where they are at. In this book, Blanchard and Zigarmi explore how to coach people from new hire into seasoned manager.

Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change. Bridges, William. Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2009. Life and Business are about change and managing that change is a skill leaders can embrace. Bridges takes readers through the stages of change and recommends perspectives and behaviors that make adapting to the inevitable more manageable.

Radical Candor. Scott, Kim. St. Martin's Press, 2017. Without feedback, we don’t grow. But too often leaders are afraid to speak the kind truth. It’s difficult. Kim helps us do what we all know needs to get done.

Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth. Chand, Samuel R. Thomas Nelson, 2011. Leadership is pain. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth it. Chand aims to strengthen his reader’s ability to endure the regular challenges that come with any leadership role. Leadership not for the feint of heart, but it is worth it.