Looking for book recommendations relating to HR 📚

Love this idea Moe - looking forward to seeing what others recommend :)

I’d always recommend these three books to anyone working in HR, line management, etc - easy reads but plenty of insights:

1. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Dan Pink
2. Radical Candor - Kim Scott
3. How Not To Worry - Paul McGee

​@Moe - I’ll ping you our HR playbook, although it is out of date and in need of updating!

Thanks, ​@SalC 

I’ve heard so much about Radical Candor! I think it’s about time I read it already 😅

And yes, I’m definitely looking forward to everyone’s recommendations. Something tells me we have a few well-read folks around here. 👀

Yes please! Very intrigued by this. Thanks, ​@SalC! 

Tagging folks for some more recommendations!

​@JHBEM ​@damayantichowdhury09 ​@xtine08 ​@Ines ​@SophieA 

​@Moe - for team development, Patrick LencionI, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: https://www.tablegroup.com/topics-and-resources/teamwork-5-dysfunctions/?srsltid=AfmBOoqHU0xc1feeXYqchiC6T7sMby8YEEpqp1R1xmImir40SbnCiLRV

​@SalC Thank you so much! Judging from the info on the website, there are a lot of parallels to dysfunction in sports teams - very interesting!  

Tagging ​@Naturally Mindful ​@HannahPorteous-Butler ​@FWolfenden ​@Kim Stringer ​@andra.enache  as I’m still looking to add to this list of recommendations! 

I’m also wondering if it might be a nice idea to start a sort of HR book club in this community. 🤔

Can’t recommend enough the book “Drive”. I wish all managers would read it too… :)

Hi all

I loved Radical Candor - Kim Scott when it first came out. Although I think some Leaders might have taken the brutally honest candor to the extreme and that was not the authors intent. I have just bought Radical Respect and look forward to reading her updates and clarification on what she meant, because she realised some people were using it as an excuse to just be rude.

What got you here, won’t get you there- Marshall Goldsmith. My fav coaching for Scale up books. Brilliant pragmatic book about learning and changing for new roles/promotion, especially useful in a dynamic environment and new managers/ leaders. eg letting go, delegation. I always recommend this

Built for People - Jessica Zwaan- transform employee experience using Product management principles. Borrow some ideas, tools and language. Great book to be inspired by. I was on the tube reading it and nearly missed my destination stop.. absorbing and easy to read. I also did a fire side chat with Jessie, such a great person !

Would love a HR book club!!

Love me a double-endorsed book 😂 it’s definitely on my list. My bookcase is going to look nice and full soon! 

That’s multiple votes for a HR book club - time for me to start scheming! 👀

Since the event in the London office, I read more about Radical Candor and saw what you were talking about. I didn’t realise how many people were misusing her message as a way to be awful to people in their respective work environments! 

I love the sound of that Marshall Goldsmith book. Again, something i have zero exposure to, which makes me want to buy a copy even more!

Interesting choice to include this book by Zwaan. I’ve ended up accidentally learning things to apply to my own job as a community manager from a Product book (Inspired by Marty Cagan), so I love this! 

Any recommendations you’d like to add ​@nina.johansson?