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Navigate the Complexity of Leadership

Tony’s blog dives into the messy, human, and transformative parts of leadership. These are real-time lessons from coaching sessions, keynote stages, and lived experience.
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Leaders Are Readers

Tony’s Book Shelf

Your Brain on Art
Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross
The Power of Wonder
Monica Parker
The Bezos Blueprint

Carmine Gallo

The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
Real-Time Leadership
David Noble & Carol Kauffman
Compassionate Leadership
Rasmus Hougaard & Jacqueline Carter
Fixed
Amy Herman
Principles

Ray Dalio

The Beautiful Business
Steven Morris
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman

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Leaders Are Readers

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Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross
Monica Parker
Carmine Gallo
Rick Rubin
David Noble & Carol Kauffman
Adam Grant
Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Chris Anderson
Ari Wallach
Bill Campbell
Dacher Keltner
Dan Harris
Edward Glaeser
Edgar Schein
Rasmus Hougaard & Jacqueline Carter
Amy Herman
Ray Dalio
Daniel Kahneman
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Paula Rizzo
Susan Cain
Dorie Clark
April Rinne
Patrick J. McGinnis
Rick Simmons & Amy Simmons
Mark Epstein
Todd Cherches
Julio Mario Ottino & Bruce Mau
Susan Cain
Simon Sinek
Kim Scott
Chase Jarvis
Carol Dweck
Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux & Michael Wade
Adam Grant
Todd Henry
Reid Hoffman & Ben Casnocha
Francesca Gino
Questlove
Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
Michael Gelb
Simon Sinek
Don Miguel Ruiz
Amy Whitaker
Dan Heath
Gay Hendricks
Jim Collins
Scott Barry Kaufman
Dorie Clark
Ronald Heifetz, Marty Linsky, & Alex Grashow
Chip Conley
Monica Higgins
Shawn Achor
Malcolm Gladwell
Jennifer Garvey Berger
Whitney Johnson
Greg McKeown
John Little
Kevin Cashman
Brian Grazer
Adam Grant
Skip Prichard
Nancy Duarte
Satya Nadella