I am setting up a new Staff L&D library initially aimed at sales. management and self development. The company is in the Finance industry. It is a young company that has grown rapidly. The training department consists of me so I need some additional "support" to help development staff and Management.
Does anyone have any suggestions for "must have" books that they have found have been useful and easy to read etc?
claire douglas
15 Responses
3 suggestions
Selling to VITO – by Anthony Parinello
The 5 Pillars of Leadership – Paul J Meyer
The one minute Manager – Ken Blanchard
Just 3 off the top of my head which I can highly recommend.
Mark Bell
http://www.lmi-uk.com
Books
The Coaching Bible – Ian McDermott & Wendy Jago
6 Thinking Hats – Edward De Bono
SPIN Selling – Neil Rackham
Good to Great – Jim Collins
The Coaching At Work Toolkit – Zeus & Skillington
Books
Claire
Take a look at:
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=150768&d=680&h=608&f=626&dateformat=%25e-%25h-%25y – this coveres books on training that you personally might want to consider.
For essential reference I would also suggest:
Mullins, L. J. Management and Organisational Behaviour – if you only buy one book on management this should be the one. It is big, has good academic credentials but is easy to read and immensely useful.
Lucas, B. Discover your Hidden Talents – a stimulating book that focuses on developing yourself as a lifelong learner.
Pedler, M. A Managers Guide to Self Development – covers key issues ranging from emotional resilience to creativity and has plenty of practical activities.
Barwise, P. & Meehan, S. Simply Better – the best book on marketing that I have read in a long while.
Rackham, N. S.P.I.N. Selling Feildbook – 10 years old but a good practical sales book for trainers and sellers alike.
Happy reading!
Graham
I would like to recommend …
Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Red Book of Selling & Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless.
Ken Blanchard’s Raving Fans.
Any of the ‘Pocket Books’ published by Management Pocketbooks Ltd
Happy Reading
Neil
I have a few
hi – I set up something similar here so if you can let me have an e-mail address, I’ll forward the list to you.
suggested books
Hi
I would include the following:
The 7 habits of highly effective people – Stephen Covey
Gung Ho – Ken Blanchard (popular writer!!)
Fish! – Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul and John Christensen
cheers
Nick
My Favs…
Hi Claire
I would agree with all the recommendations thus far, but have a small question…are the books for you or the rest of the staff?
If the focus is for yourself and support for your training, take a look at the Fenman website…lots of good stuff, if a little expensive!
Training specific books:
Training with NLP – John Seymour & Joseph O’Connor
Tales for Trainers – Margaret Parkin
Super Teaching – Eric Jensen
Sizzle & Substance – Eric Jensen
The Big book of Humorous Training Games – Tamblyn/Weis
Facilitation – Trevor Bentley
Training Plus! – Brian Clegg
The Inspirational Trainer – Paul Z Jackson
Transactional Analysis for Trainers – Hay
Self Help/Development:
The Mind Gym
Purple Spotted Oranges – Martin Shervington
Peak Performance through NLP – John Seymour & Martin Shervington
You could also look at Tony Buzan’s works (Mind Mapping, Creative Thinking, Speed Reading etc)
Others:
The Ultimate book of Business Creativity – Ros Jay (great for running group exercises and so much more!)
Guerrilla Selling – Levinson, Gallagher & Wilson
All of these are easy to read and offer practical advice as opposed to just theory.
I would also suggest:
Training Reference Books:
Learning & Development – Rosemary Harrison
Training Interventions – Reid & Barrington
There are of course many more! Good luck with the library!
Ask your people what they want.
Claire
If the intention is that the staff should make use of the library and actually read the books would it be possible to get their input into what they might like to see on the shelves.
I have never yet read a book that I was told to read, but I have read many that friends suggested I might like.
You could buy every book that is suggested here but if nobody reads them?
Peter
Recommended Reading
Hi Claire, if you go to http://www.kaizen-training.com/free/our_favourite_books.html you’ll find a huge reading list.
Enjoy!
Have you thought about e-books/ a virtual library?
Hi Claire
What about an e-library -books online?
It’s worth having a look at IVY BookBytes http://www.ivysoft.co.uk This options gives you the best of Business books as 5 page book summaries plus what the Guru’s say and white papers. Great for a quick access/reference anytime. It’s cheaper than buying all thoses business books and everyone can read the same books online at the same time.
For Your Improvement
Hi There Claire!
An excellent developemnt and coaching guide is a book called “For Your Improvement” Michael M Lombardo & Robert W Eichinger from Lominger’s Leadership Architect suite of resources. http://www.lominger.com
This is a reference book more than an ‘easy read’ and extremely useful.
Speed Safely!
Wayne
Reading room
We’ve started keeping a log of the interesting stuff we’re reading. You can find it here.
http://www.predaptive.com/OD_reading_room.htm
It may be worth having a rating or review system for your employees so they can recommend (or not) resources that they’ve used.
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