By Bonnie Wingate

November 19, 2024 | minute read

Buzzworthy reads for the disruption-driven executive.

That’s on Me: Seasoned Executives Confess Their Rookie Mistakes

By Mike McHargue, Greenleaf Book Group, Oct. 2024

Learning from someone who has firsthand experience of what we are facing can show us how to effectively respond to situations and problems and, perhaps, even how to avoid them. In That’s on Me, author Mike McHargue offers insights and wisdom from nearly 40 C-suite veterans on a wide variety of mistakes they have made. These leaders are authentic and generous in allowing readers to learn from them. Published in October 2024, these“confessions” can be a guide for current and aspiring executives. A self-assessment is included. The learnings and guidance on leadership can be useful for any level leader.

Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best from the Rest

By William Vanderbloemen, HarperCollins, Nov. 2023

Using research from more than 30,000 senior leaders and from proprietary data over 15 years, author William Vanderbloemen recognized 12 habits that are shared by the most successful. These habits will support you to stand out and be seen as unique. Data is included that validates why a habit is transformative. Easy-to-use ways to develop the habits are included along with examples of how the habit is being used by highly effective professionals. In these days of generative AI, robotics and the risk of positions and roles being eliminated, these habits can provide pathways for development to successfully navigate an unchartered business landscape.

Collaboration is the New Competition

By Priscilla McKinney, Lioncrest Publishing; Sept. 2023

Today’s world of business calls for authentic collaboration from leaders. How companies compete requires employees to be effective with complexity in their own organizations and in the overall market and business environment. Winning and delivering results in a networked environment is an essential competency. McKinney gives the reader an approach to developing this skill that is accessible and actionable. Regardless of your level in the organization, you will discover key principles that allow the exploration of a change in mindset. The goals of individuals and of companies and organizations can benefit from the roadmap offered by McKinney.