Articles
Key articles by Revel.
Instruments
How leading psychometric and other instruments are applied in coaching.
Readings
The best-of-the-best content for leaders.
The Drama Triangle
Revel Gordon
There are few things more destructive to an organisation’s culture than a Drama Triangle.
The Big Shift
How to step up & ‘own’ executive roles.
Authentic Leadership
Effective leaders are authentic.
Leadership
The key differentiator for senior executives.
The Importance of Peer Relationships
And how to improve them.
Understanding Willpower
How to avoid letting ourselves down.
How to Sell Your Agenda
Things are different in the corporate world.
Keys to a Great Start as CIO
Congratulations! You’ve just won that Chief Information Officer role you always wanted. Now comes the critical part.
Happiness – a Grand Tour
With Harvard’s Tal Ben-Shahar.
Managing Up
Building an effective relationship with your boss & her peers.
Effective & Ethical Office Politics
How to ‘play the game’.
Hiring Without Bias
Whether conscious or unconscious, hiring bias is real.
Finding Purpose in Work
Are you building a wall or a cathedral?
The Growth of Team Coaching
Reflections from MC’ing the ICF Conference.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
You only have one life. Make the most of it.
Authentic Happiness
Seligman Martin
The seminal work by the founder of Positive Psychology.
Finding Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
How to live a fully engaged life.
Gifts Differing
Myers & Myers
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is one world’s most widely-used ways to understand different personality types.
How to Win Friends & Influence People
Dale Carnegie
The classic text on how to maximise interpersonal effectiveness.
Lean In
Sheryl Sandberg
Required reading for female execs & those seeking to avoid unconscious bias.
The Corporate Athlete
Loehr & Schwartz
How executives can achieve peak performance.
Drive
Dan Pink
How to motivate your people.
Cynefin
Snowden & Boone
A leader’s framework for decision making.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick Lencioni
The definitive book on building high-performing teams.
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Instant classic on continuous innovation & how to build a start-up.
Measuring Coaching Effectiveness
The 3-way conversation.
The Merit Trap
How hiring on ‘merit’ penalises women.
Sexist Stereotypes
What female execs can do to avoid them.
Protecting your Turf
Without looking defensive.
Leadership that Scales
What the best execs do differently.
Hard work is not enough
REFLECTIONS FROM MARGARET JACKSON AC, BRENDON RILEY & JAMILA GORDON
The unwritten guidelines to career success.
Building a Cohesive Team
The 5 Behaviours of a Cohesive Team powered by DiSC.
Coaching with the Myers Briggs
Using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator in coaching.
Gallup Strengths Finder 2.0
Tom Rath
Identify your unique combination of leadership strengths.
Broaden & Build
Barbara L. Frederickson
How positivity leads to better business outcomes.
What got you here, won’t get you there
Marshall Goldsmith
How to climb the last few rungs of the corporate ladder.
The Second Machine Age
Bryjolfsson & McAfee
Work, progress & prosperity in a time of brilliant technology.
Perspective Taking Capacity
A critical leadership skill in today’s VUCA world.
Flex your Leadership Style
Adapting your leadership style to suit different situations.
