Our Ops Boss® Coaches LOVE to read! Enjoy this list of the books we read in 2021. As you can see, it’s quite a long list so we asked the coaches to pick one favorite from the year to highlight.
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Our Favorite Books of the Year
Coach Stephanie’s Favorite Book – Fix This Next by Mike Michalowicz
Why she likes it –
Super practical advice for determining what’s wrong in any company and fixing it – in order of importance.
Coach Jessica’s Favorite Book – Think Again by Adam Grant
Why she likes it –
I love everything by Adam Grant. This one is my second favorite of his (Originals is my favorite). From a very young age, we get set in our ways of how we look at things and make decisions. Adam challenges the 2-choice thought process (yes/no, right/left, red/green). He shares the concept that to grow you actually need to rethink and unlearn.
Coach Elizabeth’s Favorite Book – Personality Isn’t Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story by Benjamin Hardy
Why she likes it –
Some real estate teams are very focused on categorizing people by their personality type. They do that because they know certain personality types do well in certain roles and other types do poorly. What’s fascinating is that individuals get to decide how they want to be in the world; they don’t have to be only one thing forever.
Coach Hannah’s Favorite Book – The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage by Daymond John
Why she likes it –
This book really digs into how our background, history, and struggles can impact and teach us how to run a successful business. Daymond John pulls from his own experience as well as the experience of lots of other successful individuals, setting up lessons learned through their struggles.
Coach Ellenmarie’s Favorite Book – The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More, and Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier
Why she likes it –
This year I think the Coaching Habit was a book I read, re-read and referenced the most! I loved the simple yet powerful questions that gave me the framework for meaningful conversations. Throughout the book there are reminders in creating the right habits, this definitely helped me realize certain triggers and create new habits.
Coach Christy’s Favorite Book was also The Coaching Habit.
Why she likes it –
I’ve read this book multiple times. It’s powerful in its simplicity, with 7 simple questions that transform your conversations, help you get to the heart of the matter and effect change, whether with colleagues, friends or family. I like books that make it easy to take action. This one fits the bill.
The Full List of Books We Read in 2021
Do Over: Make Today the First Day of Your New Career – Jon Acuff
I Love It Here: How Great Leaders Create Organizations Their People Never Want to Leave – Clint Pulver
Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking – Jon Acuff
Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn’t Scare You, It’s Too Small – Mark Batterson
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, From Missiles to the Moon to Mars – Nathalia Holt
Pound the Stone: 7 Lessons to Develop Grit on the Path to Mastery – Joshua Medcalf
Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living – Shauna Niequist
How to Be a Great Boss – Gina Wickman
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever – Michael Bungay Stanier
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know – Adam Grant
Fix This Next: Make the Vital Change That Will Level Up Your Business – Mike Michalowicz
Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen – Dan Heath
It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life – Trevor Moawad
In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars – Mark Batterson
#GirlBoss – Sophia Amoruso
Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead – Brene Brown
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant – W. Chan Kim
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life – Jordan B. Peterson
The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win – Maria Konnikova
Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell – Eric Schmidt
The Power of Awareness: Unlocking the Law of Attraction – Neville Goddard
Several Short Sentences About Writing – Verlyn Klinkenborg
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement – Eliyahu Goldratt
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life – Robin Sharma
The Leadership Journey: How to Master the Four Critical Areas of Being a Great Leader – Gary Burnison
Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager – Kory Kogon
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance – Angela Duckworth
Untamed – Glennon Doyle
Wild and Free: A Hope-Filled Anthem for the Woman Who Feels She Is Both Too Much and Never Enough – Hayley Morgan
The Experience: The 5 Principles of Disney Service and Relationship Excellence – Bruce Loeffler
The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage – Daymond John
Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline – Peter Hollins
The Power of a Praying Wife – Stormie Omartian
21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You – John Maxwell
Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals – Michael Hyatt
The Mountain is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery – Brianna Wiest
Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact – Liz Wiseman
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success – Phil Jackson
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results – Gary Keller
High-Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way – Brendon Burchard
The Long Slide: Thirty Years in American Journalism – Tucker Carlson
You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity – Francis Chan
Unashamed: Drop Your Baggage, Pick Up Your Freedom, Fulfill Your Destiny – Christine Caine
Outliers: The Story of Success – Malcolm Gladwell
Dream It! Do It! My Half-Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms – Marty Sklar
Greenlights – Matthew McConaughey
Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself – Mike Michalowicz
The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field – Mike Michalowicz
The Energy Bus – Jon Gordon
The Magnolia Story – Chip & Joanna Gaines
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyl
Triggered – Donald Trump Jr
The Emotion Code: How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love, and Happiness – Dr. Bradley Nelson
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play – Kobe Bryant
Personality Isn’t Permanent: Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story – Benjamin Hardy
Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most – Greg McKeown
The High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit – Mel Robbins
Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less – Michael Hyatt
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers – Tim Ferriss
Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney – Lee Cockerell
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It – Chris Voss
Lead Me Holy Spirit: Longing to Hear the Voice of God – Stormie Omartian
The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like It’s the Last Minute Before the Last Minute – Christopher Cox
Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction – Chris Bailey
Millionaire Real Estate Agent – Gary Keller
SHIFT: How Top Real Estate Agents Tackle Tough Times – Gary Keller
For even more books, check out these posts!
Christy’s Ops Boss Reading List
5 “Must Reads” For Ops Bosses® (and their agents)