Inspired By The Elevate Bookshelf Challenge

In June 2022, Elevate ran a Bookshelf Challenge on LinkedIn with a fabulous global response from our delegates. Many shared the books that have inspired them from many destinations around the globe, such as South Africa, USA, India, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Sweden, China and Brazil! A truly global community that has much to share when it comes to what has inspired them over the years.

 

Take a look at this inspired list of books below – recommended by our Elevate delegates!

Business

Kaoru Ishikawa – Gugus Kendali Mutu Dalam Realita (Quality Control Circles at Work)

Leonard M. Flud – Competitor Intelligence: How to Get it, How to Use it

Patrick M. Lencioni – The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Robert J. Dolan and Hermann Simon – Power Pricing

Wilson – Asset Maintenance Management

 

Entrepreneurial

Michael Bungay Stanier – How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters 

Robin Sharma – The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life 

Robin Sharma – The Everyday Hero Manifesto 

 

Leadership

Brené Brown – Dare to Lead

Daniel Coyle – The Culture Code

Jimmy Kitson – We Got This!: Leadership Principles Learned & Reinforced Through a 12-Month Battle With Cancer 

John Strelecky – The Big Five for Life

Liz Wiseman – Multipliers

Mike Mister – How to Lead Smart People

Simon Sinek – Leaders Eat Last

 

Performance

Dr Carol S. Dweck – Mindset

George W. Dudley – Earning What You’re Worth?

Gilberto Rosas – Motivation

Gill Hasson – Emotional Intelligence

Jonah Lehrer – How we Decide

Mikael Krogerus – The Decision Book

Terry Orlick – In Pursuit of Excellence

 

Training

Jansen Sinamo – 8 Etos Keguruan (8 Teacher’s Ethos) 

 

Science

Chris Oxlade – Illustrated Dictionary of Science

Stephen Hawking – A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking – Kurze Antworten auf große Fragen 

Non-Fiction

Dr Diane Atkinson – Rise Up Women! 

Elena Favilli – Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women 

Malcolm Gladwell – Blink

Robin Glover and Caroline Spencer – Why Does My Dog Do That?: Because It’s A Dog 

 

Self-Help

Amru Khalid – Ibadah Sepenuh Hati

Ary Ginanjar Agustian – ESQ (Emotional Spiritual Quotient)

Brené Brown – Atlas of the Heart

Brené Brown – Braving the Wilderness: The quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone 

Claus Mikosch – Der kleine Buddha und die Sache mit der Liebe 

Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu – The Book of Joy 

Eckhart Tolle – A New Earth

Gary Zukav – The Seat of the Soul: An Inspiring Vision of Humanity’s Spiritual Destiny

Gregory E. Huszczo – Making a Difference by Being Yourself 

Jay Shetty – Think Like A Monk 

Ken Mogi – The Little Book of Ikigai

Matt Haig – The Comfort Book

Nerina Ramlakhan – Tired But Wired

Paulo Coelho – The Alchemist

Robin Sharma – The Monk who Sold his Ferrari  

Susan Cain – Quiet

 

Memoir

Glennon Doyle – Untamed: Stop Pleasing, Start Living 

Phil Knight – Shoe Dog

 

Autobiography

Denise Lewis – Personal Best

Paulo Coelho – Aleph

 

Fiction

Alex Michaelides – The Silent Patient 

Ethan Hawke – Rules for a Knight

John Strelecky – Safari des Lebens

M Valmiki – The Ramayana

 

 

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