One book that has been a hit among Croft’s team is The Weekly Coaching Conversation: A Business Fable About Taking Your Game and Your Team to the Next Level by Brian Souza.

Robert H. Bloom and Dave Conti’s book The Inside Advantage: The Strategy at Unlocks the Hidden Growth in Your Business, and Rick Kash and David Calhoun’s book How Companies Win: Profiting From Demand-Driven Business Models No Matter What Business You’re In.

This hint is courtesy of Aubrey C. Daniels, author of Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement (a foundational business book that all leaders should read).

For a glimpse into these meeting rhythm disciplines, read Chapter 11 on meetings in Managing Up: How to Forge an Effective Relationship With Those Above You, by Rosanne Badowski.

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“But I also have to give some credit to a class called Organizational Behavior—mostly because they made us read The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and by Spencer Johnson.