Category: Books
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Audio book now available!
Exciting news, the audio book of The Engineering Leader is out! Available on Amazon or wherever you buy audio books.
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Book: The Outward Mindset
My coach recommended The Outward Mindset, from the Arbginger institute, same as Leadership and Self Deception (one of my all time most impactful books) and The Anatomy of Peace. It feels in many ways a continuation of those ideas, but more team/business oriented. The first part of the book focuses on the impact of mindset,…
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[LeadDev BookMarked] The Engineering Leader: Strategies for Scaling Teams and Yourself: Cate Huston in conversation
I did a webinar with Suzan Bond for LeadDev/BookMarked talking about the ideas from my book and some bonus ideas on how to be seen as strategic.
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Book: Thinking in Bets
I bought Thinking in Bets (Amazon) a while ago, April 2020 to be precise. It finally made it’s way out of my endless “to read” pile because I was having something of a crisis of confidence about my own decision making. Some key thing that stood out. Separating analysis of the result from the decision…
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Book: Machiavelli for Women
I’m unsure what I think about Machiavelli for Women (Amazon). There were things that I appreciated, and things that were infuriating. To be fair, the things I found infuriating were mostly also things the author herself notes as infuriating, saying her goal with the book is to articulate what works as things are, not what…
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Book: The Alchemy of Us
I heard about The Alchemy of Us (Amazon) when the author (Ainissa Ramirez) was on the Broad Experience podcast, talking about her work in Science Communications and the challenges of being a Black woman in science (great episode). I immediately bought the book, and then took… 8 months to get to reading it. It’s a…
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Book: Coach the Person, Not the Problem
I really got a lot out of Coach the Person, Not the Problem [Amazon]. Whilst the content was covered in the courses I took, it approached it in a different way – deconstruction versus experiential – and that was really helpful for solidifying my learning. At it’s core, it’s about switching your focus to the…
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Book: Woman of Influence
Woman of Influence (Amazon) is about building your brand as a leader and taking charge of your career. It’s full of actionable strategies for understanding how you’re perceived – and how to change it. My personal favourite is a long time favourite tool of Jo’s – the shadow org chart. This is the map of…
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Book: Big Magic
I started with the podcast: Magic Lessons with Elizabeth Gilbert, which I loved so much that I ordered the book that prompted it – Big Magic (Amazon). In the podcast, Gilbert takes people one at a time through their creative block, following up with a call to someone else who she thinks will be helpful.…