General Recommendations

• Difficult Conversations. I recommend this one to leaders and non-leaders alike. It helps you navigate the human quirks that make every conversation more difficult than it needs to be, and to sidestep some of that difficulty and have better communication as a result.
• Leadership on the Line. Goes deep on how to identify and handle situations where you have to manage culture and emotion before you can tackle the apparent problem at hand.
• *Leading at a Higher Level.* Covers a wide range of leadership topics. May be worth reading the beginning and then dipping into the later chapters. Can sometimes feel like an advertisement for Blanchard’s other work, but nonetheless has a lot of useful info, especially if you’re unfamiliar with the Situational Leadership framework.
• *The Art of Gathering.* ****Ever wondered, “Why are so many meetings such a waste of time? What can I do to make them better?” Then this is the book for you. You may also enjoy the HBR article, "The Psychology Behind Meeting Overload,” which I co-wrote.
• Harvard Business Review sometimes has useful articles. Same for Sloan Management Review. (Here’s an article in the latter on synthesizing advice from mentors.)
• *Ask a Manager.* This is an advice column for managers rather than a how-to guide. It’s sometimes informative and frequently astounding.

Tech-Industry Specific

• Lenny’s Podcast. Great resource for product leaders with lots of in-depth interviews.
• *Inspired* and/or *The Lean Startup:* still classics, and a great grounding (or reminder) of the principles underlying successful products and the teams that make them.
• Evidence Guided. A nice, practical follow-up to the above—and from a former Google colleague of mine.