Leadership Tools & Guides

Practical resources I’ve created to help leaders create clarity, ownership, and momentum. Each resource is free. Email signup is required, so I can send the download and updates.

Is Your Team Actually Using Agile...or Just Busy?

A quick self-assessment for teams and leaders

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10-Day Agile Leadership Challenge

Ten days. One action per day. This challenge helps leaders identify their default leadership style, practice alternative approaches, and learn when to flex each one.

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Holiday & Seasonal Leadership Quick Reference Guide

A concise leadership playbook for short weeks and high-pressure seasons, outlining the four critical areas leaders must manage to maintain focus, alignment, and momentum when priorities and schedules shift.

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Recommended Reading

Books I regularly recommend to managers and team leads. These aren’t theory-heavy. Each one has shaped how I think about leadership systems, decisions, and trust.

🔹 Clarity, Purpose & Decision-Making

Start With Why by Simon Sinek

Useful for understanding how purpose shapes motivation and decision-making.

Decisive by Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Practical tools for avoiding decision traps and making clearer choices as a leader.

Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke
Great for leaders who want to separate good decisions from good outcomes.

🔹 Ownership, Accountability & Execution

Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin

Useful for understanding responsibility and ownership at every level of a team.

Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet
A strong example of how leaders create ownership instead of control.

🔹 Teams, Conflict & Trust

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
A simple model for diagnosing trust, conflict, and accountability issues.

Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson et al.
Practical guidance for leading hard conversations without avoiding or escalating conflict.

🔹 Systems, Work & Meetings

Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal
Helpful for thinking about coordination and decision-making in complex systems.

Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Useful for leaders struggling with overload and unclear priorities.