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The Heart of Leadership by Mark Miller

I finished another good business fable last week, The Heart of Leadership: Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow by Mark Miller. This is an amazing leadership book that I strongly recommend. It was...

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Marqeta Successfully Executed IPO at June 9th

Marqeta began a new journey as a public company this June 9th by listing in Nasdaq. This is a major milestone in my career. I have missed it a few times in the past, but now I feel good that I have...

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The Secret of Teams by Mark Miller

. A few days ago I finished another leadership business fable The Secret of Teams: What Great Teams Know and Do by Mark Miller. Through the character Debbie Brewster and her mentor Jeff Brown, the...

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Managing Humans by Michael Lopp

Last week I finished Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp. This was a very relevant book for me as it focused on engineering management,...

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The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller

This week I finished The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller. I was interested to read this book as I recently read Mark Miller’s The Heat of Leadership and The...

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The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive by Patrick Lencioni

Last week I finished another of Patrick Lencioni‘s book – The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable. In this early book (written even before Five Dysfunctions of a Team)...

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The Art of Leadership by Michael Lopp

Last week I finished The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well by Michael Lopp. I read his Managing Humans recently and joined his leadership channel in slack that has more than 15 thousand...

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Servant Leadership in Action by Ken Blanchard

I finished Servant Leadership in Action: How You Can Achieve Great Relationships and Results by Ken Blanchard and Renee Broadwell yesterday. This is a collection of 42 essays from different leaders...

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Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray

I finished Liminal Thinking: Create the Change You Want by Changing the Way You Think by Dave Gray. Liminal thinking is the art of creating change by understanding, shaping and reframing beliefs. It...

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My Talk on How to Manage a Technical Team in Managed Coder

I got to know Shahed Islam via LinkedIn when he commented on some of my leadership posts that I shared in my wall. We found common interest and enthusiasm in the area of leadership and management...

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The Attributes by Rich Diviney

Last week I finished The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance by retired Navy SEAL commander Rich Diviney. In this thought provoking book, Rich argues the difference between Skills and...

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Immunity to Change by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey

Last week I finished Immunity to Change:  How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey. I got the reference of this book in a...

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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leadership

Last week I finished HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leadership by Harvard Business Review featuring a good collection of leadership articles from renowned business leaders. Here are the articles from the book...

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Truth from the Valley by Mark Settle

Last week I finished Truth from the Valley: A Practical Primer on Future IT Management Trends by Mark Settle. This is thanks to Wali bhai and Asha bhabi who gifted me this book. This is the second...

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Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated...

Earlier this week I finished Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, David...

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Chaired a Panel for Java Conference hosted by eGeneration

This weekend I attended the Java Developers’ Conference 2021, held on September 11, 2021 (Saturday) hosted by eGeneration. I was the panel chair for the 1st session on Java Spring Boot Microservices...

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The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

Today I finished The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer. This book has been in my to-read list for a long time but finally I finished as this was...

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Crash Course: Business – Soft Skills

Crash Course is my favorite youtube video series. Over the last few days I finished Crash Course: Business – Soft Skills which consists of 17 episodes. This is a good basic to be covered by any...

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The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

Yesterday I finished The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle. This is another good book on team culture that I decided to read after being highly impressed reading...

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Getting Naked: A Business Fable about Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage...

This week I finished several books and one of those was the last Patrick Lencioni book that I haven’t read earlier – Getting Naked: A Business Fable about Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage Client...

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