Resources

We are inspired by the human potential inherent in leaders, teams and organizations. Read the science, theory and latest thinking that inspires and informs our work:

By TeamCatapult

• TeamCatapult Whitepaper The Top 4 Reasons Agile Teams Fail at Becoming Agile – A quick reference guide for teams implementing Agile.
• The Art and Science of Facilitation, by Marsha Acker – book soon to be released.  Download the 1st chapter and get notification when the book comes out.

Change

• Deep Change, Robert Quinn
• Immunity to Change, Robert Keagan and Lisa Lahey
• How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation, Robert Kegan
• Managing at the Speed of Change, Daryl Conner
• Leading Change, John P. Kotter

Teams

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni
• Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy, Amy Edmondson
• Drexler-Sibbett Team Performance Model
• Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t, Simon Sinek
• The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization, Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith
• Smart Leaders Smart Teams, Roger Schwarz

Leadership

• Reading the Room, David Kantor
• Start with Why, Simon Sinek
• The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World, Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky, Alexander Grashow
• “Leadership: Uncommon Sense,” Bob Anderson
• Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
• Leadership Agility, William Joiner
• Quiet Leadership, David Rock
• Leading from the Emerging Future, Otto Scharmer
• The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization, Peter Senge

Coaching

• CoActive Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives, Henry Kimsey-House and Karen Kimsey-House
• Coaching with the Brain in Mind, David Rock and Linda Page

Facilitation, Collaboration, Dialogue

• Dialogue, The Art of Thinking Together, William Isaacs
• Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision Making, Sam Kaner
• Everything is Workable, Diane Musho Hamilton
• The Skilled Facilitator, Roger Schwarz

Psychology at Work

• Mindset, Carol Dweck
• Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life, Barbara Fredrickson
• Drive, Daniel Pink