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These are our top picks to read in 2023
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BOOK FOR SUCCESS
Two veteran executive coaches dispel the
myth of one-size-fits-all leadership, showing
instead how truly successful leaders allow
themselves to be endlessly curious and
inquisitive-the key to finding the strategies
and insights that transform organizations.
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Wall Street Journal Bestselling book
One of the Top 22 Business Books of 22 by Next
Big Idea Club
Outstanding Works of Literature (OWL) Award
for 2022 by BookPal

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"You always needed a wild duck like Avram, a
nonlinear thinker that stirred up the others. I
always try to have an Avram on my team.
Always. They disrupt and create."
-Andy Grove, former Intel CEO
In The Flight of a Wild Duck, Avram Miller,
Co-founder at Intel Capital, describes how
luck, intuition, imagination, humor, and risk-
taking enabled him to become one of
Silicon Valley's visionaries and leading
venture capitalists.
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—Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix
"In one of the truest portrayals of startup life
I've ever read, Hangry lays out the painful-but-
true story of the founding of GrubHub. But unlike
most self-aggrandizing and chest-pounding
entrepreneurial memoirs, company founder Mike
Evans is brutally honest about how it really went
down; the uncertainty, the disappointments, and
his continuous struggle to keep a growing
company true to its original vision. But it is more
than just a business book— it's a
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personal journey as well. Hangry is
right up there with ShoeDog for
being one of the most honest and
vulnerable depictions of what really
goes into building a business."

5. BOOK FOR SUCCESS
A lively, engaging read, Negotiate
Like a CEO outlines how employees,
executives, and entrepreneurs protect
themselves, and will give you eye-
opening advice on how to make sure
you won’t get taken advantage of. This
book describes best practices, common
pitfalls, and sky’s-the-limit possibilities
at any stage in
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your career, whether you’re
just out of college or you’re
going for that C-suite job.

6. BOOK FOR SUCCESS
"The only thing that is constant is change.
And it's happening faster and faster.
Disruption is ongoing, yet leaders tend to
think incrementally about the future. Barry
shows us a better way: the only way to
disrupt yourself before someone does it for
you is to unlearn, separate yourself from
what has worked in the past in order to
create an open space to shape the future. A
great read for any leader in
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- Stephane Kasriel, CEO, Upwork
fast-moving environments
faced with the realization that
what worked in the past won't
work in the future."

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- Ryan Petersen, CEO & Founder, Flexport
Global Class, endorsed by 45+ CEOs,
bestselling authors, top executives, founders
and thought leaders including:
"The way Aaron & Klaus describe a Global-Class
Company is the exact model we aspire to at Flexport
- culturally curious, localized, and strong in our core
company values."

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