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Book recs

Beth - Community Manager
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Has anyone read anything good lately? Personal, professional or otherwise? 

For those who are always on a hunt for a good book recommendation, see what books other members enjoy, have as favorites or have read recently. 

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    When I first took over IT for our company, I was recommended the book "The Phoenix Project". It was a good read with real world scenarios in a fictional format. Currently, as part of a work group, I'm reading Learning Leadership by Kouzes & Posner.

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    When I first took over IT for our company, I was recommended the book "The Phoenix Project". It was a good read with real world scenarios in a fictional format. Currently, as part of a work group, I'm reading Learning Leadership by Kouzes & Posner.

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    Those are very good suggestions Cody. The Phoenix Project seems especially relevant to anyone in IT and it sounds like you got some good stuff out of it. Thank you! 

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    Yes, the Phoenix Project is a good read especially if you're doing Agile/DevOps development work.  If your company is in the manufacturing industry, I'd highly recommend The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt.  I'ts a very similar read, tailored to manufacturing, and introduces the Theory of Constraints. However, it's tenets can be applied to any industry.

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    We are currently trying to focus more on IT, thanks for the recommendation.  I will look into The Phoenix Project.

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    Also, love to read about people management. One of the books I've recently read  "The Making of a Manager by Julie Zhuo

    The author was thrust into people leadership at Facebook in a product design role, so I found it very helpful with its focus on people management within a product/design/engineering context.

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