Employee development creates a culture of engagement and lifelong learning that brings about real organisational change. It enables purposeful performance and challenges people to achieve far more than they ever thought possible. It’s much easier to talk about a meaningful corporate culture and a lot more difficult to create. The art of engagement, leadership, management and people skills are seldom taught well if taught at all. Unfortunately, the effects can be seen and felt throughout the organisation and customers experience this too. While few leaders would argue against the idea of investing in people, not nearly enough do more than pay lip service to these critical competencies. Far too many disregard this investment and see these skills as secondary competencies and soft skills. The way we lead, learn, interact and manage speaks volumes. Opinion seems to be that to get ahead it helps to get along and those with the best people skills win.

• The Motivation Manifesto – Brendon Burchard
• The Power of Moments – Chip Heath
• The Four Agreements – Miguel Ruiz
• Principles – Ray Dalio
• Purple Cow – Seth Godin
• The Happiness Advantage – Shawn Achor
• Tribes – Seth Godin
• The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
• Give and Take – Adam Grant
• The Alignment – Patrick Lencioni
• Seeing Differently – John Seely Brown
• Happiness at Work – Jessica Pryce-Jones
• The Art of People – Dave Kerpen
• Talents Never Enough – John.C. Maxwell
• All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten – Robert Fulghum
• The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint –Exupery
• Dare to Lead – Brene Brown
• The Tao of Pooh – Benjamin Hoff