Justin Waller Book Recommendations

The narrative makes it a point to challenge myths around starting and running a business and why the prevailing assumptions are a major hindrance to business success. The narrative also lays a clear demarcation of working in your business versus working on it. A case study of Sarah's pie shop gives an outline of the same. It shares crucial technical, managerial, and entrepreneurial skills insight to drive business growth. The book takes readers through the stages of business development from the infancy stage to adolescence and finally maturity, while at the same time insisting on the need for systems, strategic planning, and a clearly defined vision for its intended success.

The book by Patrick Lencioni, "The Ideal Team Player," epitomizes an ideal member of the team—a must-read for everyone who needs a recipe for extraordinary success in team collaboration—and outlines its model of three essential virtues: humility, hunger, and people smarts. Lencioni discloses secrets of building powerful and effective team building within any organization in a narrative with the style of a fable.

In "The Advantage," Lencioni argues that organizational health becomes the ultimate competitive advantage. Herein, he zeroes in on some practical steps of how to gain clarity, cohesion, and unity in a company, pointing at culture and leadership as the necessary components of being able to build a thriving and sustainable organization.

"Death by Meeting" engages in boring and unproductive meetings, which are usually the most common phenomena at meetings. Lencioni offers an antidote for them, providing the freshest ideas on how to structure your meetings. Turn your meeting from your obligation into vitally productive sessions through a new, fully manageable model that changes your meeting structure.

"Getting Naked" explores vulnerability as a major constituent in client relationships and subscribes Lencioni to a "naked" consulting style based on transparency and trust. The book encourages one to think totally differently than he has been socialized to in business. The premise is that by showing these weaknesses, one will actually build stronger, more loyal relationships and eventually be more successful in the consulting field.