Recommended Resources
The right tools and knowledge can take your professional development to the next level. That’s why Oliver has curated a selection of books, tools, guides and courses to get you taking bigger steps towards your professional and personal goals.
Top Recommendations
Oliver's top recommendations from the resources listed.
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1) Strengths Finders
Don Clifton
Take the assessment to find out what you're innately best at doing
#Do-what-you-do-best
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2) Jabra Home Conference Speaker
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Ensure you're heard clearly on video calls from home. Critical for interviews.
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3) Getting Things Done
David Allen
The original and best system on personal productivity
#Productivity
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4) Wi-fi Home Mesh Network
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For working at home, a Wi-Fi mesh network will give you better Wi-Fi all over the house.
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5) Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Simon Sinek
Context, purpose and why are key to motivated engaged teams
#Team-culture
Personal Development
Get better at what you do with these highly recommended personal development resources.
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Strengths Finders
Don Clifton
Take the assessment to find out what you're innately best at doing
#Do-what-you-do-best
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The First 90 days
Michael D. Watkins
How to succeed in a new role
#Careers
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Why You? 101 Interview Questions You'll Never Fear Again
James Reed
Breaking down what interviewers are REALLY asking
#Careers
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Getting Things Done
David Allen
The original and best system on personal productivity
#Productivity
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen Covey
The longstanding bestseller on core principles on being effective
#Productivity
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The 4 Disciplines of Execution
McChesney / Covey / Huling
A great set of tools for executing in work
#Productivity
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Atomic Habits
James Clear
Build good habits, break bad ones
#Productivity
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
The original influencing book: practical advice and techniques to get to influence
#Influence
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini
The core principles of influence and how to apply them
#Influence
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Getting to Yes
Roger Fisher
Negotiate a win-win outcome
#Influence
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The Trusted Advisor
David H. Maister
Win over business partners, customers and clients
#Influence
Finance Organisation
A curated selection of books and guides to take your finance career to the next level.
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Simon Sinek
Context, purpose and why are key to motivated engaged teams
#Team-culture
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Mindset
Carol Dweck
A growth mindset will enable more effective teams
#Team-culture
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Grit
Angela Duckworth
A principle for achieving hard things
#Team-culture
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Radical Candor
Kim Scott
Why giving good feedback is so important
#Team-culture
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The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
Learn to innovate quickly – a must for finance teams of the future
#Finance-innovation
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The Corporate Startup
Viki / Toma / Gons
Act like a startup within a corporate environment
#Finance-innovation
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Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
Jeff Sutherland
The principles of Agile will be key to finance transformation
#Finance-transformation
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Who Moved my Cheese?
Spencer Johnson
Understand why change is hard and how to embrace
#Change-management
Technology and tools
Boost your efficiency at home and in the office with these tried and tested technology and tools.
Technology and tools ResourcesBuy Now
Wi-fi Home Mesh Network
Product
For working at home, a Wi-Fi mesh network will give you better Wi-Fi all over the house.
#Tech-for-home-working
Buy Now
Jabra Home Conference Speaker
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Ensure you're heard clearly on video calls from home. Critical for interviews.
#Tech-for-home-working
Buy Now
Webcam
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Your laptop webcam is probably not good. Be seen clearly
#Tech-for-home-working
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OneNote
Microsoft
The most underrated productivity tool – keep team notes on anything and everything
#Applications
Install
Teams
Microsoft
Taking advantage of all features is key to team productivity
#Applications
Business Strategy
Prepare yourself and your team for the future of finance with business strategy guides used by top finance leaders.
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Good Strategy, Bad Strategy
Richard Rumelt
A great book with lots of examples of what makes good and bad strategy
#Objectives-and-key-results
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Measure what Matters
John Doerr
From the person who introduced OKRs to Google – very easy to read
#Objectives-and-key-results
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Objectives and Key Results
Niven and Lamorte
More of an OKRs how to manual
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Radical Focus
Christina Wodtke
Another great review of how and when to use OKRs
#Objectives-and-key-results
Coaching
Transform your leadership and level up your team by reading these top-rated coaching books.
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Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business Transforming Lives
Kimsey-House / Sandhal / Whitworth
Great coaching books
#Coaching-tag
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The Tao of Coaching: Boost Your Effectiveness at Work by Inspiring and Developing Those Around You
Max Landsberg
Great coaching books
#Coaching-tag
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The Coaching Habit
Michael Bungay Stanyer
Great coaching books
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Coaching Questions
Tony Stolzfus
Great coaching books
#Coaching-tag
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Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Liz Wiseman
Great coaching books
#Coaching-tag