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Every book Didier Elzinga recommended on podcasts
Didier Elzinga appeared on This Week in Startups to discuss corporate culture, leadership, and performance management. During the episode, he recommended Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor's book Primed to Perform, highlighting it as a truly great resource that addresses how organizations drive adaptive performance in complex environments. He also recommended Bill Walsh's book The Score Takes Care of Itself, citing it to illustrate why long-term effort and steady adherence to process matter more than focusing exclusively on winning or the scoreboard. In addition to his recommendations, Elzinga discussed Laszlo Bock's book Work Rules!, mentioning it within the context of a critical observation regarding the unique financial advantages large technology companies possess in offering generous workplace perks. Furthermore, he referenced Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter's book What Got You Here Won't Get You There, using its title to describe the ongoing challenges senior leaders face and how leadership approaches must evolve as their professional roles and responsibilities grow over time.
Books recommended by Didier Elzinga
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Primed to Perform
Primed to Perform by Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor is a business book that examines how organizational culture and motivation drive workplace success.
Recommended“this is a really great book called prime to perform by Anil Joshi and Lindsay McGregor primed trying to perform and they talk about how you drive adaptive performance”
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The Score Takes Care of Itself
The Score Takes Care of Itself is a leadership and management book by football coach Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, and Craig Walsh that focuses on program building through inputs and daily standards rather than fixating on outcomes.
Recommended“I disagree because I think that if you're doing it for the long run like and you keep on the basketball and actually one of the books I love is Bill Walsh is the score takes care of itself right”
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There
What Got You Here Won't Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter is a leadership development guide that addresses how executive behaviors and outdated habits can hinder career progression at senior levels.
Discussed“but the challenge in late is and I have this conversation with senior leaders all the time is you don't get good without time in the saddle so you like you just got to work really hard and all good leaders have worked probably too hard but you get to a point where the value you're creating is in smaller”
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Work Rules!
Discussed“but what Mark's tweet was there's a missing chapter to the book work rules it says first create a search monopoly that generates billions of dollars in revenue and then you can do all these things”
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