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8 GOOD READS EXPAND YOUR SKILLS, GAIN INSIGHT, AND GET INSPIRED WITH THESE TOP PICKS. The Execution Factor: The One Skill That Drives Success by Kim Perell Cut through the haze of vague business advice and instead develop a blueprint for your success with the help of Kim Perell's e Execution Factor. In it, Perell outlines the five traits of execution—vision, passion, action, resilience, and relationships. "Since meeting Kim, I have always been in awe of her entrepreneurial successes. is book is a great distillation of all of her years of experience and the learnings she has gathered along the way," said Eric Toda, director of Marketing at Gap, Inc. Perrell's background comes from being a long-time entrepreneur, executive, and CEO of Amobee, a global marketing technology company with 21 offices worldwide. She has been an investor in more than 70 startups—14 which have been successfully acquired and one that went public with a current market valuation of more than $3 billion. Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace by John C. Maxwell Being able to keep pace in a fluctuating business environment is an essential leadership trait. New York Times No. 1 bestselling author, coach, and speaker John C. Maxwell can help you hone this skill in the newly released Leadershift. In it, Maxwell outlines the 11 shifts he has made throughout his career that have helped him adapt to new situations and strengthen the professionals around him. Such shifts have included "Adaptive Shift from Plan A to Option A," "the Production Shift from Ladder Climbing to Ladder Building," and "the Influence Shift from Positional Authority to Moral Authority." Maxwell is the recipient of the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network and speaks each year to Fortune 500 companies, presidents of nations, and many of the world's top business leaders. The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time by Allen Gannett Never one to wait for inspiration to strike, Allen Gannet, founder of CEO of TrackMaven, built his career by breaking down the fundamentals that drive creative solutions. is method of nailing down the science and skill behind x-factor of success has allowed Gannet to count companies such Microsoft, Marriott, Saks Fifth Avenue, Home Depot, Aetna, Honda, and GE as his clients. "Drawing on interviews with highly successful entrepreneurs, Gannett shows that the generation of creative ideas is not the result of a stroke of genius—any more than are the winning performances of Olympic athletes. Both are the culmination of ease of preparation and practice," said psychologist and scholar K. Anders Ericsson. Whether you see yourself as more left-brained analytical than right- brained creative, e Creative Curve will have you looking at business decisions through a new light. Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs by John Doerr When Bill Gates takes the time to recommend a business book—you know it's one worth reading. Such is the case with John Doerr's Measure What Matters, which Sheryl Sandberg also praises, saying, "John Doerr has taught a generation of entrepreneurs and philanthropists that execution is everything. Measure What Matters shows how any organization or team can aim high, move fast, and excel." In this New York Times bestseller, learn how you can follow in the footsteps of Gates and Sandberg by creating Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) that will propel your business plan forward. Doerr's system of measurable actions can make a seemingly insurmountable task manageable and will help you rally your team toward a common goal. Far from feeling like homework, Doerr's book is full of engaging case studies and first-hand accounts from the world's foremost business leaders.