In the Leadership Insights series of interviews (posted on the Trak Search website), I’ve had the pleasure of posing a range of questions to some of our foremost educational leaders. One common trait displayed by them won’t be a surprise to anyone – they are all passionate about their own learning. Each was an avid reader and spoke of their love of reading.
As a keen reader myself, I’ve benefited from developing my own reading list based upon their advice and I’ve learned that others are doing likewise. Anyone can access the full comments of each of the leaders on our website, however I’ve created a list of their recommendations below to make it easy for you.
Leadership
The following books were mentioned on a number of occasions:
Good to Great, by Jim Collins
Crucial Conversations Kerry Patterson
Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future. Various incl Peter Senge
Wait, What? by James Ryan
The One Thing by Gary Keller
Education
Visible Learning by John Hattie
Various Viviane Robinson books including Student-Centred Leadership
Lyn Sharratt’s books such as Putting Faces on the Data with Michael Fullan
How to Change 5000 Schools by Ben Levin
Various Michael Fullan books, including Six Secrets of Change
Hedley Beare’s books
Patrick Duignan’s books, including Educational Leadership
Various books by Sir Ken Robinson
Religious
Gospel of John by Francis Moloney
Jesus of Nazareth Vol.2 Benedict XVI’s
General Reading
A number of the people I interviewed reinforced the joy of reading a diverse range of books and the following are some recommendations:
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
All That I Am by Anna Funder
The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
A Memoir by Michael Kirby
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt
Homage to Barcelona, Colm Toibin
After Words by Paul Keating
The Dreaming and Other Essays, by Stanner
The Absolutist by John Boyne
Letters to My Daughter by Robert Menzies
Notorious Australian Women by Kay Saunders
Enjoy!
