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The first thing I did when I kicked off my research into the self-publishing industry was contact my friend Carlos Espinal, who is a Partner at Seedcamp and published the excellent Fundraising Field Guide. He pointed me towards Reedsy, a platform that allows authors to find and work with the best publishing professionals: from copywriters to editors, book cover designers, publicists and translators, that is also a Seedcamp investment
I didn’t set out to, but have ended up writing two books. I hit the wall while trying to finish off the writing for The Culture Gene: Leadership and Culture Development Lessons from High-growth Companies. I had spent a lot of time writing and rewriting and couldn’t see the wood for the trees any more, so started writing what was supposed to be an eBook but has turned into a full-blown handbook called Culture Decks Decoded. I used the Reedsy platform to successfully find two excellent designers (I wanted totally different designs for each book) – Jason Anscomb for The Culture Gene and Phillip Gessert for Culture Decks Decoded. Both designers have been incredibly understanding with a first-timer. Jason has been amazingly patient, pausing the design process, which allowed me to work on Culture Decks Decoded and clear my head. The good news is Culture Decks Decoded is pretty much done, Phillip and I are working on the cover and interior design and I am back in the saddle finishing off The Culture Gene.
Reedsy has managed to keep me coming back to the service regularly to either take one of their online courses or read the excellent content that they produce – blogs, videos, podcasts, event, expert reviews etc. I highly recommend the Definitive Guide to Self-Publishing. Using Reedsy continues to be a joy for someone who knew nothing about self-publishing. It is no surprise that the company is enjoying the “good problem to have” of keeping up with demand.
During the cover design process, I decided to research the different book covers in what I broadly define as the company culture development space. I collected over 200 and decided to pay it forward and share the designs in case anyone wanted to stare at and compare book covers. The actual list of the 200+ books and the Amazon links should you wish to purchase any of them are below.
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The Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization
Robert Kegan & Lisa Lahey
Reinventing Organisations
Frederic Laloux
Let my people go surfing
Yvon Chouinard
The Values Driven Organisation
Richard Barrett
Freedom Inc.: How Corporate Liberation Unleashes Employee Potential and Business Performance
Brian M. Carney and Isaac Getz
Originals How non-conformists move the world
Adam Grant
Built on Values: Creating an Enviable Culture that Outperforms the Competition
Ann Rhoades
The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup
Noam Wasserman
Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead
Laszlo Bock
Build the Culture Advantage, Deliver Sustainable Performance with Clarity and Speed
Tim Kuppler, Ted Garnett, Tom Morehead, Scott Beilke
Principles
Ray Dalio
Maverick - The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
Ricardo Semler
The seven day weekend
Ricardo Semler
The Culting of Brands
Douglas Atkin
The Nordstrom Way to Customer Service Excellence
Robert Spector
The Code of the Extraordinary Mind
Vishen Lakhiani, founder & CEO Mindvalley
Radical Candor: How to Get What You Want by Saying What You mean
Kim Scott
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - A Leadership Fable
Patrick M. Lencioni
Organizational Culture & Leadership
Edgar Schein
Culture rules and culture has rules - The 10 core principles of corporate culture
John R Childress
Culture Infusion: 9 Principles to Create and Maintain a Thriving Organizational Culture
Kerry Alison Wekelo
Walking The Talk: Building A Culture For Success
Carolyn Taylor
The Character of a Corporation: How Your Company’s Culture Can Make or Break Your Business
Rob Goffee & Gareth Jones
Culture Connection: How Developing A winning Culture Will Give You Organization a Competitive Advantage
Marty Parker
Trust Factor: The Science Of Creating High Performance Companies
Paul J. Zak
Building A Magnetic Culture: How To Attract And Retain Top Talent to Create an Engaged, Productive Workforce
Kevin Sheridan
On Fire At Work
HowGreat Companies Ignite passion In their People Without Evening Them Out
Eric Chester
Closing The Engagement Gap:
How Great Companies Unlock Employee Potential For Superior Results
Julie Gebauer
Don Lowman
The Soft Edge:
Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success
Rich Karlgaard
Breaking The Fear Barrier:
How Fear Destroys Companies From The Inside Out And What To Do About It
Tom Rieger
The Year Without Pants
Wordpress.com and the future of work
Scott Berkun
The Values—Driven Organization:
Unleashing Human Potential For Performance And Profit
Barrett
Measuring Leadership Development:
Quantify Your Program’s Impact and ROI on Organizational Performance
Jack Phillips, Ph.D.
Patricia Pulliam Phillips, Ph.D.
Rebecca L. Ray. Ph.D.
Smart Tribes:
How Teams Become Brilliant Together
Christine Comaford
The Commitment Engine:
Making Work Worth It
John Jantsch
Outstanding!:
47 Ways to Make Your Organization Exceptional
John G. Miller
Berkshir Beyond Buffett:
The Enduring Value of Values
Lawrence A. Cunningham
Simply Brilliant:
How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things In Extraordinary Ways
William C. Taylor
How Toyota Became #1:
Ledership Lessons from the World’s Greatest Car Company
David Magee
Organizational Learning: How Companies and Institutions Manage and Apply Knowledge
Jerry L. Wellman
Lost Allusions:
Making Sense of dysfunctional Company Cultures
Keil Hubert
Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage
Scott Keller
Colin Price
Transforming Culture:
Creating And Sustaining Effective Organizations
Elizabeth K. Briody
Robert T. Trotter, II
Tracy L. Meerwarth
Companies Are People Too:
Discover Develop & Grow Your Organization’s True Personality
Sandra Fekete with
LeeAnna Keith
Think Big Act Small:
How America;s Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive
Jason Jennings
The Fractal Company:
A Revolutionain Corporate Culture
H.J. Warnaecke
How To Succeed In A Japanese Company:
Strategies for Bridging the Business and Culture Gap
Jina Bacarr
Build The Culture Advantage:
Deliver Sustainable Performance with Clarity and Speed
Tim Kuppler
Ted Garnett
Tom Morehead
Funny Business:
Harnessing The Power Of Play To Give Your Company A Competitive Advantage
Christopher Byrne
Business and the Culture of the Enterprise Society
John Deeks
What Happy Companies Know:
How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Company for the Better
Cathy Greenberg Ph.D.
Leading In A Culture Of Change
Michael Fullan
Australia’s Best Place To Work:
Culture Is Everything
Tristan White
Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
Patty McCord
Contagious Culture:
Show up, Set The Tone, & Intentionally Create An Organization That Thrives
Anese Cavanaugh
Organizational Culture And Leadership
Edgar H. Schein
The Culture Engine:
A Framework For Driving Results, Inspiring Your Employees, and Transforming Your Workplace
S. Chris Edmonds
Cutlure Shock:
A Handbook For 21st Century Business
Will McInnes
Corporate Culture And Performance
John P. Kotter
James L. Heskett
The Culture Builders:
Leadership Strategies For Employees Performance
Jane Sparrow
When Cultures Collide:
Leading Across Cultures
Richard D. Lewis
Developing a Positive Culture Where People and Performance Thrive
Marcella Bremer
True Kaizen:
Management’s Role in Improving Work Climate and Culture
Collin McLoughlin
Toshihiko Miura
Culture Shock In Maersk Line:
From Entrepreneurs and Kings to Modern Efficeincy
Lars Jensen
Culture Clash 2:
Managing the Global High Performance Team
Thomas D. Zweifel, Ph.D.
Change The Culture Change The Game:
The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Oranization and Creating Accountability for Results
Roger Connors
Tom Smith
Agile Engagement:
How to Drive Lasting Results by Cultivating a Flexible, Responsive, and Collaborative Culture
Santiago Jaramillo
Todd Richardson
The Future Proof Workplace:
Six Strategies To Accelerate Talent Development, Reshape Your Culture, And Succeed With People
Linda Sharkey, Ph.D.
Morag Barrett
A Culture Of Purpose:
How To Choose The Right Peope And Make The Right People Choose You
Christoph Lueneburger
Principles: Life and Work
Ray Dalio
Diagnosing And Changing Organizational Culture:
Based On The Competing Values Framework
Kim S Cameron
Robert E. Quinn
Engage With Honor:
Building A Culture Of Courageous Accountability
Lee Ellis
The Yes Culture:
Choosing Positivity And Trust As Your Competitive Edge
Mikael Kamber
Leaders Eat Last:
Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
Simon Sinek
Connection Culture:
The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work
Michael Lee Stallard
Extreme Operational Excellence:
Applying the U.S. Nuclear Submarine Cabin in Your Organization
Matthew Digeronimo
Bob Koonce
Find Your Why:
A Practical Guide For Discovering Purpose For You And Your Team
Simon Sinek
David Mead
Peter Docker
Engage With Honor:
Building A culture of Courageous Accountability
Lee Ellis
The Yes Culture:
Choosing Positivity and Trust as your Competitive Edge
Mikael Kamber
HBR’s 10 Must Reads:
On Managing Across Cultures
Harvard Business Review
Walking The Talk:
Building A Culture For Success
Carolyn Taylor
Strategic Leadership Across Cultures:
The GLOBE Study of CEO Leadership Behavior and Effectiveness in 24 Countries
Robert J. House
Peter W. Dofrman
Mansour Javidan
Paul J. Hanges
Mary F. Sully de Luque
The Customer Culture Imperative:
A Leader’s Guide To Driving Superior Performance
Dr. Linden R. Brown
Chris L. Brown
Future Work:
Changing Organisational Culture For The New World Of Work
Alison Maitland
Peter Thomson
All In:
How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results
Adrian Gostick
Chester Elton
Quick And Nimble:
Lessons From Leading CEOs On How To Create A Culture Of Innovation
Adam Bryant
Unrelenting Innovation:
How To Build A Culture For Market Dominace
Gerard J. Tellis
Coaching Across Cultures:
New Tools For Leveraging National Corporate & Professional Differences
Philippe Rosinski
Servant Leadearship Across Cultures:
Harnessing The Strength Of The World’s Most Powerful Management Philosophy
Fons Trompenaars
Ed Voerman
Organizational Learning Performance:
The Science and Practice of Building a Learning Culture
Ryan E. Smerek
Radical Candor:
How to Get What You Want by Saying What You Mean
Kim Scott
Impact & Excellence:
Data Driven Strategies for Aligning Mission, Culture, and Performance in Non profit and Government Organizations
Sheri Chaney Jones
Corporate Culture
Eric G. Flamholtz
Yvonne Randle
It Takes More Than Casual Fridays And Free Coffee:
Building A Business Culture That works For Everyone
Diane K. Adams
Leaders Made Here:
Building A Leadership Culture
Mark Miller
The Vibrant Workplace:
Overcoming The Obstacles To Building A Culture Of Appreciation
Dr. Paul White
Embracing Followership:
How to Thrive in a Leader Centric Culture
Allen Hamlin JR
Leading When You’re Not The Boss:
How To Get Things Done In Complex Corporate Cultures
Roger Strathausen
Thrive By Design: Neuroscience That Drive High Performanee Cultures
Don Aheem
Leaders Made Here:
Building A Leadership Culture
Mark Miller
Lead Right For Your Company’s Type:
How To Connect Your Culture With Your Customer Promise
William E. Schneider
Soup:
A Recipe to Create a Culture of Greatness
Jon Gordon
Accountability:
The Key to Driving a High Performance Culture
Greg Bustin
No Such Thing As Small Talk:
7 Keys to Understanding German Business Culture
Melissa Lamson
Leverage:
The CEO’s Guide To Corporate Culture
John R. Childress
People First Leadership:
How The Best Leaders Use Culture And Emotion To Drive Unprecedented Results
Eduardo P. Braun
Nimble Focused Feisty:
Organizational Cultures That Win in the New Era and How to Create Them
Sara Roberts
How To Create The Organisational Culture You want:
Leading Cultural Change in Business Church and the Social Sector
Ralph Mayhew
Prove It:
How To Create A High Performance Culture And Measurable Success
Stacey Barr
Making Character First
Tom Hill
Leadershi Lessons from a UPS Driver:
Delivering A Culture Of We, Not Me
Ron Wallace
Creating a Culture of Overflow
David Elverson
Paul Manwaring
No Drama Leadership:
How Enlightened Leaders Transform Culture in the Workplace
Marlene Chism
Hoshin Kanri:
How Toyota Creates A Culture Of Continuous Improvement To Achieve Lean Goals
Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman
Right Color Wrong Culture:
A Leadership Fable
Bran Loritts
Accountability Leadership:
How Great Leaders Build a High Performance Culture of Accounatability and Responsibility
Di Worrall
Help The Helper:
Building a Culture of Extreme Teamwork
Kevin Pritchard
John Eliot, Ph.D.
Ownership Thinking:
How to End Entitlement and Create a Culture of Accountability, Purpose, and Profit
Brad Hams
The High Engagement Work Culture:
Balancing Me and We
David Bowles
Cary Cooper
The Conversation Company:
Boost Your Business Through Culture, People & Social Media
Steven Van Bellegham
Mind Your Manners:
Managing Business Cultures In The New Global Europe
John Mole
Organizational Traps:
Leadership, Culture, Organizational Design
Chris Argyris
Culture Catalyst:
Seven Strategies To Bring Positive Change To Your Organization
Samuel R. Chand
Hacker Culture
Tim Rayner
The Responsible Leader:
Developing Culture Of Responsibility In An Uncertain World
Tim Richardson
Leading For Growth:
Ray Davis
Engaged Leadership:
Building A culture To Overcome Employee Disengagement
Clint Swimdall
Transforming Your Leadership Culture
John B. McGuire
Gary B. Rhodes
Leading Culture Change:
What Every CEO Needs To Know
Christopher S. Dawson
The Right and Wrong Stuff:
How Brilliant Careers Are Made and Unmade
Carter Cast
The Culture Blueprint:
A Guide to Building the High Performance Workplace
Robert Richman
Culture Connection:
How Developing A Winning Culture Will Give Your Organization A competitive Advantage
Marty Parker
Culture Wins:
The Roadmap to an Irresistible Workplace
William Vanderbloemen
The Leadership Playbook:
Creating a Coaching Culture to Build Winning Business Teams
Nathan Jamail
Cultural Intelligence:
Individual Interactions Across Cultures
P. Christopher Earley
Soon Ang
The High Speed Company:
Creating Urgency and Growth in a Nanosecond Culture
Jason Jennings
Big Potential:
How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well Being
Shawn Achor
Standard of Trust Leadership:
Transforming Business Cultures Through Purpose, Performance and Relationship Capital
Robert Lincoln Peters
Linkage Inc:
Best Practices In Organization Development and Change
Louis Carter
David Giber
Marshall Goldsmith
Winning With a Culture of Recognition
Eric Mosley
Derek Irvine
Hiring Firing:
And Creating An Amazing Team Culture For Leaders In A Hurry
Chris Mefford
Permission To Speak Freely:
How The Best Leaders Cultivate A Culture Of Candor
Doug Crandall
Matt Kincaid, Ph.D.
The Secret Sauce:
Creating A Winning Culture
Kevin Graham Ford
James P. Osterhaus
The Walmart Way:
The Inside Story of the Success of the World’s Largest Company
Don Soderquist
Engaging Leadership Cultures: Why Engagement Adds Up
David Elverson
Coaching for Meaning:
The Culture and Practice of Coaching and Team Building
Vincent Lenhardt
The Secret of a Winning Culture:
Building High Performance Teams
Larry E. Senn
John R. Childress
Risk Culture:
A Practical Guide to Building and Strengthening the Fabric of Risk Management
Erik Banks
The Hard Thing About Hard Things:
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz
United We Build:
Creating a Team Culture
Chris Laustbaugh
Why Should Anyone Be Led By You:
What It Takes To Be An Authentic Leader
Rob Goffee
Gareth Jones
The Art of People:
The Simple People Skills That Will Get You Everything You Want
Dave Kerpen
Build A Culture Of Good:
Unlease Results By Letting Your Employees Bring Their Soul To Work
Scott Moorehead
Ryan McCarty
Small Giants:
Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead Of Big
Bo Burlingham
Engagement Whisperer:
A Quieter And More collaborative Approach To Inspiring Your Team
Dr Tracy Stanley
Say Anything:
How Leaders Inspire Ideas, Cultivate Candor, and forge Fearless Cultures
Doug Crandell
Matt Kincaid, Ph.D.
Tribal Leadership:
Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization
Dave Logan
John King
Halee Fischer Wright
The Power of Community:
How Phenomenal Leaders Inspire Their Teams, Wow their Customers, and Make Bigger Profits.
Howard Partridge
Leading the High Energy Culture:
What the Best CEOs Do to Create an Atmosphere Where Employees Flourish
David Casullo
Leadership And Culture:
Comparative Models of Top Civil Servant Training
Montgomery Van Wart
Annie Mondeghem
Erwin Schwilla
The Best Team Wins:
The New Science Of High Performance
Adrian Gostick
Chester Elton
The Excellence Dividend:
Meeting the Tech Tide With Work That Wows and Jobs That Last
Tom Peters
Leadership in High Performance Organization Cultures
Stanley D. Truskie, Ph.D.
The Power of Purpose:
Inspire Teams Engage Customers Transform Business
John O’Brien
Andrew Cave
Leading With Happiness:
How The Best Leaders Put Happiness First to Create Phenomenal Business Results And A Better World
Alexander Kjerulf
The Courage Way:
Leading and Living with Integrity
Center for Courage & Renewal
Shelly L. Francis
Your Company Culture Ecosystem:
Growing a Vibrant Business
Kristin E. Robertson
Mastering Excellence:
A Leader’s Guide To Aligning Strategy, Culture, Customer Experience & Measures Of Success
Robin L. Lawton
Unstopable:
Transforming Your Mindset To create Change, Accelerate Results, And Be The Best At What You Do
Dave Anderson
Building A Winning Culture In Government:
A Blueprint For Delivering Success In The Public Sector
Patrick R. Ledding, Ph.D.
Shawn D. Moon
Am I Being Too Subtle:
Straight Talk From A Business Rebel
Sam Zell
The Power of Positive Leadership:
How and Why Positive Leaders Transform Teams and Organizations and Change the World
Jon Gordon
The Square And The Triangle:
The Power of Integrating Relationship and Results in Workplace Culture
Mark Stevens
Good Authority:
How to Become the Leader Your Team is Waiting For
Jonathan Raymond
What Works for GE May Not Work for You:
Using Human Systems Dynamics to Build a Culture of Process Improvement
Lawrence Solow
Brenda Fake
Creating a Done Done Culture:
The 12 Habits of High Performers
Chris Lema
Doing Leadership Differently
Amanda Sinclair
Unleash Your Awesome:
No More Excuses. No More Complaining.
Own Your Life And Live It.
Taz Thornton
Hiring Firing And Creating An Amazing Team Culture:
For Pastors In A Hurry
Chris Mefford
A Leadership Parable:
How Cohesive is Your Company?
Ravi Kathuria
Disenchantment:
Managing Motivation And Demotivation At Work
Adrian Furnham
Luke Treglown
The Power of Vulnerability:
How To Create A Team Of Leaders By Shifting Inward
Barry Kaplan
Jeffery Manchester
Change Your Culture Change Everything:
The Leaders Guide To Organizational Transformation
Sam Chand
Humble Consulting:
How To Provide Real Help Faster
Edgar H. Schein
Red Teaming:
Transform Your Business By Thinking Like The Enemy
Bryce G. Hoffman
Kanban Change Leadership:
Creating A Culture Of Continuous Improvement
Klaus Leopold
Segfried Kaltenecker
Power Your Tribe:
Create Resilient Teams In Turbulent Times
Christine Comaford
Monetize Your Culture:
Create A Passionate, Committed Workforce That Actually Increases Your Bottome Line And Costs You Nothing
Dennis Ford
Breaking The Chains Of Culture:
Building Trust In Individuals, Teams, And Organizations
George Vukotich, Ph.D.
Huawei Leadership, Culture, And Connectivity
Tian Tao
David De Cremer
Wu Chunbo
Values Cockpits:
Measuring And Steering Corporate Cultures
Friedrich Glauner
Finding Lions Among Lambs:
How To Create A Performance Culture And Locate Top Millennial Talent
Jack Diaz
Little Wins:
The Huge Power Of Thinking Like A Toddler
Paul Lindley
The Conscious Project Leader:
How To Create A Culture Of Success For Your Projects, Your Team And Yourself
Colin D. Ellis
It’s My Pleasure:
The Impact Of Extraordinary Talent And A Compelling Culture
Dee Ann Turner
The Culture Of Connectivity:
A Critical History Of Social Media
Jose Van Dijck
Cultures And Organizations. Software Of The Mind:
Intercultural Cooperation And Its Importance For Survival
Geert Hofstede
Gert Jan Hofstede
Michael Mnkov
The Culture Map:
Decoding How People Think, Lead, And Get Things Done Across Cultures
Erin Meyer
Culture:
How To Rid Your Organization and create massively high performing teams
Benjamin Drury
The Culture Code:
The Hidden Language Of Highly Sucessful Groups
Daniel Coyle
How To Create The Organizational Culture You Want:
Leading Cultural Change IN Business, Church And The Social Sector
Ralph Mayhew
Winner Culture:
Results Cannot Be Planned. Performance Can.
Bjorne Graven Larsen
Why Simle Wins:
Escape The Complexity Trap And Get To Work That Matters
Lisa Bodell
The Outward Mindset:
Seeing Beyond Ourselves
The Arbinger Institute
Language And The Pursuit Of Leadership Excellence:
How To Extraordinary Leaders Build Relationships, Shape Culture And Drive Breakthrough Results
Chalmers Brothers
Vinay Kumar
Winning Minds:
Secrets From The Language Of Leadership
Simon Lancaster
Good Authority:
How To Become The Leader Your Team Is Waiting For
Jonathan Raymond
The Courage Challenge Workbook:
Creating A Culture Of Courage
Cindy Solomon
How To Create The Organizational Culture You Want:
Leading Cultural Change In Business Church And The Social Sector
Ralph Mayhew
Communicating Across Cultures
Don W. Prince
Michael H. Hoppe
The Culture code:
An Ingenious Way To Understand Why People Around The World Live And Buy As They Do
Clotaire Rapaille
Time Talent Energy:
Overcome Organizational Drag & Unleash Your Team’s Productive Power
Michael Mankins
Eric Garton
The Future Workplace Experience:
10 Rules For Mastering Disruption In Recruiting And Engaging Employees
Jeanne C. Meister
Kevin J. Mulcahy
The Purpose Economy. Expanded And Updated.
How Your Desire For Impact, Personal Growth, And Community In Changing The World
Aaron Hurst
Leadership And The One Minute anager:
Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership
Ken Blanchard
Patricia Zigarmi
Drea Zigarmi
The Responsible Company:
What We’ve Learned From Patagonia’s First 40 Years
Yvon Chouinard
Vincent Stanley
Mindfulness and the Art Of Change By Choice:
Radical Leadership For Managing Change
Philip Cox Hynd
Leading The Unleadable:
How To Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, And Other Difficult People
Alan Willet
The New Leader’s Day Action Plan:
How To Take Charge, Build Or Merge Your Team, And Get Immediate Results
George B. Bradt
Jayme A. Check
John A. Lawler
Why Should Anyone Work Here:
What It takes To Create An Authentic Organization
Rob Goffee
Gareth Jones
