There are some amazing Ted Talks on leadership. They are listed here in no particular order. Here are just a few of our favourites. Click on the links to view:

1. Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

2. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow - the secret to happiness

3. Dan Pink: The puzzle of motivation

4. Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability

5. Adam Grant: Are you a giver or a taker?

6. Margaret Heffernan: Forget the pecking order at work

7. Margaret Heffernan: The dangers of willful blindness

8. Simon Sinek: Why good leaders make you feel safe

9. Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

10. Adam Grant: The surprising habits of original thinkers

11. Amy Cuddy: How body language shapes who you are

These books can be bought from Amazon or any good bookstore. Most of these titles are available as e-books through Apple or the Kindle Store.  They are listed here in no particular order. For those who are fans of audiobooks (like Claire is), some of these titles are available on Audible too:

1. Dan Pink: Drive; also When (by the same author)

2. Angela Duckworth: Grit

3. Douglas Stone: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

4. Adam Grant: Originals; also Givers & Takers by the same author

5. Matthew Syed: Black Box Thinking

6. Simon Sinek: Leaders Eat Last; also Start with Why by the same author

7. Margaret Heffernan: A Bigger Prize: how we can do better than the competition

8. Shawn Achor: Big Potential; also The Happiness Advantage by the same author

9. Brene Brown: Daring Greatly; also Rising Strong and Dare to Lead by the same author

10. Prof Steve Peters: The Chimp Paradox

11. Stephen R Covey: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

12. Chris Anderson: Ted Talks. [Anderson is the founder of TED.] 

13. Dan Ariely: Predictably Irrational

Some of these will be behind a paywall but Harvard Business Review lets you read 4 articles for free a month. Click on the links: