Thanks for welcoming me to speak at Agile North East tonight — it’s always nice to be back in my adoptive hometown and the conversation tonight was especially fab.

Books & Tools Mentioned in This Talk

• First Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham
• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
• If you don’t have time to read Drive, watch this fab sketchnote video of one of Dan’s talks
• Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World Class Performers from Everyone Else by Geoff Colvin
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

If you’re new to coaching, you might also enjoy the talk I did on stealing coaching lessons from sports at Dare Conf Mini a couple of years back: video and slides.