20-20 Management

Resources: Books

Awareness is the greatest agent for change

Every Person At 20-20 Is Hugely Passionate About Helping People, Both Professionally And Personally, To Achieve Their Personal And Business GoalsLes facilitates workshops with senior leadership teams to:
  • clarify their business ambition
  • set stretching goals and objectives
  • define and align their strategy
  • address cultural change by creating the conditions for success
  • sustain energy levels to deliver the results
Below are some of the resources which are used and recommended
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Books

  • The Progress Principle, Teresa Amabile
  • Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader, Marcus Aurelius & James Harris
  • 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson
  • The One Minute Manager, Kenneth Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
  • Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Larry Bossidy
  • Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Travis Bradbury
  • Dare to Lead, Brene Brown
  • Making the Impossible Possible, Kim Cameron & Mark Lavine
  • Influence, Robert B. Cialdini
  • Pomodoro Technique, Francesco Cirillo
  • Built to Last, Jim Collins
  • Good to Great, Jim Collins
  • 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
  • Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
  • Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen
  • Principles, Ray Dalio
  • The Art of the Good Life, Rolf Dobelli
  • The Art of Thinking Clearly, Rolf Dobelli
  • Measure What Matters, John Doerr
  • The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg
  • Mindset, Carol Dweck
  • Fearless Organisation, Amy Edmondson
  • Miracle Morning, Hal Elrod
  • Inspired Leadership, Kevin Gaskell
  • The E-Myth, Michael Gerber
  • The Sorites Principle, Ian Gibbs
  • Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
  • Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
  • Goal, Eliyahu M Goldratt
  • Give and Take, Adam Grant
  • Competing for the Future, Hamel Gray & C.K. Prahalad
  • High Output Management, Andy Grove
  • Scaling Up, Verne Harnish
  • ADKAR – A Model for Change, Jeff Hiatt
  • The Servant: True Essence of Leadership, James C. Hunter
  • The Road Less Stupid, Keith J. Cunningham
  • The Profit Zone, Adrian J. Slywotzky & David Morrison
  • The Requisite Organisation, Elliot Jaques
  • Who Moved My Cheese, Spencer Johnson & Kenneth Blanchard
  • Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman
  • Leading Change, John Kotter
  • The Leadership Challenge, James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
  • The Tao of Coaching, Max Landsberg
  • 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni
  • The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni
  • Leadership Language, David Marquet
  • Turn the Ship Around, David Marquet
  • Blue Ocean Strategy, Renee Mauborgne & Chan Kim
  • Developing the Leader Within In, John C. Maxwell
  • Essentialism, Greg McKeown
  • The 12 Week Year, Brian Moran & Michael Lennington
  • The Slight Edge, Jeff Olson
  • The Chimp Paradox, Steve Peters
  • Drive, Daniel Pink
  • Radical Candour, Kim Scott
  • Fierce Conversations, Susan Scott
  • The Infinite Game, Simon Sinek
  • Start with Why, Simon Sinek
  • Topgrading: How to hire, coach and keep A players, Geoff Smart & Brad Smart
  • Who, Geoff Smart & Randy Street
  • Performance Management, David Smith
  • Agile Conversations, Douglas Squirrel & Jeffrey Frederick
  • Great Game of Business, Jack Stack
  • Billionaire Thought Models in Business, R Stevens
  • The Tools, Phil Stutz & Barry Michels
  • No Ego, Cy Wakeman & J. Morrison
  • Yes, Yes, Hell No, Brian Whettan
  • Coaching for Performance, John Whitmore
  • Traction, Gino Wickman
  • Get a Grip, Gino Wickman
  • Beyond the Core, Chris Zook

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Testimonials

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Victoria Sylvester

“Les is fantastic and impeccably organised.  He is a really wise coach who shares his experience, and points of view, in ways which are extremely helpful to how my business and personal life are developing”

Victoria Sylvester - Managing Director

Acacia Training
Todd Navin

“Les’s pace, listening skills, clarity of communications, and attention to detail are all impressive and come dressed in high quality dry humour. Les demonstrated high integrity, empathetic style, great insights and gravitas. His work with our team to manage a challenging programme was excellent and exceeded expectations”

Todd Navin - General Manager Finance & Administration

Haesl LTD
Stephen Nickson

“Les has been a source of wisdom for me as we work our way forward building a new team, restructuring operations, and build for the future. He has an assured manner which combines support and challenge as a good critical friend should. In my 1-2-1s with Les I have been struck by his knowledge and insight, sharp and perceptive questioning, as well as his appetite for holding my feet to the fire!”

Stephen Nickson - Owner & Managing Director

DATS Technical Recruitment
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“Les worked with us during a very difficult and challenging time for the dentistry profession.  He provided an invaluable sounding board as a strategic advisor “thinking ahead” across a number of different projects.

I value his advice on major decisions. An indispensable member of the team.”

Prof Paul Tipton

Founder and CEO, Tipton Training
Nick Taylor

“Les gave us a fun filled day and it was only obvious he had worked us hard when we stood back and looked at all the output we had achieved as a team. He got the best from every person in the room with his direct and engaging style that blends sharp wit with very serious subject matter. Absolutely brilliant. An exceptional day”

Nick Taylor - Chief Executive

Tim Barry Jonathan Ball Peace Foundation
Michael Jefferies

“A 1-2-1 with Les is the equivalent of an excellent non-executive director who, with an understanding of the business, can “stand back” and give informed, impartial, and very practical advice”

Michael Jefferies - Managing Director

Jefferies Solicitors LTD
MARK PAPWORTH

“Les works at pace, professionally, and with minimum fuss to quickly deliver results.  He exudes a natural authority and earns respect from those he comes into contact with his sharp mind and warm heart”

Mark Papworth - Group CEO

Chemring Group PLC
Lyn Rees

“Les exhibits a willingness to lead teams on a “new adventure” with good humour, clear thinking, and that all important ingredient – humility.  Pure magic”

Lyn Rees - Group CEO

Novacyt PLC
Kelvin Coyle

“Les runs a fantastic workshop. Engaging, fun, great stories, practical insights and all delivered in a way which drives engagement and gets the creative juices flowing. Les is the go to guy for making the complex simple, the difficult easy, and putting a smile on people’s faces – exceptional”

Kelvin Coyle - Managing Director

M H Alshaya Co W L L
Gavin Huxtable

“Our engagement with Les was incredibly fruitful. He engaged with the team, exploring and challenging patterns of work to identify improvement opportunities which we are now implementing that will result in a significantly more effective organisation in future”

Gavin Huxtable - Steam Business Development Director

Spirax-sarco Engineering Plc
Dale H

“The 1-2-1s with Les are very open as well as being very detailed. Les always follows through on each point and goes the extra mile to assist and help. His experience in business and life really resonate with me and have helped me in many areas in business as well as personally”

Dale Heathcote - Managing Director

Servico Group Group
Anthony Attard

“The growth workshop with senior management was excellent. Les provided thought provoking challenges with good humour in a well structured day. Highly guaranteed to provide the spark for a breakthrough and fresh thinking“

Anthony Attard - Group CEO

Panaz LTD

Work Experience

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