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 goals
Below are some of the resources which are used and recommended
Books
Talks
A selection of client testimonials is also included
The Progress Principle, Teresa Amabile
Miracle Morning, Hal Elrod
The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni
Meditations: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader, Marcus Aurelius & James Harris
Inspired Leadership, Kevin Gaskell
Turn the Ship Around, David Marquet
The One Minute Manager, Kenneth Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
The E-Myth, Michael Gerber
Blue Ocean Strategy, Renee Mauborgne & Chan Kim
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Larry Bossidy
The Sorites Principle, Ian Gibbs
Developing the Leader Within In, John C. Maxwell
Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Travis Bradbury
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
Essentialism, Greg McKeown
Dare to Lead, Brene Brown
Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
The Slight Edge, Jeff Olson
Making the Impossible Possible, Kim Cameron & Mark Lavine
Goal, Eliyahu M Goldratt
The Chimp Paradox, Steve Peters
Influence, Robert B. Cialdini
Competing for the Future, Hamel Gray & C.K. Prahalad
Drive, Daniel Pink
Built to Last, Jim Collins
ADKAR – A Model for Change, Jeff Hiatt
Fierce Conversations, Susan Scott
Good to Great, Jim Collins
The Servant: True Essence of Leadership, James C. Hunter
Start with Why, Simon Sinek
7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
The Profit Zone, Adrian J. Slywotzky & David
Topgrading: How to hire, coach and keep A players, Geoff Smart & Brad Smart
Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Requisite Organisation, Elliot Jaques
Who, Geoff Smart & Randy Street & J. Dubner
Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Who Moved My Cheese, Spencer Johnson &Kenneth Blanchard
No Ego, Cy Wakeman & J. Morrison
Principles, Ray Dalio
Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman
Yes, Yes, Hell No, Brian Whettan
The Art of the Good Life, Rolf Dobelli
Leading Change, John Kotter
Coaching for Performance, John Whitmore
The Art of Thinking Clearly, Rolf Dobelli
The Leadership Challenge, James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
Traction, Gino Wickman
The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg
The Tao of Coaching, Max Landsberg
Get a Grip, Gino Wickman
Mindset, Carol Dweck
5 Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni
Beyond the Core, Chris Zook
LYN REES
Yourgene Health PLC
GROUP Chief Executive Officer
“Les exhibits a willingness to lead teams on a “new adventure” with good humour, clear thinking, and that all important ingredient – humility. Pure magic”
Victoria Sylvester
ACACIA TRAINING
MANAGING DIRECTOR
“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”
todd nAVIN
HASEL Ltd
General Manager Finance and Administration
“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”
Mark Papworth
wood group
president
Chemring Group Plc.
group ceo
“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”
Gavin Huxtable
Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc
STEAM Business Development Director
“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”
Michael Jefferies
Jefferies Solicitors LTD
mANAGING dIRECTOR
“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”
aLasTAiR richards
North-West Cancer Research
managing director
“Les has helped me to clearly identify the root cause of the problems along with likely solutions whilst connecting me to valuable individuals”
“Les’s gentle questioning aids idea development and enables me to have greater confidence when pushing forward with new plans. Les ensures that risks, mitigations, as well as alternative courses of actions have been considered”
“Having 1-2-1s with Les makes a huge difference to my month and knowing that agreed actions will be followed up means that I’m much more likely to follow through”
stephen nickson
dats tECHNICAL Recruitment
owner & MANAGING DIRECTOR
“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”
“Les 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!”
dale Heathcote
servico group
group mANAGING dIRECTOR
“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”
Anthony Attard
pANAZ
lTD
GROUP CEO
“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“
Kelvin Coyle
M H Alshaya Co
W L L
MANAGING DIRECTOR
“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 guy for making the complex simple, the difficult easy, and putting a smile on people’s faces – exceptional”
