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