This page details my progress in a fifty book reading challenge to be completed between January 2012 and December 2012.

The last time I successfully hit 50 books was 2008 where I had a firm commitment to reach that total. The in-between years were “going through the motions”. In 2012 it is again time to fully commit to the goal of 50 self-development and leadership books.

List of books read in 2012

#CoverDescriptionFinishedRating
1.Start with Why by Simon Sinek Start with Why by Simon Sinek

Start With Why gets five stars from me for the idea. You need to know WHY to build a business. I felt that it's all covered to sufficient detail in the first third of the book. For me, that's where 95% of the value lay. 		2012-01-16
2.Dialogue Mapping: Building Shared Understanding of Wicked Problems by E. Jeffrey Conklin Dialogue Mapping: Building Shared Understanding of Wicked Problems by E. Jeffrey Conklin

As it says on the cover Dialogue Mapping is a way to build shared understanding of wicked problems. I've only had one chance to use the tools explained in the book and even though I did all the thinking (rather than in a group session as the process is designed for) the resulting map enabled me to communicate my thinking clearly to others.		 2012-02-19
3.Hold On, You Lost Me!: Use Learning Styles to Create Training That Sticks by Bernice McCarthy Hold On, You Lost Me!: Use Learning Styles to Create Training That Sticks by Bernice McCarthy

Looking forward to putting the ideas in this book into practice. It has helped me understand where I can improve the training I deliver and receive. 		2012-02-22
Data from Goodreads

Note: You may have noted above the number of books in the list doesn't match the number of books I said that I read. This has occurred because I've read one or more books multiple times during the year, but they are only shown as of the most recent read. You may also have seen dates outside the nominated reading year. Again, a book read in subsequent years will have a later date shown.