Last month we held the first of our Team Leader events in London and Nina Jones, Senior Customer Experience & Operations Leader at Fidelity International, opened the day sharing inspirational stories from her own experiences leading many-a-team. Nina also recommended a few personal development books that have supported her leadership – and who does love a good book recommendation?
Our April 2026 Team Leader event was a brilliant day, with both seasoned and newer team leaders in attendance. A huge thanks to Fidelity International who have sponsored this event for many years and continue to champion paraplanning – Professional Paraplanner is delighted to be working with you once again.
Here are Nina’s seven book recommendations, as well as a couple worthwhile podcasts to tap into as well:
What Nina says are ‘classics’:
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- The 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen R. Covey
- Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Nina’s recommendations for the brain:
- The Chimp Paradox by Professor Steve Peters
- Mindset by Dr Carol S. Dweck
Other interesting reads that get Nina’s seal of approval:
- Drive by Daniel H. Pink
- Dare to Lead by Bréne Brown
Headphones on, these are Nina’s recommended listens:
- Oliver Burkeman is Busy on Radio 4
- How great leaders inspire action from Simon Sinek
What are your favourite reads or podcasts to listen to, we’d love you to tell us so that we can share them more widely. Send your recommendations into our Editor Natalie Dawes here: [email protected]
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