Books - Recommendations to assist you ...
We have compiled a resource of various Book Recommendations to assist you in better understanding the areas within which GRC Consulting operates. These are references that we own, utilise in our work, and recommend to you, as our preferred and utilised reading references.
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GRC - Governance, Risk and Compliance - A Consolidation
If you wish to better understand why the GRC Elements should be Integrated within organisations, so as to achieve world class operations and GRC synergy. Then this is an excellent reference.
GRC - Governance, Risk and Compliance
There are many sources on these topics, but these are one the best groupings and written in simple, easy to understand business language. Whilst they contain lessons even for the expert, they are applicable for those where these topics may not be comfortable ground. The following groups of reference materials are excellent for this purpose.
Trust Me AI Governance Book 1 of 3 - by Gregory Hutchins and Margaux Hutchins - Mar 14 2025
Mastering GRC - The Lawyers Guide to Success in Governance Risk and Compliance - by Carole Stern Switzer Esq - Oct 14 2025
Trust Me - AI Risk Management Book 2 of 3 - by Greg Hutchins and Margaux Hutchins - Oct 20 2023
Risk Management Maturity - A Multidimensional Model - by Sylwia Bąk and Piotr Jedynak - Oct 4 2022
Risk Based Thinking - Greg Hutchins - Cerm Academy Enterprise Risk Management – July 16 2018
Risk Based Auditing - Using ISO 19011-2018 - Cerm Academy Enterprise Risk Management - by Greg Hutchins - Aug 9 2018
Trust Me - ISO 42001 AI Management System - 2nd Edition by Gregory B Hutchins and Margaux K Hutchins - Dec 31 2025
Management's Guide to Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Maximise Value within your Organisation - Norman Marks
Company Secretariat
If you wish to better understand the world of the Corporate Secretary, the workings with and for the Board and build your own check-lists and processes, as presented under relevant English Frameworks. Then these are excellent references .
International Integrated Reporting Framwork
If you wish to better understand the trend toward the Integrated Reporting Framework and the 6 capitals. Then these are excellent references.
The International Integrated Reporting Council's (IIRC) - International Integrated Reporting Framework - January 2021
Business Strategy and Leadership
If you wish to better understand business strategy and leadership. Then these are excellent references.
Find Your Why - A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose For You and Your Team - Simon Sinek
Beyond Entrepreneurship - B.E. 2.0 - Turning your Business into an Enduring Great Company - Jim Collins and Bill Lazier
Great By Choice - Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck - Why some thrive despite them all - Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen
Built To Last - Successful Habits of Visionary Companies - Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Execution - The Discipline of Getting Things Done - Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan with Charles Burck
Unlimited Memory- How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster Remember More and be More Productive - by Kevin Horsley – March 28 2016
Million Dollar Weekend - The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours - by Noah Kagan – January 30 2024
Grow the Pie - How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit – by Alex Edmans - Nov 11 2021
May Contain Lies - How Stories Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases and What We Can Do about It - by Alex Edmans - May 14 2024
No Ordinary Disruption - The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends - by Richard Dobbs and James Manyika - Aug 30 2016
CEO Excellence - The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest - by Carolyn Dewar and Scott Keller - Mar 15 2022
A CEO for All Seasons - Mastering the Cycles of Leadership - by Carolyn Dewar and Scott Keller - Oct 7 2025
Fighting Power - German and US Army Performance 1939-1945 - by van Creveld Martin - 2007-05-03
The Utility of Force - The Art of War in the Modern World - by Rupert Smith – February 12 2008
Legacy - What The All Blacks Can Teach Us About The Business Of Life - by James Kerr – December 17 2013
The Dichotomy of Leadership - Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win - by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin – October 1 2024
Boards, Directors, Governance and Leadership
If you wish to better understand Boards, Directors, related Governance and leadership. Then these are good references.
Boards That Deliver - Advancing Corporate Governance from Compliance to Competitive Advantage - Ram Charan
Great Companies Deserve Great Boards - A CEOs Guide to the Boardroom - by Beverly Behan – December 13 2021
Stewards of the Future - A Guide for Competent Boards - by Helle Bank Jorgensen – January 12 2022
Corporate Governance for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in African Economies - by Dr Chinyere Almona and Mervyn E King SC – September 24 2020
The Imperfect Board Member - Discovering the Seven Disciplines of Governance Excellence - by Jim Brown - September 29 2006
The Future Boardroom - How to Transform in Turbulent Times - by Helle Bank Jorgensen - May 22 2025
Boards - Boards - 2nd edition - A Practical Perspective - by Patrick Dunne – January 1 2021
Board Member Orientation - The Concise and Complete Guide to Nonprofit Board Service - by Michael E. Batts – February 3 2011
New CEOs and Boards - How to Build a Great Board Relationship and a Great Board - by Beverly A Behan – June 8 2022
Transient Caretakers - Making Life on Earth Sustainable - by Mervyn King and Teodorina Lessidrenska - Jul 12 2011
Board Director and CEO Evaluation - by Geoffrey Kiel and Gavin Nicholson and Mary Anne Barclay - Jan 1 2005
Board and Director Evaluations - Innovations for 21st Century Governance Committees - by Beverly A Behan – August 11 2021
High Performance Boards - A Practical Guide to Improving and Energising Your Governance - by Didier Cossin - Aug 12 2024
The Corporate Revolutionary - Mervyn Kings Life in Law Business and Governance - by David Williams - Jul 19 2024
Strategy - Scenario Based Strategic Planning - A Core Focus Read
If you wish to better understand Scenario Strategic Planning, its development and concepts, possibly with a view to building your own methodology, the the following groups of reference materials are excellent for this purpose.
The Fox Trilogy: Imagining the unimaginable and dealing with it - Clem Sunter & Chantell Ilbury
Thinking the Future - New perspectives from the shoulders of giants - Clem Sunter and Mitch Ilbury
Strategy - Scenario Based Strategic Planning - Other Foundation Reads
Other background and filler reads on Scenario Based Strategic Planning, that are useful background understanding and reference materials.
Scenario Planning in Organisations: How to create, use and assess scenarios - Thomas Chermack
Strategy - The Traditional Way
For those wishing to follow the more tradition ways of developing annual strategy or "rolling plans", then the following are useful and helpful references.
Simply Strategy: The shortest route to the best strategy - Richard Koch & Peter Nieuwenhuizen
Change Management
For those wishing to better understand the methodology and practices behind successful global organisations and lead large scale Change. Then these are excellent references.
