“What are the best books about Leadership & For Leaders?” We looked at 272 of the top Leadership books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 36 titles, all appearing on 3 or more “Best Leadership” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 200+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.
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You want to learn about the path that we took at Zappos to get to over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales in less than ten years. You want to learn about the path I took that eventually led me to Zappos, and the lessons I learned along the way. You want to learn from all the mistakes we made at Zappos over the years so that your business can avoid making some of the same ones. You want to figure out the right balance of profits, passion, and purpose in business and in life. You want to build a long-term, enduring business and brand. You want to create a stronger company culture, which will make your employees and coworkers happier and create more employee engagement, leading to higher productivity. You want to deliver a better customer experience, which will make your customers happier and create more customer loyalty, leading to increased profits. You want to build something special. You want to find inspiration and happiness in work and in life. You ran out of firewood for your fireplace. This book makes an excellent fire-starter.
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Developing the LeaderWithin You is Dr. Maxwell’s first and most enduring leadership book, havingsold more than one million copies. In this Christian Leaders Series edition ofthis Maxwell classic, you will discover the biblical foundation for leadershipthat John Maxwell has used as a pastor and business leader for more than fortyyears. These same principles and practices are available for everyday leadersin every walk of life. It is a lofty calling to lead a group—a family, achurch, a nonprofi t, a business—and the timeless principles in this book willbring positive change in your life and in the lives of those around you. You will learn: The True Definition of Leader. “Leadership is influence.That’s it. Nothing more; nothing less.” The Traits of Leadership. “Leadership is not an exclusiveclub for those who were ‘born with it.’ The traits that are the raw materialsof leadership can be acquired. Link them up with desire, and nothing can keep youfrom becoming a leader.” The Difference Between Management and Leadership. “Makingsure the work is done by others is the accomplishment of a manager. Inspiring othersto do better work is the accomplishment of a leader.” God has called every believer to influence others, to besalt and light. Developing the LeaderWithin You will equip you to improve your leadership and inspire others.
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In gripping firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, they learned that leadership—at every level—is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails.Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training that helped forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After departing the SEAL Teams, they launched Echelon Front, a company that teaches these same leadership principles to businesses and organizations. From promising startups to Fortune 500 companies, Babin and Willink have helped scores of clients across a broad range of industries build their own high-performance teams and dominate their battlefields. Now, detailing the mind-set and principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most difficult missions in combat, Extreme Ownership shows how to apply them to any team, family or organization. Each chapter focuses on a specific topic such as Cover and Move, Decentralized Command, and Leading Up the Chain, explaining what they are, why they are important, and how to implement them in any leadership environment. A compelling narrative with powerful instruction and direct application, Extreme Ownership revolutionizes business management and challenges leaders everywhere to fulfill their ultimate purpose: lead and win.
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Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. In response, we’re hunkering down, blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable by committing mistakes while learning something new. In Flying Without a Net, Thomas DeLong explains how to draw strength from vulnerability. First, understand the forces that escalate anxiety in high achievers and the unproductive behaviors you turn to for relief. Then adopt practices that give you the courage to “do the right things poorly” before “doing the right things well.” Drawing on his extensive research and consulting work, DeLong lays out: – Roots of high achievers’ anxiety: fear of being wrong and lack of a sense of purpose, and a craving for human connection – Destructive behaviors we adopt to relieve our anxiety: busyness, comparing ourselves to others, and blaming others for our frustrations – Behaviors we must adopt to gain strength from vulnerability: putting the past behind us and seeking honest feedback Packed with practical advice and inspiring stories, Flying Without a Net is an invaluable resource for all leaders seeking to thrive in this Age of Anxiety.
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When Captain Abrashoff took over as commander of USS Benfold, it was like a business that had all the latest technology but only some of the productivity. Knowing that responsibility for improving performance rested with him, he realized he had to improve his own leadership skills before he could improve his ship. Within months, he created a crew of confident and inspired problem-solvers eager to take the initiative and responsibility for their actions. The slogan on board became “It’s your ship,” and Benfold was soon recognized far and wide as a model of naval efficiency.
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The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to improve your idea’s chances–essential reading in the “fake news” era. Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–entrepreneurs, teachers, politicians, and journalists–struggle to make them “stick.” In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. Along the way, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds–from the infamous “kidney theft ring” hoax to a coach’s lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony–draw their power from the same six traits. Made to Stick will transform the way you communicate. It’s a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures): the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who drank a glass of bacteria to prove a point about stomach ulcers; the charities who make use of the Mother Teresa Effect; the elementary-school teacher whose simulation actually prevented racial prejudice. Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideas–and tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick.
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With a new introduction by the authorWarren Bennis’s formative years, in the 1930s and ’40s, were characterized by severe economic hardship and a world war that showcased the extreme depths and heights to which leaders could drive their followers. Today’s environment is similarly chaotic, turbulent, and uncertain. On Becoming a Leader has served for nearly fifteen years as a beacon of insight, delving into the qualities that define leadership, the people who exemplify it, and the strategies that anyone can apply to become an effective leader. This new edition features a provocative introduction on the challenges and opportunities facing leaders today, with additional updates and current references throughout.
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Nearly a decade ago, Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark 30-year research project that ignited a global conversation on the topic of strengths. More than 19 million people have since taken Gallup’s StrengthsFinder assessment, which forms the core of several books on this topic, including the #1 international bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0.
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Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Abraham Lincoln’s political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was the result of a character that had been forged by experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because he possessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires. It was this capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the Union and winning the war. We view the long, horrifying struggle from the vantage of the White House as Lincoln copes with incompetent generals, hostile congressmen, and his raucous cabinet. He overcomes these obstacles by winning the respect of his former competitors, and in the case of Seward, finds a loyal and crucial friend to see him through. This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln’s mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation’s history.
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One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for 25 years. It has transformed the lives of Presidents and CEOs, educators and parents— in short, millions of people of all ages and occupations.
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The Emperor’s Handbook offers a vivid and fresh translation of this important piece of ancient literature. It brings Marcus’s words to life and shows his wisdom to be as relevant today as it was in the second century. This book belongs on the desk and in the briefcase of every business executive, political leader, and military officer. It speaks to the soul of anyone who has ever exercised authority or faced adversity or believed in a better day.
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In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech’s CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni’s utterly gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. Throughout the story, Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team. Just as with his other books, Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.
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Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business. The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on “validated learning,” rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute. Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs – in companies of all sizes – a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it’s too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.
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“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius We are stuck, stymied, frustrated. But it needn’t be this way. There is a formula for success that’s been followed by the icons of history—from John D. Rockefeller to Amelia Earhart to Ulysses S. Grant to Steve Jobs—a formula that let them turn obstacles into opportunities. Faced with impossible situations, they found the astounding triumphs we all seek. These men and women were not exceptionally brilliant, lucky, or gifted. Their success came from timeless philosophical principles laid down by a Roman emperor who struggled to articulate a method for excellence in any and all situations. This book reveals that formula for the first time—and shows us how we can turn our own adversity into advantage.
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True North shows how anyone who follows their internal compass can become an authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research and first-person interviews with 125 of today’s top leaders—with some surprising results. In this important book, acclaimed former Medtronic CEO Bill George and coauthor Peter Sims share the wisdom of these outstanding leaders and describe how you can develop as an authentic leader.
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Written by Spencer Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager, this enlightening and amusing story illustrates the vital importance of being able to deal with unexpected change. Who Moved My Cheese? is often distributed by managers to employees as a motivational tool, but the lessons it teaches can benefit literally anyone, young or old, rich or poor, looking for less stress and more success in every aspect of work and life.
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Researcher and thought leader Dr. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” —Theodore Roosevelt Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into vulnerability and engage with our whole hearts. In Daring Greatly, Dr. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability. Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. The book that Dr. Brown’s many fans have been waiting for, Daring Greatly will spark a new spirit of truth—and trust—in our organizations, families, schools, and communities.
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Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Based on his own experience and the stories of his patients, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. At the heart of his theory, known as logotherapy, is a conviction that the primary human drive is not pleasure but the pursuit of what we find meaningful. Man’s Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.
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Why do you do what you do? Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. It was their natural ability to start with why that enabled them to inspire those around them and to achieve remarkable things. In studying the leaders who’ve had the greatest influence in the world, Simon Sinek discovered that they all think, act, and communicate in the exact same way—and it’s the complete opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be lead, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY. Any organization can explain what it does; some can explain how they do it; but very few can clearly articulate why. WHY is not money or profit—those are always results. WHY does your organization exist? WHY does it do the things it does? WHY do customers really buy from one company or another? WHY are people loyal to some leaders, but not others? Starting with WHY works in big business and small business, in the nonprofit world and in politics. Those who start with WHY never manipulate, they inspire. And the people who follow them don’t do so because they have to; they follow because they want to. Drawing on a wide range of real-life stories, Sinek weaves together a clear vision of what it truly takes to lead and inspire. This book is for anyone who wants to inspire others or who wants to find someone to inspire them.
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Why is change so difficult and frightening? How do you create change when you have few resources and no title or authority to back you up? Chip and Dan Heath, the best-selling authors of Made to Stick, are back with a ground-breaking book that addresses one of the greatest challenges of our personal and professional lives — how to change things when change is hard. In their follow-up book to the critically acclaimed international bestseller Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath talk about how difficult change is in our companies, our careers, and our lives, why change is so hard, and how we can overcome our resistance and make change happen. The Heaths liken the human mind to two distinct entities — the animal mind, or what psychologist Jonathan Haidt calls the elephant, and the logical brain, which Haidt describes as the rider. The elephant is instinctive; it acts on emotion. It likes gorging on Oreos and sleeping in. And it loves routines — doing things the same old way, every day. The rider is the planner and thinker. The rider obsesses about the future. He or she wants to stop eating junk food and stop hitting the snooze button. But it’s hard, because when the rider and elephant disagree on where to go, the rider usually loses. And that describes the essential tension between our primitive emotional brain and our high intellect, and helps to explain why changing how we behave is so difficult. The secret to making a switch is understanding this odd couple relationship. Direct the Rider. Motivate the Elephant. Shape the Path. Throughout Switch, Chip and Dan Heath illustrate and explain situations in which sweeping change was adopted, from a university researcher who ended the cycle of child abuse in a group of families, to an entrepreneur who turned his skeptical employees into customer service zealots and saved his company.
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In this revolutionary bestseller, Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen says outstanding companies can do everything right and still lose their market leadership, or worse, disappear completely. And he not only proves what he says, he tells others how to avoid a similar fate. Focusing on “disruptive technology” of the Honda Supercub, Intel’s 8088 processor, and the hydraulic excavator, Christensen shows why most companies miss “the next great wave.” Whether in electronics or retailing, a successful company with established products will get pushed aside unless managers know when to abandon traditional business practices. Using the lessons of successes and failures from leading companies, The Innovator’s Dilemma presents a set of rules for capitalizing on the phenomenon of disruptive innovation.
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This book teaches the quickest way to increase productivity, profits, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. It is a revolutionary new management method that is already producing very real results for top managers and Fortune 500 companies nationwide. Many believe that it will soon be recognized as the answer to the nation’s falling productivity — America’s answer to Japan’s Theory Z. The One Minute Manager is an easily read story which quickly shows you three very practical management techniques. As the story unfolds, you will discover several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences which help you understand why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book’s end you will also know how to apply them to your own situation. The book is brief, the language is simple, and the method works. The publisher believes so firmly in the value of The One Minute Manager that we are offering an unprecedented money-back guarantee.
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Within each corporation are anywhere from a few to hundreds of separate tribes. In Tribal Leadership, Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright demonstrate how these tribes develop—and show you how to assess them and lead them to maximize productivity and growth. A business management book like no other, Tribal Leadership is an essential tool to help managers and business leaders take better control of their organizations by utilizing the unique characteristics of the tribes that exist within.
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A tribe is any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea. For millions of years, humans have been seeking out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). It’s our nature. Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. All those blogs and social networking sites are helping existing tribes get bigger. But more important, they’re enabling countless new tribes to be born—groups of ten or ten thousand or ten million who care about their iPhones, or a political campaign, or a new way to fight global warming. And so the key question: Who is going to lead us? The Web can do amazing things, but it can’t provide leadership. That still has to come from individuals—people just like you who have passion about something. The explosion in tribes means that anyone who wants to make a difference now has the tools at her fingertips. If you think leadership is for other people, think again—leaders come in surprising packages. Consider Joel Spolsky and his international tribe of scary-smart software engineers. Or Gary Vaynerhuck, a wine expert with a devoted following of enthusiasts. Chris Sharma leads a tribe of rock climbers up impossible cliff faces, while Mich Mathews, a VP at Microsoft, runs her internal tribe of marketers from her cube in Seattle. All they have in common is the desire to change things, the ability to connect a tribe, and the willingness to lead. If you ignore this opportunity, you risk turning into a “sheepwalker”—someone who fights to protect the status quo at all costs, never asking if obedience is doing you (or your organization) any good. Sheepwalkers don’t do very well these days. Tribes will make you think (really think) about the opportunities in leading your fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers. . . . It’s not easy, but it’s easier than you think.
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John Wooden’s goal in 41 years of coaching never changed; namely, to get maximum effort and peak performance from each of his players in the manner that best served the team. Wooden on Leadership explains step-by-step how he pursued and accomplished this goal. Focusing on Wooden’s 12 Lessons in Leadership and his acclaimed Pyramid of Success, it outlines the mental, emotional, and physical qualities essential to building a winning organization, and shows you how to develop the skill, confidence, and competitive fire to “be at your best when your best is needed”–and teach your organization to do the same.
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Influence, the classic book on persuasion, explains the psychology of why people say “yes”—and how to apply these understandings. Dr. Robert Cialdini is the seminal expert in the rapidly expanding field of influence and persuasion. His thirty-five years of rigorous, evidence-based research along with a three-year program of study on what moves people to change behavior has resulted in this highly acclaimed book. You’ll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader—and how to defend yourself against them. Perfect for people in all walks of life, the principles of Influence will move you toward profound personal change and act as a driving force for your success.
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The “disease” of self-deception (acting in ways contrary to what one knows is right) underlies all leadership problems in today’s organizations, according to the premise of this work. However well intentioned they may be, leaders who deceive themselves always end up undermining their own performance.This straightforward book explains how leaders can discover their own self-deceptions and learn how to escape destructive patterns. The authors demonstrate that breaking out of these patterns leads to improved teamwork, commitment, trust, communication, motivation, and leadership.
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Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and civilization have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday life. The Art of War is a book which should be used to gain advantage of opponents in the boardroom and battlefield alike.
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Gallup presents the remarkable findings of its revolutionary study of more than 80,000 managers in First, Break All the Rules, revealing what the world’s greatest managers do differently. With vital performance and career lessons and ideas for how to apply them, it is a must-read for managers at every level.
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The highly anticipated follow-up to Simon Sinek’s global bestseller Start with Why Simon Sinek is an optimist, a visionary thinker, and a leader of the cultural revolution of WHY. His second book is the natural extension of Start with Why, expanding his ideas at the organizational level. Determining a company’s WHY is crucial, but only the beginning. The next step is how do you get people on board with your WHY? How do you inspire deep trust and commitment to the company and one another? He cites the Marine Corps for having found a way to build a culture in which men and women are willing to risk their lives, because they know others would do the same for them. It’s not brainwashing; it’s actually based on the biology of how and when people are naturally at their best. If businesses could adopt this supportive mentality, employees would be more motivated to take bigger risks, because they’d know their colleagues and company would back them up, no matter what. Drawing on powerful and inspiring stories, Sinek shows how to sustain an organization’s WHY while continually adding people to the mix.
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What would happen if a top expert with more than thirty years of leadership experience were willing to distill everything he had learned about leadership into a handful of life-changing principles just for you? It would change your life. John C. Maxwell has done exactly that in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. He has combined insights learned from his thirty-plus years of leadership successes and mistakes with observations from the worlds of business, politics, sports, religion, and military conflict. The result is a revealing study of leadership delivered as only a communicator like Maxwell can.
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When Stephen Covey first released The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the book became an instant rage because people suddenly got up and took notice that their lives were headed off in the wrong direction; and more than that, they realized that there were so many simple things they could do in order to navigate their life correctly. This book was wonderful education for people, education in how to live life effectively and get closer to the ideal of being a ‘success’ in life. But not everyone understands Stephen Covey’s model fully well, or maybe there are some people who haven’t read it yet. This is definitely true because we still see so much failure all around us. Now, I am not saying that by using Covey’s model, or anyone else’s model for that matter, you can become a sure-shot success, but at least we should have seen many more successes around us already judging by the number of copies the book has sold! So, where is the shortcoming? There are two main problems here, and we are talking only about the people who have read the book already. The first problem is that most people are too lazy to implement the ideals of Stephen Covey in their lives. They consider his masterpiece of a book as a mere coffee-table book or a book that you use for light reading when you are traveling and then forget all about it. They do not realize that this book contains life-changing information. Or, they take the information and do not make the effort to actually utilize it so that it becomes knowledge for them. The second problem is that a lot of people have a myopic view of Covey’s ideals. These are people who are impressed by the book already. If you ask them what the seven habits are, they can rattle them off end to end, but then they miss the larger picture. They do not understand that Covey was trying to tell more than he wrote in words.
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Dale Carnegie’s rock-solid, time-tested advice has carried countless people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives. One of the most groundbreaking and timeless bestsellers of all time,
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Looks at the role of emotional intelligence in leadership, discussing the characteristics of a good leader and leadership styles, and outlines the steps to becoming an effective leader.
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Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people—at work, at school, at home. It’s wrong. As Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others) explains in his paradigm-shattering book Drive, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today’s world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of our lives. He demonstrates that while the old-fashioned carrot-and-stick approach worked successfully in the 20th century, it’s precisely the wrong way to motivate people for today’s challenges. In Drive, he reveals the three elements of true motivation: *Autonomy—the desire to direct our own lives *Mastery—the urge to get better and better at something that matters *Purpose—the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves Along the way, he takes us to companies that are enlisting new approaches to motivation and introduces us to the scientists and entrepreneurs who are pointing a bold way forward. Drive is bursting with big ideas—the rare book that will change how you think and transform how you live.
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To find the keys to greatness, Collins’s 21-person research team read and coded 6,000 articles, generated more than 2,000 pages of interview transcripts and created 384 megabytes of computer data in a five-year project. The findings will surprise many readers and, quite frankly, upset others. The Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? The Study For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? The Standards Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world’s greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck.
| # | Books | Authors | Lists |
| 37 | #Girlboss | Sophia Amoruso | Business Insider |
| – | – | – | She Leads Africa |
| 38 | Big Magic | Elizabeth Gilbert | Business Insider |
| – | – | – | The Good Trade |
| 39 | Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies | James C. Collins | CEO |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 40 | Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust & Get Extraordinary Results | Judith Glaser | Forbes |
| – | – | – | Wall Street Mojo |
| 41 | Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High | Kerry Patterson | CEO |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 42 | Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredibly Voyage | CEO | |
| – | – | – | Lifehack |
| 43 | Getting Things Done | David Allen | Business Insider |
| – | – | – | Joan Garry |
| 44 | Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Build | Richard Tedlow | HBR |
| – | – | – | Norwich |
| 45 | Give and Take | Adam Grant | Joan Garry |
| – | – | – | Meaningful HQ |
| 46 | Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More | On Point Consulting LLC | |
| – | – | – | Washington Post |
| 47 | Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All | James C. Collins | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | On Point Consulting LLC |
| 48 | Heavy Hitter Selling | Steve W. Martin | Addicted 2 Success |
| – | – | – | Small Biz Trends |
| 49 | High Output Management | Andrew S. Grove | Guthrie Jensen |
| – | – | – | The CEO LIbrary |
| 50 | Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead | Sheryl Sandberg | Blinkist |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 51 | Liar’s Poker | Michael Lewis | CEO |
| – | – | – | HBR |
| 52 | Mindset: The New Psychology of Success | Carol S. Dweck | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Norwich |
| 53 | Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill’s Speeches | Winston S. Churchill | Best Value Schools |
| – | – | – | Matt Morris |
| 54 | Principle-Centered Leadership | Stephen R. Covey | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Meaningful HQ |
| 55 | Quiet Leadership | David Rock | Addicted 2 Success |
| – | – | – | Small Biz Trends |
| 56 | Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business | Charles Duhigg | Forbes |
| – | – | – | Wall Street Mojo |
| 57 | Steve Jobs | Walter Isaacson | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | The CEO LIbrary |
| 58 | The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization | John C. Maxwell | Everyday Power Blog |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 59 | The Alchemist | CEO | |
| – | – | – | Lifehack |
| 60 | The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World | Niall Ferguson | CEO |
| – | – | – | HBR |
| 61 | The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done | Peter F. Drucker | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Meaningful HQ |
| 62 | The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization | Peter M. Senge | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Lornerubis |
| 63 | The Hard Thing about Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers | Ben Horowitz | Blinkist |
| – | – | – | The CEO LIbrary |
| 64 | The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won’t Learn in Business School | Selena Rezvani | Forbes |
| – | – | – | The Good Trade |
| 65 | The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference | Malcolm Gladwell | Five Books |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 66 | The Truth About Leadership: The No-fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know | CEO | |
| – | – | – | Lifehack |
| 67 | The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle: How to Become a Servant Leader | James C. Hunter | INC |
| – | – | – | Insperity |
| 68 | Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders | L. David Marquet | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Wall Street Mojo |
| 69 | 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership | John Maxwell | Matt Morris |
| 70 | A Good Time to be a Girl | Washington Post | |
| 71 | A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership | Washington Post | |
| 72 | A Man in Full. | Tom Wolfe | HBR |
| 73 | A New Earth | Eckhart Tolle | Business Insider |
| 74 | A People’s History of the United States, | Howard Zinn | Entrepreneur |
| 75 | A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility | Enterprisers Project | |
| 76 | Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader | Wall Street Mojo | |
| 77 | Alignment: How to Get Your People, Strategy, and Culture on the Same Page | Anthony C. Taylor, Managing Partner of SME Strategy | SME Strategy |
| 78 | Andrew Carnegie | David Nasaw | Business Insider |
| 79 | Anything You Want | Small Biz Trends | |
| 80 | Ask For It | Linda Babcock | The Good Trade |
| 81 | Autobiography | Benjamin Franklin | Meaningful HQ |
| 82 | Awaken the Giant Within | Tony Robbins | Business Insider |
| 83 | Bad Girls Throughout History | Ann Shen | The Good Trade |
| 84 | Be Your Own Best Life Coach | Fiona Harrold | Time Camp |
| 85 | Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant | W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne | SME Strategy |
| 86 | Bold | Peter Diamandis, Steven Kotler | Meaningful HQ |
| 87 | Business Adventures | John Brooks | Business Insider |
| 88 | Capacity: Create Laser Focus, Boundless Energy, and an Unstoppable Drive In Any Organization | Enterprisers Project | |
| 89 | Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results | Roger Connors and Tom Smith | Blinkist |
| 90 | Change Your Brain, Change Your Life | Daniel G. Amen | Business Insider |
| 91 | Changing Minds | Joan Garry | |
| 92 | Chicken Soup for the Soul | Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Amy Newmark | Business Insider |
| 93 | Choose Yourself | James Altucher | Business Insider |
| 94 | Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors | Michael E. Porter | SME Strategy |
| 95 | Courageous Leadership | Bill Hybels | Goodreads |
| 96 | Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration | Ed Catmull | Goodreads |
| 97 | Crush It! | Gary Vaynerchuk | Business Insider |
| 98 | Data Driven Nonprofits | Volunteer Hub | |
| 99 | Dear Madam President: An open letter to the women who will run the world | Washington Post | |
| 100 | Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable…about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business | Patrick Lencioni | Goodreads |
| 101 | Decisive | Chip and Dan Heath | Meaningful HQ |
| 102 | Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently | Beau Lotto | Stagen |
| 103 | Difficult Conversations | Joan Garry | |
| 104 | Do Over | Jon Acuff | Business Insider |
| 105 | Doing Good Better | Volunteer Hub | |
| 106 | Dune | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 107 | Dying for a Paycheck | Washington Post | |
| 108 | Eat That Frog! | Brian Tracy | Business Insider |
| 109 | Elon Musk | Ashlee Vance | Business Insider |
| 110 | Emotional Intelligence | Daniel Goleman | Business Insider |
| 111 | Emotional Intelligence 2.0 | Travis Bradberry | Meaningful HQ |
| 112 | Energy Leadership | Bruce D. Schneider | Insperity |
| 113 | Essentialism | Greg McKeown | Business Insider |
| 114 | Execution | Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan | Business Insider |
| 115 | Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done | Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan | SME Strategy |
| 116 | Fail Better: Design Smart Mistakes and Succeed Sooner | Anjali Sastry and Kara Penn. | The Muse |
| 117 | Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life | Richard Rohr | Stagen |
| 118 | Find a Way | Diana Nyad | Business Insider |
| 119 | Finding Your Leadership Style: A Guide For Educators | Jeffrey Glanz | Top Education Degrees |
| 120 | Flow | Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | Business Insider |
| 121 | Forces of Good | Volunteer Hub | |
| 122 | Freakonomics | Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | Business Insider |
| 123 | Freedom from Fear | Aung San Suu Kyi | Five Books |
| 124 | From Good to Great | Jim Collins | Five Books |
| 125 | Getting More | Stuart Diamond | Business Insider |
| 126 | Getting to Yes | Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton | Business Insider |
| 127 | Gratitude | Oliver Sacks | Stagen |
| 128 | Habitudes®—Images That Form Leadership Habits and Attitudes | Tim Elmore | Everyday Power Blog |
| 129 | HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy – Articles | Various Authors | SME Strategy |
| 130 | Heads: Business Lessons from an Executive Search Pioneer | On Point Consulting LLC | |
| 131 | How Remarkable Women Lead | Joanna Barsh | The Good Trade |
| 132 | How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work | Joan Garry | |
| 133 | How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact | Jane E. Dutton and Gretchen M. Spreitzer | Blinkist |
| 134 | How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People | CEO | |
| 135 | I Am Malala | Malala Yousafzai | The Good Trade |
| 136 | I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This | Kate White | The Good Trade |
| 137 | If I Could Tell You Just One Thing | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 138 | If You’re in a Dogfight, Become a Cat!: Strategies for Long-Term Growth | Enterprisers Project | |
| 139 | In Search of Excellence | Lornerubis | |
| 140 | In The Company Of Women | Grace Bonney | The Good Trade |
| 141 | Influencer : The Power to Change Anything | Kerry Patterson | Goodreads |
| 142 | It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership | General Colin Powell | Insperity |
| 143 | It’s Not About the Coffee: Lessons on Putting People First From a Life at Starbucks | INC | |
| 144 | Knowing Your Value | Mika Brzezinski | The Good Trade |
| 145 | Lead Right for Your Company’s Type: How to Connect Your Culture with Your Customer Promise | William E. Schneider | Insperity |
| 146 | Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time | Jeffrey Pfeffer | Insperity |
| 147 | Leadership Is an Art | INC | |
| 148 | Leading Change | John P. Kotter | Goodreads |
| 149 | Leading in a Culture of Change | Michael Fullan | Top Education Degrees |
| 150 | Letter To My Daughter | Maya Angelou | The Good Trade |
| 151 | Limitless: Leadership That Endures | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 152 | Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way | Richard Branson | Matt Morris |
| 153 | Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake | Anna Quindlen | The Good Trade |
| 154 | Making the Grass Greener on Your Side | INC | |
| 155 | Making Your Point: Communicating Effectively with Audiences of One to One Million | On Point Consulting LLC | |
| 156 | Managing Up | Rossane Badowski | Everyday Power Blog |
| 157 | Mastering Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results | Robert J. Anderson and William A. Adams | Forbes |
| 158 | Meditations | Lifehack | |
| 159 | Meetings Suck, | Cameron Herold | Entrepreneur |
| 160 | Men Explain Things To Me | Rebecca Solnit | The Good Trade |
| 161 | Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can’t Afford to Miss | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 162 | Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter | Liz Wiseman | Goodreads |
| 163 | Never Eat Alone | Keith Ferrazzi | Meaningful HQ |
| 164 | Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers | Lois P. Frankel: | She Leads Africa |
| 165 | Nimble, Focused, Feisty: Organizational Cultures That Win in the New Era and How to create Them | Sara Roberts | SME Strategy |
| 166 | No BS Ruthless Management | Small Biz Trends | |
| 167 | On Fire at Work: How Great Companies Ignite Passion in Their People Without Burning Them Out | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 168 | On Grand Strategy | Washington Post | |
| 169 | Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead | Charlene Li | SME Strategy |
| 170 | Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World | Adam Grant | Forbes |
| 171 | Outliers: The Story of Success | Malcolm Gladwell | Goodreads |
| 172 | Permission to Screw Up | INC | |
| 173 | Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works | A.G. Lafley | SME Strategy |
| 174 | Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility | Washington Post | |
| 175 | Principles: Life and Work | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 176 | Prisoners of Our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl’s Principles for Discovering Meaning in Life and Work | Alex Pattakos Ph.D, Elaine Dundon, and Stephen R. Covey | Stagen |
| 177 | Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature | Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. | Guthrie Jensen |
| 178 | Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity | Kim Malone Scott | Goodreads |
| 179 | Radical Inclusion: What the post-9/11 World Should Have Taught us About Leadership | Washington Post | |
| 180 | Reinventing Organizations | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 181 | Remarkable Leadership | Kevin Eikenberry | Time Camp |
| 182 | Rising to Power: The Journey of Exceptional Executives | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 183 | School Leadership That Works: From Research to Results | Robert Marzano | Top Education Degrees |
| 184 | Schools of Fish! | Phillip Strand | Top Education Degrees |
| 185 | Servant Leadership in Action: How You Can Achieve Great Relationships and Results | INC | |
| 186 | Servant Leadership: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness (25th Anniversary Edition) | INC | |
| 187 | Seven Habits of Highly Effective People | Stephen Covey | Forbes Books |
| 188 | Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership: Practicing the Wisdom of Leading by Serving | INC | |
| 189 | Sharkonomics | Stefan Engeseth | Time Camp |
| 190 | Small Victories | Anne Lamott | The Good Trade |
| 191 | Spiritual Leadership | J. Oswald Sanders | Goodreads |
| 192 | Standout: The Groundbreaking New Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Revolution | Marcus Buckingham | Norwich |
| 193 | Strategic Leadership: The General’s Art | Small Biz Trends | |
| 194 | Strengths Finder 2.0 | Tom Rath | Goodreads |
| 195 | Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results | David Peter Stroh | The Muse |
| 196 | Taking People With You | Small Biz Trends | |
| 197 | Talent is Never Enough | John C. Maxwell | Everyday Power Blog |
| 198 | The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow | John C. Maxwell | Goodreads |
| 199 | The 4 Hour Work Week, | Tim Ferriss | Entrepreneur |
| 200 | The 48 Laws of Power,” By Robert Greene | Entrepreneur | |
| 201 | The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 202 | The 7 Secrets of Neuron Leadership: What Top Military Commanders, Neuroscientists, and the Ancient Greeks Teach Us about Inspiring Teams | Enterprisers Project | |
| 203 | The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business | Patrick Lencioni | Goodreads |
| 204 | The Art of Contrary Thinking | Humphrey B. Neill | Stagen |
| 205 | The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life | Benjamin and Rosamund Stone Zander | Insperity |
| 206 | The Art of Seduction, | Robert Greene | Entrepreneur |
| 207 | The Art of the Pitch, | Peter Coughter | Entrepreneur |
| 208 | The Book of Exodus | Various | Five Books |
| 209 | The Case for Servant Leadership | INC | |
| 210 | The Character Triangle | Lornerubis | |
| 211 | The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility | Stewart Brand | Stagen |
| 212 | The Confidence Code | Katty Kay and Claire Shipman | The Good Trade |
| 213 | The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups | Washington Post | |
| 214 | The Desire Map | Danielle LaPorte | Forbes Books |
| 215 | The EQ Leader: Instilling Passion, Creating Shared Goals, and Building Meaningful Organizations through Emotional Intelligence | Enterprisers Project | |
| 216 | The First-Time Manager | Loren B. Belker, Jim McCormick and Gary S. Topchik: | She Leads Africa |
| 217 | The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom | Don Miguel Ruiz | Forbes Books |
| 218 | The Four Mindsets: How to Influence, Motivate, and Lead High Performance Teams | On Point Consulting LLC | |
| 219 | The Four Tendencies | Gretchen Rubin | Time Camp |
| 220 | The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy – What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny | William Strauss and Neil Howe | Stagen |
| 221 | The Happiness Advantage | Sean Achor | Insperity |
| 222 | The Human Side of Enterprise | Douglas McGregor | Guthrie Jensen |
| 223 | The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues | Patrick Lencioni | The Muse |
| 224 | The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength | Jennifer Kahnweiler | Blinkist |
| 225 | The Leader Who Had No Title | Robin Sharma | Meaningful HQ |
| 226 | The Leadership Challenge, 5th Edition | James Kouzes and Barry Posner | The Muse |
| 227 | The Little Book of Leadership Development: 50 Ways to Bring Out the Leader in Every Employee | Scott J. Allen and Mitchell Kusy | Guthrie Jensen |
| 228 | The Motivation Manifesto | Brendon Burchard | Forbes Books |
| 229 | The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 230 | The New One Minute Manager | Ken Blanchard And Spencer Johnson | Forbes |
| 231 | The ONE Thing | Gary Keller | Meaningful HQ |
| 232 | The One Thing You Need to Know | Marcus Buckingham | Everyday Power Blog |
| 233 | The Open Organization Guide to IT Culture Change | Enterprisers Project | |
| 234 | The Ordinary Leader: 10 Key Insights for Building and Leading a Thriving Organization | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 235 | The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success | William N. Thorndike | Stagen |
| 236 | The PM Coaching Workbook | Susanne Madsen | Time Camp |
| 237 | The Potential Principle | Mark Sanborn | Time Camp |
| 238 | The Power of a Positive No | William Ury | Norwich |
| 239 | The Power of Full Engagement | Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz | Meaningful HQ |
| 240 | The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business | Charles Duhigg | Goodreads |
| 241 | The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact | Enterprisers Project | |
| 242 | The Power of Passion and Perseverance | Angela Duckworth | The Muse |
| 243 | The Power of Project Leadership | Susanne Madsen | Time Camp |
| 244 | The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else | Small Biz Trends | |
| 245 | The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership | The CEO LIbrary | |
| 246 | The Seasons of Life | Jim Rohn | Meaningful HQ |
| 247 | The Servant Leader: How to Build a Creative Team, Develop Great Morale, and Improve Bottom-Line Performance | INC | |
| 248 | The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership | INC | |
| 249 | The Serving Leader: Five Powerful Actions to Transform Your Team, Business, and Community | INC | |
| 250 | The Slight Edge: Secret to a Successful Life | Jeff Olson | Forbes |
| 251 | The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything | Stephen M.R. Covey | Goodreads |
| 252 | The Success Principles | Jack Canfield | Forbes Books |
| 253 | The Tanning of America, | Steve Stoute | Entrepreneur |
| 254 | The Trusted Advisor | On Point Consulting LLC | |
| 255 | The War of Art | Lifehack | |
| 256 | Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision Making Skills By Michael Kallet | The Muse | |
| 257 | Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have all the Facts | Washington Post | |
| 258 | Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | Stagen |
| 259 | Thrive | Arianna Huffington | The Good Trade |
| 260 | To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others | Daniel H. Pink | Insperity |
| 261 | Tribal Business School | Jo Owen | Five Books |
| 262 | Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World | Enterprisers Project | |
| 263 | Truth About Managing Effectively | Small Biz Trends | |
| 264 | Ultimate Leadership | Chris Cebollero | Time Camp |
| 265 | We Should All Be Feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | The Good Trade |
| 266 | What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful | Marshall Goldsmith | Goodreads |
| 267 | What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leadership | Addicted 2 Success | |
| 268 | What To Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big Data | Enterprisers Project | |
| 269 | What Will It Take To Make A Woman President? | Marianne Schnall | The Good Trade |
| 270 | Willpower Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney | Meaningful HQ | |
| 271 | Winning the Long Game: How Strategic Leaders Shape the Future | On Point Consulting LLC | |
| 272 | Zero to One | Peter Thiel, Blake Masters | Meaningful HQ |
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