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Favorite Books

Favorite Books

Below are my favorite books on managing and leading others and organizations. They will give you excellent information that will help you improve your skills. Like many, I have formed affiliate marketing partnerships -- each link takes you to Amazon Marketplace, and I will receive a small commission on the sale. Thank you for your support!

The Science of Things

  • How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan (2015)
  • Wired to Grow: Harness the Power of Brain Science to Master Any Skill by Britt Andreatta (2015)
  • Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal (2013)

Leadership

  • A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix by Seabury Books
  • The Leadership Challenge: How to make extraordinary things happen in organizations  by Kouzes and Posner (5th edition, 2012)
  • Leading at a Higher Level: Creating high performing organizations  by Ken Blanchard (2009)
  • Leading with Soul: An uncommon journey of spirit  by Bolman and Deal (3rd edition, 2011)
  • Servant Leadership: A journey in to the nature of legitimate power and greatness  by Robert Greenleaf (25th edition, 2002)
  • The 8th Habit: From effectiveness to greatness  by Stephen Covey (2005)
  • Leader Effectiveness Training (LET): The proven people skills for today’s leaders tomorrow  by Thomas Gordon (2001)
  • Leadership: Theory and practice  by Peter Northouse (6th edition, 2012)
  • The Extraordinary Coach: How the best leaders help others grow by John Zenger and Kathleen Stinnett (2010)

Wisdom + Success

  • Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity by Charles Duhigg (2016)
  • When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing  by Daniel H. Pink (2014)
  • Thrive: The 3rd metric to redefining success and creating a life of well-being, wisdom, and wonder  by Arianna Huffington (2014)
  • Rules of the Red Rubber Ball: find and sustain your life's work by Kevin Caroll (2005)
  • Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being by Martin Seligman (2012)

Change + Innovation

  • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
  • Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A corporate fool's guide to surviving with grace by Gordon MacKenzie (1998)
  • Kill the Company: end the status quo, start at innovation revolution by Lisa Bodell (2012)
  • The Four Disciplines of Execution: Achieving your wildly important goals by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Huling (2012)
  • Start with Why: How great leaders inspire everyone to take action  by Simon Sinek (2011)
  • Managing Transitions: Making the most of change  by William Bridges (2009)
  • The Power of Habit: Why we do what we do in life and business  by Charles Duhigg (2012)
  • Daring Greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead  by Brené Brown (2013)
  • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and tactics for changing your organization and the world  by Heifetz, Linsky, and Grashow (2009)
  • Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap and others don’t  by Jim Collins (2001)
  • Change by Design: How design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation  by Tim Brown (2009)
  • The Change Monster: The human forces that fuel or foil corporate transformation and change  by Jeanie Duck (2002)
  • The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (2002)

Motivation + Engagement

  • Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us  by Daniel Pink (2011)
  • The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to recognize the subtle signs and act before it’s too late  by Leigh Branham (2012)
  • The Power of Full Engagement: Managing energy, not time, is the key to high performance and personal renewal by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz (2004)
  • Daring Greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead by Brené Brown (2013)
  • The Three Signs of a Miserable Job  by Patrick Lencioni (2007)
  • Einstein's Business: Engaging soul, imagination, and excellence in the Workplace  by Dawson Church (2007)
  • Transformational Life Coaching by Cherie Carter-Scott (2007)
  • The Happiness Advantage: The 7 principles of positive psychology that fuel success and performance at work by Shawn Achor (2010)
  • Wisdom 2.0: The new movement toward purposeful engagement in business and life by Soren Gordhamer (2009)
  • David and Goliath: Underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants by Malcolm Gladwell (2013)

Collaboration + Teams

  • The Power of Eight: Harnessing the Miraculous Energies of a Small Group to Heal Others, Your Life, and the World by Lynne McTaggart (2017)
  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team  by Patrick Lencioni (2002)
  • Tribal Leadership: Leveraging natural groups to build a thriving organization  by  Logan, King, and Fischer-Wright (2011)
  • Strengths Finder 2.0  by Tom Rath (2007)

Gender + Generation

  • What if I Say the Wrong Thing?: 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People  by Verna A. Myers (2010)
  • Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation  by Derald Wing Sue (2010)
  • Lean In: Women, work and the will to lead  by Sheryl Sandberg (2013)
  • Daring Greatly: How the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead  by Brené Brown (2013)
  • Dare, Dream, Do by Whitney Johnson (2012)
  • Her Place at the Table: A woman's guide to negotiating five key challenges for leadership success  by Kolb, Williams and Frohlinger (2010)
  • How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and LifeHow Remarkable Women Lead by Barsh and Cranston (2009)
  • The M Factor: How the Millennial generation is rocking the workplace by Lancaster and Stillman (2010)
  • The 2020 Workplace: How innovative companies attract, develop, and keep tomorrow's employees today by Meister and Willyerd (2010)

Conscious Capitalism + Sustainable Business

  • Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the heroic spirit of business by John Mackey (2013)
  • Firms of Endearment: How world-class companies profit from passion and purpose by Sisodia, Wolfe, and Sheth (2013)
  • Conscious Business: How to build through values by Fred Kofman (2013)
  • Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoksie (2012)
  • Delivering Happiness: A path to profits, passion and purpose by Tony Hsieh (2010)

Communication

  • Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high  by Grenny, McMillan, and Switzler (2011)
  • Getting to Yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in  by Fisher, Ury and Patton (2011)
  • Fierce Conversations: Achieving success at work and in life one conversation at a time by Susan Scott (2004)

Career + Calling

  • Get Clear on Your Career  by Lily Maestas (2009)
  • A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You Were Born to Do  by Thomas Moore (2009)
  • Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation  by Parker Palmer (1999)
  • Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (2011)

Parenting

  • The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting

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