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 (5^th 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