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Leadership and Strategy

Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business.

Read our detailed review.

John Mackey & Rajendra Sisodia

Getting out of the Box

Game changing concepts for leaders of all kinds to enhance their ability to influence through attitude awareness.

by The Arbinger Institute

A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success

Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Klemp

How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Simon Sinek

How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

John Doerr

A Leadership Fable.

Short insightful read for any manager.

Patrick Lencioni

Doing More of What You Do Best More Profitably

A parable that teaches the concepts of holistic strategic thinking.

Kevin W. McCarthy

Challenging High-Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders

Alan S. Berson & Richard G. Stieglitz

The World’s Most Popular Management Method

A short handbook and timeless classic with timeless lessons and techniques.

Kenneth Blanchard Spencer Johnson

Transforming Professional and Personal Life

Rosamund Stone Zander & Ben Zander

A Leadership Fable

Designed to be read in a single sitting, this book uses the unexpected meeting between troubled high-tech honcho and a mysterious old man named Charlie to explore a series of common traps for any hard-driven executive.

Patrick Lencioni

The story behind the unique culture of one of America’s most admired companies. Learn concepts that aren’t taught in most business schools.

Kevin & Jackie Freebur

Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts

by Brené Brown

A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

L. David Marquet

A quick reading analysis on strategy and execution that applies to any size organization.

Dr. David Mutchler & Linda Martin

Five Keys to Success Through Values Centered Leadership

Lisa Huetteman

Why Some Companies Make the Leap &_Others Dont

– Jim Collins

Personal Effectiveness

How Successful People Become Even More Successful

Nationally acclaimed Executive Coach offers insight on common behavioral obstacles.

Dr Marshall Goldsmith

Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours

Shirzad Chamine


by Travis Bradberry  and Jean Greaves

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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

A fascinating, example filled study on the capacity of humans to make rapid decisions - Malcolm Gladwell

Oldie but goodie on personal
effectiveness.

Stephen R. Covey

Why It Can Matter More than IQ

Advanced study on improving personal and managerial effectiveness. Not a light read.

Making Your Life Make Sense

In The On-Purpose Person you’ll learn how to discover who you are, where you are headed, what you should do, and what’s most important to you! That’s being on-purpose!

Kevin W, McCarthy

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Never Eat Alone

Effective Networking and Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time - Keith Ferrazzi

Leadership Communication

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Smart Brevity

The Power of Saying More with Lessby the Co Founders of Axion and Politico Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen & Roy Schwartz

Why Some Ideas Survive and
Others Die

From Aesop’s Fables to “Where’s the Beef” the authors examine what works and why.

Chip Heath

Achieving Success
at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time

Insight for effective inter-personal
communication.

Susan Scott

How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

 A fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work—and how we can all learn to be supercommunicators at work and in life

by Charles Duhigg

How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Simon Sinek

Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others

Andrew Sobel & Jerold Panass

Everyone is in sales in that we are all required to influence others to take action.  The book looks gaining skills at non-sales selling.

Daniel Pink

Negotiating as if your life depends on it.

Chris Voss

Job Transition

Proven interview techniques to land their next leadership role.

Bill Burnett

Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter

Michael D. Wadkins

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