Recommended Reading List
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
These words are no less true today than when first spoken by President Harry S. Truman in the 1940s. If you Google “reading habits of leaders” you will find a myriad of articles citing how Warren Buffet reads 500 pages a day, how Mark Cuban reads for 3 hours a day and Bill Gates reads 50 books a year. The link between reading and good leadership is one that is tried, true and tested throughout history. If you want to improve your leadership, one of the best ways is picking up a book.
Here’s our recommend list of top twenty titles to get you started.
Leadership
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
| The Extraordinary Leader: Turning good managers into great leaders | John H. Zenger & Joseph Folkman |
| Turn the Ship Around: A true story of turning followers into leaders | L. David Marquet |
| Extreme Ownership: How US Navy Seals lead and win | Jocko Wilink |
| 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership | John C. Maxwell |
| Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the most effective people do differently | John C. Maxwell |
| The Speed of Trust: The one thing that changes everything | Stephen M.R. Covey |
| Leaders Eat Last: Why some teams pull together and others don’t | Simon Sinek |
| Start With Why: How some leaders inspire everyone to take action | Simon Sinek |
| The Coaching Habit: Say less, ask more and change the way you lead forever | Michael Bungay Stanier |
| Great by Choice: Uncertainty, chaos and luck – Why some thrive despite them all | Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen |
| Team of Teams: New rules of engagement for a complex world | General Stanley McChrystal |
Psychology
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Emotional Agility: Get unstuck, embrace change and thrive in work and life | Susan David |
| Give and Take: Why helping others drives our success | Adam Grant |
| Limitless: Upgrade your brain, learn anything faster and unlock your exceptional life | Jim Kwik |
| Atomic Habits: An easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones | James Clear |
| The Coddling of the American Mind: How good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure | Greg Lukianoff and Jonathon Haidt |
| The Righteous Mind: Why good people are divided by religion and politics | Jonathon Haidt |
General
| Book Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it | Chris Voss |
| Man’s Search for Meaning | Viktor Frankl |
| Half Time: Moving from success to significance | Bob Buford |