“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
Harry S. Truman
Books Leadership “Freaks” are reading:
- How Full is Your Bucket by Tom Rath & Donald Clifton
- Boundaries for Leaders by Dr. Henry Cloud
- You Already Know How to Be Great by Alan Fine
- Building a Magnetic Culture by Kevin Sheridan
- The Heart of Leadership by Mark Miller
- Built to Last by Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
- Cultures Built to Last by Richard Dufour & Michael Fullan
- Learning from Lincoln by Harvey Alvy & Pam Robbins
- Moral Mazes by Robert Jackall
- Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
- Stewardship by Peter Block
- Risky is the New Safe by Randy Gage
- Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
- Whale Hunting by Tom Searcy and Barbara Weaver Smith
- The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
- The Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Outdoor Leadership by John Graham
- Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
- Leadership and the Art of the Struggle by Steven Snyder
The complete list is on the Leadership Freak Facebook page. (Books are listed in the order they appeared on the page.)
I’ve just finished reading and recommend:
- The Heart of Leadership by Mark Miller
- Adversaries into Allies by Bob Burg
- Finding Allies, Building Alliances by Mike Leavitt & Rich McKeown
- Daring Greatly by Brene’ Brown
- The Authentic Swing by Steven Pressfield
My current Reading list:
- The Myth of Creativity by David Burkus
- The Practical Peter Drucker by William Cohen
- Hacking Leadership by Mike Myatt
- The Execution Short Cut by Jeroen De Flander
- Truman by David McCullough
- On Becoming a Leadership Coach, Second Edition, various authors
What books are you reading?
What leadership books do you recommend?