Every summer I publish a reading list of leadership and management related books that I think my clients would enjoy. I use many of these books in my training, consulting and coaching. Others are books that have been recommended to me, or are of interest to me. Happy reading!
Leadership
Spark: How to Lead Yourself and Others to Greater Success
Angie Morgan, Courtney Lynch, Sean Lynch, Frederick Smith
Extreme Ownership: How US Navy Seals Lead and Win
Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts
Brené Brown
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead
Brené Brown
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull together and Others Don’t
Simon Sinek
Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups
Daniel Coyle
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
Retirement/Transitions
Retirement by Design: A Guided Workbook for Creating a Happy and Purposeful Future
Ida Abbott
Innovation and Design Thinking
The Simple Guide to Legal Innovation: Basics Every Lawyer Should Know
Lucy Endel Bassli
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho
How to be an Antiracist
Ibram X Kendi
Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field
Howard Bryant
Belonging at Work: Everyday actions you can take to cultivate an inclusive organization
Rhodes Perry
Understanding Bias/Decision Making
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
Adam Grant
Blind Spots: Why we fail to do what’s right and what to do about it
Max Bazerman
Personal Growth/Development
Everything will be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women
Dana Perino
What’s so Amazing About Grace?
Phillip Yancey
The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt
Robert I. Sutton
Beating the Impostor Syndrome
Portia Mount
How to Say Anything to Anyone: A Guide to Building Business Relationship That Really Work
Shari Harley
Cultivating Excellence: The Art, Science and Grit of High Performance in Business
Darryl Cross with William Cross
Leading Change
Leading Change
John P. Kotter
Immunity to Change: How to Overcome it and Unload the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization
Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskov Lahey
Fiction
Infinite
Brian Freeman
