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You Are Now Less Dumb
You Are Now Less Dumb won’t turn you into a perfect thinker—but it will make you reliably less wrong. And that’s the…
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The best leaders are avid and life-long learners. We hope you enjoy this list of books. Fortunately, there is no shortage of good authors to learn from. We also provided reading excerpts for some of our favorites. Happy reading!
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The Truth About Employee Engagement
Patrick Lencioni’s The Truth About Employee Engagement (originally The Three Signs of a Miserable Job) explains—through a short leadership fable—why good people…
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Think Again
The book shows how to replace overconfidence and stubborn certainty with confident humility and a scientist mindset: form a hypothesis, test it,…
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The Diary of A Magus
After a personal disappointment, Coelho is sent by his guide to walk the ancient pilgrimage route across Spain. Along the way, he…
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As a Man Thinketh
As a Man Thinketh — Why I Recommend It James Allen’s As a Man Thinketh is a brief, timeless essay on the…
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Getting To “Yes And” – The Art of Business Improv
Getting to Yes, And How improv builds better teams, faster decisions, and real momentum.Inspired by Bob Kulhan’s book Getting to “Yes And”:…
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What They Forgot To Teach You At School: Essential emotional lessons needed to thrive
What They Forgot to Teach You About Life at School Essential emotional lessons from The School of Life to help you lead,…
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Spontaneous Happiness
Work and life pull hard. If you’re not careful, stress, screens, and poor rhythms chip away at your energy and outlook. Spontaneous…
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HBR Guide to Leading Teams (HBR Guide Series)
Most team problems aren’t technical—they’re people problems: unclear goals, fuzzy roles, slow decisions, and accountability that slips. This guide gives you the…
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A Calendar of Wisdom
A Calendar of Wisdom Daily ideas to steady your mind, strengthen your character, and lead with purpose. Business moves fast. Character keeps…
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The Breakthrough Company
Most companies don’t stall for lack of effort—they stall because the systems that got them here can’t carry them there. The Breakthrough…
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Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric
This isn’t just about General Electric. It’s about any company—big or small—that grows faster than its systems, confuses activity with progress, or…
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How To Be A Great Boss
How to Be a Great Boss Simple, repeatable systems to set clear expectations, coach well, and get results—without drama. Most managers don’t…
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How To Change
Organizations don’t change—people do. When you make it easier for your team to adopt new habits (safety, service, sales, quality), performance jumps…
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BE (Beyond Entrepreneurship) 2.0
If you want your company to outlast your own leadership, start with BE 2.0 by Jim Collins. Use it to realign your…
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Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos There’s a reason this book hit as hard as it did when it came…
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Managing The Nonprofit Organization
Even if you run a for-profit, Drucker’s nonprofit playbook sharpens fundamentals: clarify mission, translate it into measurable performance, align resources, and develop…
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How To Think More Effectively: A Guide To Greater Productivity, Insight and Creativity
Leaders win or lose on the quality of their thinking. This How to Think More Effectively summary is especially valuable for founders…
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Philosopher’s Quest
The Philosopher’s Quest summary for business leaders: Irwin Edman’s Philosopher’s Quest is a brisk, human-centered tour of why philosophy matters in everyday…
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Great Thinkers: Simple tools from sixty great thinkers to improve your life today.
This Great Thinkers book summary introduces a modern guide to 60 influential ideas drawn from philosophy, psychology, political theory, sociology, art, architecture,…
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A Walk In The Wood: Meditations on Mindfulness with a Bear Named Pooh
A Walk in the Wood book is a gentle, practical guide to mindfulness told through the easy wisdom of Winnie the Pooh.…
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The Archer
Paulo Coelho strips things down to something simple. A young boy seeks out Tetsuya, once the greatest archer in the land. What…
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American Dialogue: The Founders and Us
American Dialogue What It’s Really About This is not just a history book. It’s a warning. Joseph Ellis takes you back to…
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Contagious: Why Things Catch On
Contagious: Why Things Catch On There’s a simple promise at the heart of this book: ideas don’t spread by accident. They spread…
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Great Teams: 16 Things High Performing Organizations Do Differently
Don Yaeger’s Great Teams looks at high-performing teams across sports, business, and organizations—and pulls out something useful: Great teams are built on…
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Transformational Learning
Transformational learning reshapes how people think, decide, and act. That’s the game. He’s asking a simple but uncomfortable question: Are you building…
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Differentiate or Die
Jack Trout isn’t subtle with the title. And he doesn’t need to be. His point is simple and hard to ignore: if…
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Key Management Models
The Core Idea: What Are You Actually Managing? Before models, ask yourself something more important: What are the “keys” in your business?…
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Never Split The Difference
Most people negotiate as if the goal is compromise. Meet in the middle. Be reasonable. Split the difference. Voss says that this…
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Conversational Capacity
Conversational Capacity There’s a reason this book keeps showing up in serious leadership circles. It addresses a problem most leaders feel but…