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The Adversity Paradox
Griswell doesn’t romanticize struggle. He makes it clear—adversity can break you, stall you, or strengthen you. The difference comes down to how…
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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 Examined Life
People don’t suffer because life is complicated.They suffer because they avoid what’s simple and true. Grosz keeps returning to one idea: we…
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Emeralds Of Oz
At its core, this book is about reclaiming responsibility—how you think, how you act, how you show up. It’s less about finding…
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Leading The Revolution: How To Thrive In Turbulent Times By Making Innovation A Way Of Life
Hamel’s central argument is simple and uncomfortable: If you are not reinventing your business, someone else is. He draws a hard line…
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Beyond Certainty: The Changing Worlds of Organizations
Handy’s central idea is simple, but it’s not comfortable: the world of stable organizations, predictable careers, and linear progress is over. It’s…
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The Elephant and The Flea
Most people don’t choose their path. They inherit it. Handy is asking you to stop. Look at it. And decide if it’s…
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Gods of Management
The Gods of Management Charles Handy’s The Gods of Management is one of those books that gives you language for things you’ve…
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Becoming A Coaching Leader
Most leaders miss a shift in this book the first time they read it. Daniel Harkavy is not asking you to improve…
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Getting Employees To Fall In Love With Your Company
This book doesn’t offer shortcuts. It brings the focus back to something simple—and difficult: How do people actually experience your company? Not…
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The Strategy Concept & Process
The Strategy Concept & Process A grounded look at how strategy actually works Most leaders talk about strategy as if it’s a…
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Business Masterminds: Peter Drucker
There are names in business that get repeated so often they lose their weight. Peter Drucker is one of them. People quote…
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American Icon: Alan Mulally and The Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
American Icon by Bryce G. Hoffman tells the story of Ford Motor Company in the years leading up to and through the…
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The Ride of A Lifetime
The Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger is not built on theory or frameworks. It’s built on decisions made over time,…
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Feel The Fear…And Do It Anyway
Fear is not the problem. Avoiding it is. This book shifts the conversation away from eliminating fear—which doesn’t work—and towards building the…
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A Philosopher’s Notes
A Philosopher’s Notes Brian Johnson’s operating system for living well This is not a traditional book. It’s a collection. A distillation. A…
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What Really Works
The book cuts through one of the biggest myths in business: There is no single strategy, structure, or innovation that guarantees success.…
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The Thinking Life
The Thinking Life How to slow down, think clearly, and live with intention Most people don’t have a thinking problem. They have…
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Tribe of Mentors
Tribe of Mentors What you can learn from how high performers think, decide, and live Most books give you one voice. Tribe…
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Tools of Titans
Tim Ferriss pulls together insights from world-class performers—investors, athletes, entrepreneurs, thinkers—and organizes them into something more like a toolkit than a narrative.
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Secrets of The Millionaire Mind
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind How your thinking about money shapes your financial results Most people think wealth is about strategy. T.…
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The Lessons of History
The Lessons of History What doesn’t change—and why that matters Some books try to explain the moment. The Lessons of History by…
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Smarter Faster Better
Smarter Faster Better How productivity really works—and why it’s not what you think Most people think productivity is about doing more. Charles…
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The Power of Habit
The Power of Habit Why we do what we do—and how to change it Most people think change starts with motivation. Charles…
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Grit
This book doesn’t dismiss talent. It reframes it. Because over time, the people who succeed are not always the most gifted. They…
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The New Realities
This is not a book about management tactics. It’s about understanding the environment you’re operating in. That matters more.
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The Essential Drucker
Drucker is not writing about management techniques. He’s writing about responsibility. About clarity. About doing work that matters...He believed most leaders are…
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The Lost Art of Great Speech
Most people speak to get through something—a meeting, a pitch, a conversation. The best speakers do the opposite. They speak to move…
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How Finance Works
Most people learn finance backwards. They memorize formulas, ratios, and definitions. But they never really understand what’s going on underneath. Desai flips…
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Principles: Life and Work
Principles – Ray Dalio You don’t read Principles for inspiration. You read it to see how a world-class operator actually thinks. Ray…
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Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning
Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s attempt to answer a serious question: can work become one of…