Books

These are the books I believe should be on every leader’s bookshelf.

Leadership & Business

1. Good to Great, Jim Collins

2. First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, by Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

3. Now, Discover Your Strengths, by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D.

4. Leadership and Self-Deception, The Arbinger Institute

5. The Leadership Challenge, James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

6. Awakening Corporate Soul, Eric Klein, John B. Izzo, Ph.D

7. The Tao of Leadership, John Heider

8. Selling the Invisible, Harry Beckwith

9. The Five Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencioni

10. On Becoming a Servant Leader, Robert K. Greenleaf

11. Stewardship, Peter Block

12. Creating Competitive Advantage, Jaynie Smith

13. The EMyth Revisited, Michael Gerber

Coaching & Self Discovery

1. Co-Active Coaching, Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, Phil Sandahl

2. Coaching for Performance, John Whitmore

3. Taming Your Gremlin, Richard D. Carson

4. The Way of the Superior Man, David Deida

5. The Invitation, Oriah Mountain Dreamer

6. Noble Purpose, Barry Heerman

7. Fierce Converstations, Susan Scott