Leadership
Great leaders shape the world from bustling boardrooms to quiet moments of personal reflection, and these books capture their hard-won wisdom and transformative approaches. Whether you're seeking time-tested principles of influence, innovative management strategies, or inspiring stories of organizational transformation, you'll find guidance for your own leadership journey.
Leadership Book Summaries
The Lean Entrepreneur
How Visionaries Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
How to Work for an Idiot, Revised and Expanded with More Idiots, More Insanity, and More Incompetency
Survive and Thrive Without Killing Your Boss
Business
Self Help
Management
Making It All Work
Winning at the Game of Work and the Business of Life
Productivity
Business
Self Help
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
Business
Communication
Self Help
Getting Past No
Negotiating in Difficult Situations
Business
Communication
Psychology
Insanely Simple
The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
Business
Design
Technology
The Power of Starting Something Stupid
How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
The Dip
A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook
Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
Business
Leadership
Management
The Leader's Guide to Storytelling
Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative
Leadership
Business
Communication
The Icarus Deception
How High Will You Fly?
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Startup CEO
A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business, + Website
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Just Listen
Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone
Communication
Psychology
Self Help
Remote
Office Not Required
Business
Management
Productivity
A Whack on the Side of the Head
How You Can Be More Creative
Self Help
Psychology
Writing
Secrets of Power Negotiating
Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Die Empty
Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
Business
Self Help
Productivity
Art of Empathy
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Getting Ready to Negotiate
The Getting to Yes Workbook
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Humble Inquiry
The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling
Business
Leadership
Communication
Start.
Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average, and Do Work That Matters
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Eating the Big Fish
How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders
Business
Leadership
Communication
Decisive
How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Presenting to Win
The Art of Telling Your Story
Business
Communication
Self Help
The Brain and Emotional Intelligence
New Insights
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Before Happiness
The 5 Hidden Keys to Achieving Success, Spreading Happiness, and Sustaining Positive Change
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Making Strategy Work
Leading Effective Execution and Change
Business
Management
Leadership
Focus
The Hidden Driver of Excellence
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Conversational Intelligence
How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results
Leadership
Business
Communication
Positive Intelligence
Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours
Business
Self Help
Psychology
How Successful People Think
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
Business
Self Help
Leadership
Mandela's Way
Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
Biography
History
Self Help
Presentations in Action
80 Memorable Presentation Lessons from the Masters
Business
Reference
Self Help
Gemba Kaizen
A Commonsense Approach to a Continuous Improvement Strategy
Business
Management
Leadership
Leadership and Self-Deception
Getting Out of the Box
Leadership
Business
Self Help
Managing the Millennials
Discover the Core Competencies for Managing Today's Workforce
Business
Leadership
Management
The Founder's Dilemmas
Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
The Startup Playbook
Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups from Their Founding Entrepreneurs
Business
Entrepreneurship
Buisness
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers
The People Skills You Need to Achieve Outstanding Results
Management
Psychology
Business
Eleven Rings
The Soul of Success
Sports
Biography
Leadership
Without Their Permission
How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Like a Virgin
What They Don't Teach You in Business School
Business
Biography
Entrepreneurship
The Art of Speeches and Presentations
The Secrets of Making People Remember What You Say
Self Help
Business
Leadership
Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business
How to Launch and Grow a Business from Concept to Cash
Business
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Leading the Starbucks Way
5 Principles for Connecting with Your Customers, Your Products and Your People
Business
Leadership
Better Than Good
Creating a Life You Can't Wait to Live
Self Help
Business
Personal Development
The Ten Faces of Innovation
IDEO's Strategies for Beating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization
Business
Design
Leadership
Youtility
Why Smart Marketing Is about Help Not Hype
Business
Social Media
Leadership
Platform
Get Noticed in a Noisy World
Business
Writing
Leadership
The Goal
A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Business
Management
Leadership