Recommended Readings

great Leaders & Managers

12 The Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner & James Harter
7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Harvard Business Review on What Makes a Leader by Harvard Business School Press
Managerial Courage by Margaret Morford
Mary Kay On People Management by Mary Kay Ash
Principle Centered Leadership by Stephen Covey
Shackleton’s Way by Margot Morrell & Stephanie Capparell
Successful Manager’s Handbook by Personnel Decisions International
The 5 Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive by Patrick Lencioni
The 5 Temptations of a CEO by Patrick Lencioni
The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes & Posner
The Visionary Leader by Wall, Solum & Sobol

great organizations/companies

Built to Last by James C. Collins & Jerry I. Porras
Good to Great by James Collins
Good to Great for the Social Sector by Jim Collins
Harvard Business Review by Harvard Business Press
Hidden Value: How Greate Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results by Charles O’Reilly & Jeffrey Pfeffer
NUTS! Southwest Airlines Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success by Kevin & Jackie Freiberg
Pour Your Heart Into It by Howard Schultz
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
The Nordstrom Way by Robert Spector
Traction by Gino Wickman
What Customers Value Most by Stanley Brown

great teams

Putting Total Quality Management to Work by Sashkin & Kiser
Silos, Politics, and Turfwars by Patrick Lencioni
Six-Sigma Basic Training Kit: Implementing Juran’s 6-Step Quality Process & Tools by The Juran Institute
Team Players & Teamwork by Glenn Parker
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by P atrick Lencioni
The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard
The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization by John Katzenbach & Douglas Smith

great living

Chicken Soup for the Soul by Mark Victor Hansen
First Things First by Stephen Covey
Getting Things Done When You’re Not in Charge by Geoffrey Bellman
Getting to Yes – Negotiating Agreement w/o Giving in by Roger Fisher & William Ury
David Ryback
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Risking by David Viscott, M.D.
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D.
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck, M.D.
The Truth About Burnout by Mashlach & Leiter
Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Your Erroneous Zones by Dr. Wayne Dyer