In a recent 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins, Eric Geiger and I talked leaders and reading. Throughout the course of the podcast we mentioned a number of books then at the end listed our strongest recommendations in different categories. Todd and Eric especially are repositories of leadership advice and book knowledge. In all, it was over 30 books!
Well, here they are all in one place – every book mentioned in that podcast as well as what could be the reading list for Leadership 101 and 201 at any college. If your library needs bolstering here’s where to start.
Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
Organizational Culture and Leadership by Edgar Schein
How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler
H3 Leadership by Brad Lomenick
Contagious by Jonah Berger
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Leading Change by John P. Kotter
HBR’s 10 Must-Reads on Leadership
Visioneering by Andy Stanley
Favorite Overall
Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders
The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni
Leading Change
Leading Change Step-by-Step by Jody Spiro
Leading Change by John P. Kotter
Transitions by William Bridges
Switch by Chip & Dan Heath
Communication
The Seven Laws of the Learner by Bruce Wilkinson
Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
On Writing by Stephen King
Communicating for A Change by Andy Stanley
Making Vision Stick by Andy Stanley
The Soul of a Leader
The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman
Rescuing Ambition by Dave Harvey
Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller
Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders
Work of the Heart by Reggie McNeal
Leading a Team
Leadership and the One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard
5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Churchill by Paul Johnson
Michael Jordan by Roland Lazenby
