The Big List: The Best Management, Leadership, and Innovation Books
There are A LOT of books out there on management, leadership, innovation, and personal development. Many of them are really good! Some, not so much. I find that the best chance of finding a great one is a personal recommendation from someone in your network. Every book I've read recently in this space has come from a colleague or friend's suggestion.
So, a few weeks ago I asked my network what their favorites were and was overwhelmed with the response! Thank you to everyone who contributed! I sincerely appreciate all of your input. I compiled the results in the doc below along with links out to purchase the digital books:
The Big List: The Best Management, Leadership, and Innovation Books
I hope you find this list useful! Please share with your networks, and if anyone has a book to add shoot me a DM on LinkedIn. Thanks!
For reference, here are my top five recommendations that started the discussion:
- "Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs" by John Doerr
- "The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded" by Michael D. Watkins
- "The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)" by Clay Christensen
- "Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way" by Richard Branson
- "The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers" by Ben Horowitz
Thank you to all of my friends and colleagues who contributed!
This post originally appeared on my blog on Monday, May 17th, 2021.
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3 年Hello can I put forward mine too? It's a financial literacy tool like no other and demystifies the world of business. I couldn't find anything like it so spent four years researching and creating it. It's called Bear Markets and Beyond: A Bestiary of Business Terms and is an illustrated compendium of the animal words you find in the business, workplace and finance world - cash cows, unicorns, gorillas and meerkats - it has it all. It's a finalist in the Business Book Awards this year...
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3 年What a great read, Michael. I can't wait to start utilising this information.
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3 年Super useful compilation. Thanks!