Top-10 Best Leadership Books Ever Written

I shared this list last week as a gift with my newsletter readers. Since then, I have received many requests to make it public. In the interest of spreading knowledge and encouraging leaders to read more, here is my (very subjective list) of the Top-10 Best Leadership Books Ever Written (in no particular order).

1.      What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (2007) by Marshall Goldsmith

2.      Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't (2001) by Jim Collins

3.      Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success (2014) by Adam Grant

4.      Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2007) by Carol S. Dweck

5.      Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (2013) by Susan Cain

6.      The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever (2016) by Michael Bungay Stanier

7.      Ego Is the Enemy (2016) by Ryan Holiday

8.      The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002) by Patrick Lencioni

9.      Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High (2011) by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan & Al Switzler

10.  Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (2010) by Chip Heath & Dan Heath.

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Amer Kaissi is a Speaker, Executive Coach, and Professor at the Department of Healthcare Administration at Trinity University. He is the author of the award-winning book “Intangibles”. Subscribe to the “Leaders are Readers” Newsletter: www.amerkaissi.com