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
Brag!
The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn without Blowing It
Business
Self Help
Leadership
The Lean Product Playbook
How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
The Signals Are Talking
Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s Mainstream
Business
Technology
Cultural
Leadership
In Turbulent Times
History
Leadership
Biography
Burn Your Goals
The Counter Cultural Approach to Achieving your Greatest Potential
Personal Development
Self Help
Productivity
Principle-Centered Leadership
Leadership
Business
Self Help
Brief
Make a Bigger Impact by Saying Less
Business
Leadership
Communication
Leading from the Middle
A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization
Leadership
Business
Management
Take the Stairs
7 Steps to Achieving True Success
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Digital Body Language
How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance
Business
Leadership
Communication
Resilience
Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life
Self Help
Philosophy
Psychology
The Illusion of Choice
16 ½ psychological biases that influence what we buy
Psychology
Business
Economics
The Servant Leader
Leadership
Business
Christian
HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business
Business
Entrepreneurship
Finance
25 Ways to Win with People
How to Make Others Feel Like a Million Bucks
Leadership
Business
Self Help
What I Didn't Learn in Business School
How Strategy Works in the Real World
Business
Self Help
Management
E-Myth Mastery
The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World-Class Company
Business
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
Move Fast and Fix Things
The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems
Business
Leadership
Management
Leadership is Language
The Hidden Power of What You Say -- and What You Don't
Leadership
Business
Communication
Words That Change Minds
The 14 Patterns for Mastering the Language of Influence
Psychology
Communication
Business
The Engineering Executive's Primer
Impactful Technical Leadership
Leadership
Management
Technology
Hiding in the Bathroom
An Introvert's Roadmap to Getting Out There
Self Help
Business
Psychology
The Culture Playbook
60 Highly Effective Actions to Help Your Group Succeed
Business
Leadership
Cultural
Making Thinking Visible
How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners
Education
Teaching
School
Telling Ain't Training
Business
Teaching
Education
What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School
Notes from a Street-smart Executive
Business
Self Help
Management
Hug Your Haters
How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers
Business
Self Help
Buisness
Rise
3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out as a Leader, and Liking Your Life
Business
Leadership
Management
Strengths Finder 2.0
Business
Self Help
Leadership
The Power of Saying No
The New Science of How to Say No that Puts You in Charge of Your Life
Self Help
Personal Development
Leadership
Human Hacking
Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You
Psychology
Self Help
Social
Credibility
How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It
Leadership
Business
Management
The Empathy Effect
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Seven Decisions
Understanding the Keys to Personal Success
Personal Development
Self Help
Business
Speak Like a CEO
Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Business
Communication
Leadership
On Speaking Well
How to Give a Speech With Style, Substance, and Clarity
Communication
Self Help
Politics
The Millionaire Messenger
Make a Difference and a Fortune Sharing Your Advice
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Secrets of Dynamic Communications
Prepare with Focus, Deliver with Clarity, Speak with Power
Business
Communication
Leadership
The Score That Matters
Growing Excellence in Yourself and Those You Lead
Leadership
Business
Personal Development
Presenting to Win
The Art of Telling Your Story
Business
Communication
Self Help
How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Dying for a Paycheck
How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance—and What We Can Do About It
Business
Economics
Leadership
The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace
Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
Management
Leadership
Business
Presentation Zen Design
Business
Design
Communication
Diagnosing And Changing Organizational Culture
Based on the Competing Values Framework
Business
Leadership
Management
A Practical Guide to Emotional Intelligence
Get Smart about Emotion
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Negotiating the Nonnegotiable
How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Good Profit
How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies
Business
Economics
Leadership
Chase the Lion
If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small
Christian
Personal Development
Leadership
