🌱 New Managers

Practical wisdom for the daunting leap from individual contributor to leader of people. These books address the specific anxieties and skill gaps that come with managing others for the first time.

How to Become a Great Boss

by Jeffrey J. Fox • 2002

Stop coaching low performers. The rules for hiring, developing, and keeping your best people.

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423

🧑‍💼 People Management 🌱 Talent Development 📋 Hiring Practices 📤 Delegation 🏢 Workplace Culture

How to Become a Great Boss

Stop coaching low performers. The rules for hiring, developing, and keeping your best people.

by Jeffrey J. Fox 2002

3.87

423 ratings

🧑‍💼 People Management 🌱 Talent Development 📋 Hiring Practices 📤 Delegation 🏢 Workplace Culture

Amaze Every Customer Every Time

by Shep Hyken • 2013

How a hardware chain beats the giants on service: 52 tactics your business can steal.

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✨ Customer Experience 💪 Employee Empowerment 🏛️ Company Culture 💙 Customer Loyalty 🔗 Service Profit Chain

Amaze Every Customer Every Time

How a hardware chain beats the giants on service: 52 tactics your business can steal.

by Shep Hyken 2013

3.94

192 ratings

✨ Customer Experience 💪 Employee Empowerment 🏛️ Company Culture 💙 Customer Loyalty 🔗 Service Profit Chain

Leading With Questions

by Michael J. Marquardt • 2005

Replace advice with inquiry: a leadership shift that turns dependent teams into problem solvers.

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🧱 Questioning Cultures 🗣️ Coaching Questions 📚 Action Learning 💪 Employee Empowerment 🛡️ Psychological Safety

Leading With Questions

Replace advice with inquiry: a leadership shift that turns dependent teams into problem solvers.

by Michael J. Marquardt 2005

3.50

747 ratings

🧱 Questioning Cultures 🗣️ Coaching Questions 📚 Action Learning 💪 Employee Empowerment 🛡️ Psychological Safety

The Art of Connection

by Michael J. Gelb • 2017

Leadership that feels like connection, not command: the learnable skills that make it real.

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📈 Leadership Development 🤝 Interpersonal Skills 👂 Active Listening ⚖️ Conflict Resolution 🧘 Emotional Regulation

The Art of Connection

Leadership that feels like connection, not command: the learnable skills that make it real.

by Michael J. Gelb 2017

3.75

142 ratings

📈 Leadership Development 🤝 Interpersonal Skills 👂 Active Listening ⚖️ Conflict Resolution 🧘 Emotional Regulation

25 Need-To-Know Key Performance Indicators

by Bernard Marr • 2014

Twenty-five metrics every manager needs: what they measure, why they matter, and when to act.

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🎯 Performance Measurement 👥 Customer Analytics 📊 Financial Ratios ⚙️ Operational Efficiency 👷 Workforce Analytics

25 Need-To-Know Key Performance Indicators

Twenty-five metrics every manager needs: what they measure, why they matter, and when to act.

by Bernard Marr 2014

3.91

35 ratings

🎯 Performance Measurement 👥 Customer Analytics 📊 Financial Ratios ⚙️ Operational Efficiency 👷 Workforce Analytics

Learning the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

by John C. Maxwell • 1999

Your leadership ability sets the ceiling on everything you do. Here is how to raise it.

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270

📋 Organizational Leadership 📜 Leadership Principles 🗣️ Influence Skills 🧱 Team Building 🧑‍🏫 Mentorship And Coaching

Learning the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

Your leadership ability sets the ceiling on everything you do. Here is how to raise it.

by John C. Maxwell 1999

4.3

270 ratings

📋 Organizational Leadership 📜 Leadership Principles 🗣️ Influence Skills 🧱 Team Building 🧑‍🏫 Mentorship And Coaching

Managing to Change the World

by Alison Green • 2009

For nonprofit managers: how to hire, delegate, give honest feedback, and build a team that delivers.

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662

🏛️ Nonprofit Management 👥 People Management 📊 Performance Management 🏢 Workplace Culture 🔍 Hiring And Retention

Managing to Change the World

For nonprofit managers: how to hire, delegate, give honest feedback, and build a team that delivers.

by Alison Green 2009

4.26

662 ratings

🏛️ Nonprofit Management 👥 People Management 📊 Performance Management 🏢 Workplace Culture 🔍 Hiring And Retention

Difficult Conversations

by Harvard Business Review • 2016

The conversations you avoid define your career. A method for starting them constructively.

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366

💼 Workplace Communication 🔄 Interpersonal Dynamics 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Conflict Resolution

Difficult Conversations

The conversations you avoid define your career. A method for starting them constructively.

by Harvard Business Review 2016

3.70

366 ratings

💼 Workplace Communication 🔄 Interpersonal Dynamics 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Conflict Resolution

The Leap to Leader

by Adam Bryant • 2023

The leadership leap toolkit: hard calls, honest feedback, and a personal playbook that earns trust.

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261

📈 Leadership Transitions 🪞 Self-Awareness 💬 Feedback Culture 👥 Team Development 🧭 Decision Frameworks

The Leap to Leader

The leadership leap toolkit: hard calls, honest feedback, and a personal playbook that earns trust.

by Adam Bryant 2023

4.04

261 ratings

📈 Leadership Transitions 🪞 Self-Awareness 💬 Feedback Culture 👥 Team Development 🧭 Decision Frameworks

The Leader Habit

by Martin Lanik • 2018

Leadership skills are tiny daily behaviors; automate them in five minutes a day with this system.

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🧭 Leadership Development 🧱 Habit Design 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🧠 Behavioral Psychology 💬 Executive Coaching

The Leader Habit

Leadership skills are tiny daily behaviors; automate them in five minutes a day with this system.

by Martin Lanik 2018

3.83

253 ratings

🧭 Leadership Development 🧱 Habit Design 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🧠 Behavioral Psychology 💬 Executive Coaching

Managing for People Who Hate Managing

by Devora Zack • 2012

For those who'd rather do the work than manage the workers: how to lead without pretending.

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🧩 Personality Types 🧠 Myers-Briggs At Work ✨ Authenticity 🪞 Self-Awareness ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

Managing for People Who Hate Managing

For those who'd rather do the work than manage the workers: how to lead without pretending.

by Devora Zack 2012

3.48

221 ratings

🧩 Personality Types 🧠 Myers-Briggs At Work ✨ Authenticity 🪞 Self-Awareness ❤️ Emotional Intelligence

Leading the Unleadable

by Alan Willett • 2016

Transforming toxic talent: the intervention method, and the line where you let them go.

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🏢 Workplace Conflict 😤 Difficult Employees 🗣️ Performance Coaching ❤️ People-First Leadership 👥 Team Dynamics

Leading the Unleadable

Transforming toxic talent: the intervention method, and the line where you let them go.

by Alan Willett 2016

3.50

543 ratings

🏢 Workplace Conflict 😤 Difficult Employees 🗣️ Performance Coaching ❤️ People-First Leadership 👥 Team Dynamics

The 80/20 Manager

by Richard Koch • 2013

Eighty percent of your effort probably produces twenty percent of your results. Flip that ratio.

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🎯 Effective Management 📊 Pareto Principle ⏰ Time Management 🔗 Networking Strategy 🌱 Mentoring

The 80/20 Manager

Eighty percent of your effort probably produces twenty percent of your results. Flip that ratio.

by Richard Koch 2013

3.75

695 ratings

🎯 Effective Management 📊 Pareto Principle ⏰ Time Management 🔗 Networking Strategy 🌱 Mentoring

Know Can Do!

by Kenneth H. Blanchard • 2007

Monday morning kills every seminar. The antidote: follow-up that survives the workweek.

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📋 Corporate Training 🕳️ Implementation Gap 💼 Workplace Learning ✅ Accountability Systems 🔁 Spaced Repetition

Know Can Do!

Monday morning kills every seminar. The antidote: follow-up that survives the workweek.

by Kenneth H. Blanchard 2007

3.78

303 ratings

📋 Corporate Training 🕳️ Implementation Gap 💼 Workplace Learning ✅ Accountability Systems 🔁 Spaced Repetition

Revolutionize Teamwork

by Eric Coryell • 2019

Three kinds of teams: only one handles pressure without you. Here's how to build it.

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🧩 Team Accountability 🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Decision Rights 📊 Team Metrics 💬 Feedback Culture

Revolutionize Teamwork

Three kinds of teams: only one handles pressure without you. Here's how to build it.

by Eric Coryell 2019

3.92

95 ratings

🧩 Team Accountability 🏗️ Organizational Design 🎯 Decision Rights 📊 Team Metrics 💬 Feedback Culture

What Successful People Know About Leadership

by John C. Maxwell • 2016

You do not need a corner office to lead. You need the daily habits that build unborrowed influence.

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281

🧭 Leadership Principles 👥 People Management 🪞 Self-Leadership 🗣️ Influence Building 🤲 Servant Leadership

What Successful People Know About Leadership

You do not need a corner office to lead. You need the daily habits that build unborrowed influence.

by John C. Maxwell 2016

3.97

281 ratings

🧭 Leadership Principles 👥 People Management 🪞 Self-Leadership 🗣️ Influence Building 🤲 Servant Leadership

Knock 'em Dead Hiring the Best

by Martin Yate • 1987

A bad hire costs more than a slow hire. Here is the system that prevents both.

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🧑‍💼 Hiring And Recruiting 🎙️ Interviewing Techniques 📊 Performance Management 🛠️ Managerial Skills 👔 Hiring Managers

Knock 'em Dead Hiring the Best

A bad hire costs more than a slow hire. Here is the system that prevents both.

by Martin Yate 1987

3.62

135 ratings

🧑‍💼 Hiring And Recruiting 🎙️ Interviewing Techniques 📊 Performance Management 🛠️ Managerial Skills 👔 Hiring Managers

Effective Communication

by D.K. Publishing • 2015

Speak, write, listen, negotiate: the communication skills that define effective management.

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🗣️ Workplace Communication 📋 Management Skills 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🎤 Public Speaking

Effective Communication

Speak, write, listen, negotiate: the communication skills that define effective management.

by D.K. Publishing 2015

3.78

32 ratings

🗣️ Workplace Communication 📋 Management Skills 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🎤 Public Speaking

The Western Illusion of Human Nature

by Marshall Sahlins • 2008

Turnover costs $43,000 per employee. The frontline leader's playbook for keeping your best people.

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329

💼 Employee Engagement 🏢 Workplace Culture 👥 Frontline Management 📊 Performance Management 🎯 Coaching At Work

The Western Illusion of Human Nature

Turnover costs $43,000 per employee. The frontline leader's playbook for keeping your best people.

by Marshall Sahlins 2008

4.12

329 ratings

💼 Employee Engagement 🏢 Workplace Culture 👥 Frontline Management 📊 Performance Management 🎯 Coaching At Work

Brazen Careerist

by Penelope Trunk • 2007

Cold-calling, managing up, and why your twenties demand risk: career rules for the impatient.

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🎯 Career Strategy 🌱 Early Career 🔍 Job Hunting 💰 Salary Negotiation 📈 Managing Up

Brazen Careerist

Cold-calling, managing up, and why your twenties demand risk: career rules for the impatient.

by Penelope Trunk 2007

3.41

236 ratings

🎯 Career Strategy 🌱 Early Career 🔍 Job Hunting 💰 Salary Negotiation 📈 Managing Up

Millennials & Management

by Lee Caraher • 2014

Why your youngest talent leaves and the culture shifts that make them stay.

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👥 Generational Divides 🔗 Employee Retention 💬 Feedback Culture 🎯 Meaningful Work 🏡 Flexible Work

Millennials & Management

Why your youngest talent leaves and the culture shifts that make them stay.

by Lee Caraher 2014

3.74

140 ratings

👥 Generational Divides 🔗 Employee Retention 💬 Feedback Culture 🎯 Meaningful Work 🏡 Flexible Work

How to Lead in Product Management

by Roman Pichler • 2020

Align stakeholders, guide teams, and decide together: the product leader's daily playbook.

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253

🏗️ Product Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 💙 Empathic Leadership 🎯 Goal Alignment 🧘 Mindfulness At Work

How to Lead in Product Management

Align stakeholders, guide teams, and decide together: the product leader's daily playbook.

by Roman Pichler 2020

3.70

253 ratings

🏗️ Product Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 💙 Empathic Leadership 🎯 Goal Alignment 🧘 Mindfulness At Work

Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager, 2nd Edition

by Gary Latham • 2018

Only one in five employees is engaged. The research-backed toolkit that actually fixes it.

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🧠 Organizational Psychology 📊 Evidence-Based Management 📋 Hiring And Selection 🎯 Goal Setting 🗣️ Performance Coaching

Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager, 2nd Edition

Only one in five employees is engaged. The research-backed toolkit that actually fixes it.

by Gary Latham 2018

3.77

35 ratings

🧠 Organizational Psychology 📊 Evidence-Based Management 📋 Hiring And Selection 🎯 Goal Setting 🗣️ Performance Coaching

Behind Closed Doors

by Johanna Rothman • 2005

Saying no, coaching honestly, and building real trust: the learnable skills behind every great team.

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1k+

🧑‍💼 People Management 🤝 Team Leadership 🗣️ Coaching Employees 📋 Delegation Skills 🔗 Systems Thinking

Behind Closed Doors

Saying no, coaching honestly, and building real trust: the learnable skills behind every great team.

by Johanna Rothman 2005

3.98

1k+ ratings

🧑‍💼 People Management 🤝 Team Leadership 🗣️ Coaching Employees 📋 Delegation Skills 🔗 Systems Thinking

Winning Well

by Karin Hurt • 2016

Reject the false choice between hitting targets and being human: a manager's guide to both.

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139

👥 People Management ⚖️ Balanced Leadership 📋 Workplace Accountability 🤝 Delegation Skills 🔒 Trust Building

Winning Well

Reject the false choice between hitting targets and being human: a manager's guide to both.

by Karin Hurt 2016

4.14

139 ratings

👥 People Management ⚖️ Balanced Leadership 📋 Workplace Accountability 🤝 Delegation Skills 🔒 Trust Building

The Gift of Struggle

by Bobby Herrera • 2019

The hardest chapters of your life are the leadership advantage nobody taught you to claim.

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365

🏢 Organizational Culture 🎭 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 💪 Adversity As Advantage 🎯 Coaching Leadership

The Gift of Struggle

The hardest chapters of your life are the leadership advantage nobody taught you to claim.

by Bobby Herrera 2019

4.01

365 ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 🎭 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 💪 Adversity As Advantage 🎯 Coaching Leadership

Sideline CEO

by Marty Smith • 2023

What championship coaches know about trust, delegation, and culture that most bosses never learn.

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🏈 Sports Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 🎯 Delegation Skills ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🧱 Culture Building

Sideline CEO

What championship coaches know about trust, delegation, and culture that most bosses never learn.

by Marty Smith 2023

4.06

188 ratings

🏈 Sports Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 🎯 Delegation Skills ⚡ Crisis Leadership 🧱 Culture Building

Manager 3.0

by Brad Karsh • 2013

You got promoted young. Now lead four generations without losing your collaborative edge.

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🏢 Multigenerational Workplace 📋 Management Fundamentals 🔄 Adaptive Leadership 💬 Team Communication 🤝 Employee Engagement

Manager 3.0

You got promoted young. Now lead four generations without losing your collaborative edge.

by Brad Karsh 2013

3.59

181 ratings

🏢 Multigenerational Workplace 📋 Management Fundamentals 🔄 Adaptive Leadership 💬 Team Communication 🤝 Employee Engagement

Ego vs. EQ

by Jen Shirkani • 2013

Two-thirds of leadership failures are emotional, not technical. And ego is why no one tells you.

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🧠 Emotional Intelligence ⚠️ Leader Derailment 🧘 Emotional Regulation 👂 Feedback Receptivity 🎭 Humility In Leadership

Ego vs. EQ

Two-thirds of leadership failures are emotional, not technical. And ego is why no one tells you.

by Jen Shirkani 2013

3.70

137 ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence ⚠️ Leader Derailment 🧘 Emotional Regulation 👂 Feedback Receptivity 🎭 Humility In Leadership

Lead with Humility

by Jeffrey A. Krames • 2014

Twelve leadership lessons from the pope who traded a palace for a guesthouse.

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467

🤲 Servant Leadership 🙇 Humble Leadership 🌍 Inclusive Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🏥 Adaptive Leadership

Lead with Humility

Twelve leadership lessons from the pope who traded a palace for a guesthouse.

by Jeffrey A. Krames 2014

3.94

467 ratings

🤲 Servant Leadership 🙇 Humble Leadership 🌍 Inclusive Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🏥 Adaptive Leadership

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