🤲 Servant Leadership

A philosophy of leading by putting others first, rooted in humility, empathy, and stewardship. These books challenge command-and-control models with the radical idea that the best leaders serve.

Fixing your Scrum

by Ryan Ripley • 2020

When sprints ship nothing and standups ring hollow, the framework isn't your problem.

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125

🔄 Scrum 🏃 Agile Methodology 🎯 Agile Coaching 📋 Product Ownership 👥 Cross-Functional Teams

Fixing your Scrum

When sprints ship nothing and standups ring hollow, the framework isn't your problem.

by Ryan Ripley 2020

4.32

125 ratings

🔄 Scrum 🏃 Agile Methodology 🎯 Agile Coaching 📋 Product Ownership 👥 Cross-Functional Teams

Leadership Conversations

by Alan S. Berson • 2012

Promoted on skill, then stalled. Four conversation types your old job never demanded.

4.12

🏢 Executive Leadership 🔄 Management Transitions 💬 Leadership Conversations 🧑‍🏫 Coaching And Mentoring 🗣️ Open Communication

Leadership Conversations

Promoted on skill, then stalled. Four conversation types your old job never demanded.

by Alan S. Berson 2012

4.12

92 ratings

🏢 Executive Leadership 🔄 Management Transitions 💬 Leadership Conversations 🧑‍🏫 Coaching And Mentoring 🗣️ Open Communication

Unstoppable Teams

by Alden Mills • 2019

Care, not fear, makes teams unbeatable. A Navy SEAL's blueprint for building one.

3.78

333

🧱 Team Building 🎖️ Military Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🎯 Goal Setting 🪞 Self-Mastery

Unstoppable Teams

Care, not fear, makes teams unbeatable. A Navy SEAL's blueprint for building one.

by Alden Mills 2019

3.78

333 ratings

🧱 Team Building 🎖️ Military Leadership 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🎯 Goal Setting 🪞 Self-Mastery

How to Lead in Product Management

by Roman Pichler • 2020

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

3.70

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

The Power of a Half Hour

by Tommy Barnett • 2013

Small blocks, big impact: how half hours can reshape your character, calling, and walk with God.

3.00

663

⏳ Christian Time Management 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 🚀 Faith In Action 🙌 Gratitude Practice 🎯 Purpose And Calling

The Power of a Half Hour

Small blocks, big impact: how half hours can reshape your character, calling, and walk with God.

by Tommy Barnett 2013

3.00

663 ratings

⏳ Christian Time Management 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 🚀 Faith In Action 🙌 Gratitude Practice 🎯 Purpose And Calling

God Is Always Hiring

by Regina Brett • 2014

Fifty lessons for finding your calling inside the job you already have.

4.01

1k+

🧭 Vocational Discernment 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🛠️ Meaningful Work 💪 Resilience Building ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

God Is Always Hiring

Fifty lessons for finding your calling inside the job you already have.

by Regina Brett 2014

4.01

1k+ ratings

🧭 Vocational Discernment 🙏 Gratitude Practice 🛠️ Meaningful Work 💪 Resilience Building ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

The Life-Giving Leader

by Tyler Reagin • 2018

Stop copying other leaders. Your leadership flows from the person God shaped you to become.

4.04

276

🏛️ Christian Leadership 🎭 Authentic Leadership 🪞 Self-Awareness 🧭 Identity And Calling 🤲 Self-Acceptance

The Life-Giving Leader

Stop copying other leaders. Your leadership flows from the person God shaped you to become.

by Tyler Reagin 2018

4.04

276 ratings

🏛️ Christian Leadership 🎭 Authentic Leadership 🪞 Self-Awareness 🧭 Identity And Calling 🤲 Self-Acceptance

The Rollout

by Alex Yakyma • 2016

A change agent teaches a resistant tech company to ship together, before the market buries it.

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166

💼 Business Fiction 🔄 Agile Transformation 🏢 Organizational Change 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Mentor Figure

The Rollout

A change agent teaches a resistant tech company to ship together, before the market buries it.

by Alex Yakyma 2016

4.05

166 ratings

💼 Business Fiction 🔄 Agile Transformation 🏢 Organizational Change 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Mentor Figure

Growing Up Colt

by Colt McCoy • 2011

Before a quarterback's faith went viral, a father spent years building its foundation.

4.07

315

🏈 College Football ✝️ Christian Parenting 👨‍👦 Father-Son Relationships 🛡️ Adversity And Resilience 🙏 Faith In Sports

Growing Up Colt

Before a quarterback's faith went viral, a father spent years building its foundation.

by Colt McCoy 2011

4.07

315 ratings

🏈 College Football ✝️ Christian Parenting 👨‍👦 Father-Son Relationships 🛡️ Adversity And Resilience 🙏 Faith In Sports

Winning Well

by Karin Hurt • 2016

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

4.14

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 Start with Your People

by Brian Dixon • 2019

A single daily choice reshapes your work, your marriage, and your money: the people-first playbook.

4.22

236

🤝 Client Service 🧠 Mastermind Groups 💰 Money Mindset 🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🗓️ Daily Habits

The Start with Your People

A single daily choice reshapes your work, your marriage, and your money: the people-first playbook.

by Brian Dixon 2019

4.22

236 ratings

🤝 Client Service 🧠 Mastermind Groups 💰 Money Mindset 🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🗓️ Daily Habits

The Gift of Struggle

by Bobby Herrera • 2019

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

4.01

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.

4.06

188

🏈 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

Scrum Shortcuts Without Cutting Corners

by Ilan Goldstein • 2013

How to ship working software every sprint without cutting the corners that hold Scrum together.

4.06

211

🧱 Agile Frameworks 🏉 Scrum Methodology 💻 Software Development ⚖️ Relative Estimation 🔄 Continuous Improvement

Scrum Shortcuts Without Cutting Corners

How to ship working software every sprint without cutting the corners that hold Scrum together.

by Ilan Goldstein 2013

4.06

211 ratings

🧱 Agile Frameworks 🏉 Scrum Methodology 💻 Software Development ⚖️ Relative Estimation 🔄 Continuous Improvement

Lead the Field

by Earl Nightingale • 1976

Pick one worthy goal. Move toward it daily. Serve more than you're paid. Everything else follows.

4.04

5k+

🏛️ Classic Self-Help 🎯 Goal Setting 🔗 Cause And Effect 📅 Daily Discipline 👀 Opportunity Recognition

Lead the Field

Pick one worthy goal. Move toward it daily. Serve more than you're paid. Everything else follows.

by Earl Nightingale 1976

4.04

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Classic Self-Help 🎯 Goal Setting 🔗 Cause And Effect 📅 Daily Discipline 👀 Opportunity Recognition

3 Things Successful People Do

by John C. Maxwell • 2016

Success isn't a solo pursuit. Three practices that make growth and contribution the destination.

4.16

628

🧭 Leadership Development 📋 Personal Effectiveness 🎯 Goal Setting 🔄 Overcoming Failure 🤝 Mentorship

3 Things Successful People Do

Success isn't a solo pursuit. Three practices that make growth and contribution the destination.

by John C. Maxwell 2016

4.16

628 ratings

🧭 Leadership Development 📋 Personal Effectiveness 🎯 Goal Setting 🔄 Overcoming Failure 🤝 Mentorship

The Most Excellent Way to Lead

by Perry Noble • 2016

Forget charisma. The best leaders are patient, kind, and quick to forgive. A pastor unpacks how.

4.12

307

✝️ Christian Leadership 💙 Love In Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 📖 Biblical Wisdom 🧎 Humility

The Most Excellent Way to Lead

Forget charisma. The best leaders are patient, kind, and quick to forgive. A pastor unpacks how.

by Perry Noble 2016

4.12

307 ratings

✝️ Christian Leadership 💙 Love In Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 📖 Biblical Wisdom 🧎 Humility

Lead with Humility

by Jeffrey A. Krames • 2014

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

3.94

467

🙇 Humble Leadership 🌍 Inclusive Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🏥 Adaptive Leadership ⚖️ Decision Quality

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

🙇 Humble Leadership 🌍 Inclusive Leadership 🔄 Organizational Change 🏥 Adaptive Leadership ⚖️ Decision Quality

Source

by Joseph Jaworski • 2011

Stillness opens a creative field effort cannot reach, and what comes back rewrites leadership.

4.26

133

🏢 Organizational Change 🧘 Contemplative Practices 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🐝 Collective Intelligence 🔄 Systems Thinking

Source

Stillness opens a creative field effort cannot reach, and what comes back rewrites leadership.

by Joseph Jaworski 2011

4.26

133 ratings

🏢 Organizational Change 🧘 Contemplative Practices 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🐝 Collective Intelligence 🔄 Systems Thinking

The Way of Kings

by Nathan Clarkson • 2022

A forgotten path for modern men: sacred identity, facing monsters, and a brotherhood that holds.

3.95

🦁 Biblical Masculinity 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🪨 Modern Idolatry ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 💬 Male Vulnerability

The Way of Kings

A forgotten path for modern men: sacred identity, facing monsters, and a brotherhood that holds.

by Nathan Clarkson 2022

3.95

21 ratings

🦁 Biblical Masculinity 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🪨 Modern Idolatry ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 💬 Male Vulnerability

The Jesus-Hearted Woman

by Jodi Detrick • 2013

Ten Christlike qualities that give a woman's leadership enduring warmth and real influence.

4.28

236

🚺 Women In Ministry 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines ✝️ Christian Leadership 🤲 Humble Leadership 💪 Leadership Resilience

The Jesus-Hearted Woman

Ten Christlike qualities that give a woman's leadership enduring warmth and real influence.

by Jodi Detrick 2013

4.28

236 ratings

🚺 Women In Ministry 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines ✝️ Christian Leadership 🤲 Humble Leadership 💪 Leadership Resilience

The Economics of Higher Purpose

by Robert E Quinn • 2019

Your economic assumptions guarantee mediocrity. How authentic purpose outperforms them.

3.69

🎯 Corporate Purpose 🏢 Organizational Culture 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 💼 Employee Engagement 🪞 Authentic Leadership

The Economics of Higher Purpose

Your economic assumptions guarantee mediocrity. How authentic purpose outperforms them.

by Robert E Quinn 2019

3.69

35 ratings

🎯 Corporate Purpose 🏢 Organizational Culture 🔥 Intrinsic Motivation 💼 Employee Engagement 🪞 Authentic Leadership

Coaching for Breakthrough Success

by Jack Canfield • 2012

Managers solve problems. Coaches unlock people. Twelve principles to make the switch.

4.27

129

🎯 Coaching Methods 🌱 Growth Mindset 🔄 Feedback Culture 💪 Empowering Leadership 👂 Deep Listening

Coaching for Breakthrough Success

Managers solve problems. Coaches unlock people. Twelve principles to make the switch.

by Jack Canfield 2012

4.27

129 ratings

🎯 Coaching Methods 🌱 Growth Mindset 🔄 Feedback Culture 💪 Empowering Leadership 👂 Deep Listening

Mistakes Leaders Make

by Dave Kraft • 2012

Ten self-checks for the Christian leader who suspects the work has quietly become the idol.

3.94

236

🐑 Pastoral Leadership 📖 Biblical Leadership 🏭 Idolatry Of Work 🎭 People Pleasing 🤝 Conflict Resolution

Mistakes Leaders Make

Ten self-checks for the Christian leader who suspects the work has quietly become the idol.

by Dave Kraft 2012

3.94

236 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Leadership 📖 Biblical Leadership 🏭 Idolatry Of Work 🎭 People Pleasing 🤝 Conflict Resolution

Synchronicity

by Joseph Jaworski • 1996

The leader's inner shift: how surrendering control unlocks a flow of meaningful coincidences.

4.18

1k+

✨ Synchronicity 🐝 Collective Intelligence 🌐 Interconnectedness 🛡️ Hero's Journey 🌀 Midlife Transformation

Synchronicity

The leader's inner shift: how surrendering control unlocks a flow of meaningful coincidences.

by Joseph Jaworski 1996

4.18

1k+ ratings

✨ Synchronicity 🐝 Collective Intelligence 🌐 Interconnectedness 🛡️ Hero's Journey 🌀 Midlife Transformation

Redefining Leadership

by Joseph M. Stowell • 2014

Results-driven leadership eventually fails. The character-first, biblical model that outlasts it.

3.89

124

✝️ Christian Leadership 🧱 Character Formation ⚖️ Ethical Leadership 🐑 Shepherding Model 👣 Followership

Redefining Leadership

Results-driven leadership eventually fails. The character-first, biblical model that outlasts it.

by Joseph M. Stowell 2014

3.89

124 ratings

✝️ Christian Leadership 🧱 Character Formation ⚖️ Ethical Leadership 🐑 Shepherding Model 👣 Followership

The Multiplication Challenge

by Steve Murrell • 2016

Your church is growing. Your leaders aren't. A practical system for multiplying them from within.

4.41

137

⛪ Church Leadership 🌱 Leadership Development 📖 Biblical Leadership 🔄 Succession Planning 💎 Character Formation

The Multiplication Challenge

Your church is growing. Your leaders aren't. A practical system for multiplying them from within.

by Steve Murrell 2016

4.41

137 ratings

⛪ Church Leadership 🌱 Leadership Development 📖 Biblical Leadership 🔄 Succession Planning 💎 Character Formation

The Reformed Pastor

by Richard Baxter • 2021

Half an hour of personal instruction shapes a soul more than ten years of public sermons.

4.46

137

🕊️ Pastoral Theology ⛪ Puritan Spirituality 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Pastoral Care 📚 Catechetical Instruction 📜 Reformed Theology

The Reformed Pastor

Half an hour of personal instruction shapes a soul more than ten years of public sermons.

by Richard Baxter 2021

4.46

137 ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Theology ⛪ Puritan Spirituality 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Pastoral Care 📚 Catechetical Instruction 📜 Reformed Theology

The Journey to Enterprise Agility

by Daryl Kulak • 2017

Copycat agile fails without the worldview: your company is a living system, not a machine.

4.36

🧠 Systems Thinking 🏢 Enterprise Agility 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 🔁 Continuous Improvement 🔄 Agile Transformation

The Journey to Enterprise Agility

Copycat agile fails without the worldview: your company is a living system, not a machine.

by Daryl Kulak 2017

4.36

39 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 🏢 Enterprise Agility 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 🔁 Continuous Improvement 🔄 Agile Transformation

Boom!

by Kevin Frieberg • 2007

You don't need a better boss or company. Seven shifts that make any job matter.

3.75

🎯 Personal Accountability 🏢 Workplace Culture 💼 Employee Engagement 🧭 Career Purpose 🚀 Taking Initiative

Boom!

You don't need a better boss or company. Seven shifts that make any job matter.

by Kevin Frieberg 2007

3.75

67 ratings

🎯 Personal Accountability 🏢 Workplace Culture 💼 Employee Engagement 🧭 Career Purpose 🚀 Taking Initiative

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