40 Great Leadership Books to Read
I love leadership. And I read a lot. So I wanted to provide you with a list of some of the books I recommend.
These are not the only leadership books you should read. There are hundreds of others that are great. But these are just simply 40 of my favorites.
So here you go. And please share this list with your friends, team, and other leaders who might benefit.
40 leadership books to read:
2. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership- John Maxwell
3. Courageous Leadership- Bill Hybels
4. The Next Generation Leader- Andy Stanley
5. Now, Discover Your Strengths- Marcus Buckingham
6. Love is the Killer App- Tim Sanders
7. The Tipping Point- Malcolm Gladwell
8. Tribes- Seth Godin
9. It: How Churches and Leaders can Get it and Keep it- Craig Groeschel
10. Integrity- Henry Cloud
11. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership- Henri Nouwen
12. Axiom- Bill Hybels
13. In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day- Mark Batterson
14. Five Dysfunctions of a Team- Patrick Lencioni
15. Visioneering- Andy Stanley
16. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us- Daniel Pink
17. Silos, Politics and Turf Wars- Patrick Lencioni
18. Linchpin- Seth Godin
19. How to Win Friends and Influence People- Dale Carnegie
20. Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization- John Wooden
21. Leadership is an Art- Max Depree
22. The Leadership Challenge- Barry Posner and Jim Kouzes
23. Leading with the Heart- Coach Mike Krzyzewski
24. unChristian- Gabe Lyons and David Kinnaman
25. True North- Bill George
26. Built to Last- Jim Collins
27. Execution- Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy
28. In Search of Excellence- Tom Peters
29. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People- Stephen Covey
30. The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork- John Maxwell
31. What the CEO Wants You to Know- Ram Charan
32. Rework- Jason Fried and David Hansson
33. The Experience Economy- Joseph Pine and James Gilmore
34. Made to Stick- Chip and Dan Heath
35. Blink- Malcolm Gladwell
36. Making Ideas Happen- Scott Belsky
37. The Effective Executive- Peter Drucker
38. Emotional Intelligence- Daniel Goleman
Now you should read Leadership as Identity by Ford, Harding, and Learmonth. Moves into post-structuralist thought and a critical approach to leadership. Of interest is the constructive/performative nature of leadership “texts” and use of language … will make you think deeply about what you (or anyone) says leadership is!
A great list Brad thanks for it putting up! One book that has really stuck with me was one I read in grad school 20 plus years ago, It is called Organizational Culture and Leadership by Edgar Schien.
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Good recommendation. God bless you.
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The Making of a Leader by Frank Damazio. That is a great leadership book.
If you are looking for a book on Leadership that is cutting edge, then you should read The Three Levels of Leadership by James Scouller. This is by far the best book I have read on leadership and he has some very interesting ideas that I had not heard of before but seem to work!