Resources

BOOK LIST

Spiritual

The Bible
Every Good Endeavor by Timothy Keller
Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill

Leadership

The Power of Vulnerability by Brene’ Brown
Daring Greatly by Brene’ Brown
Dare to Lead by Brene’ Brown
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Lead Yourself First by Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin
Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal
Neuroscience for Leadership by Tara Swart
Influence by Robert Cialdini
Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini
• Everybody Matters by Bob Chapman
Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
iWoz: How I invented the Personal Computer by Steve Wozniak
Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
Private Empire by Steve Coll
The Prize by Daniel Yergin
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown
Lincoln on Leadership by Donald T. Phillips
Managing in the Gray by Joseph L. Badaracco
Dare to Serve by Cheryl A. Bachelder
You Already Know How to be Great by Alan Fine and Rebecca Merril
InsideOut Coaching by Joe Ehrmann
Becoming a Person of Influence by John C. Maxwell and Jim Dornan
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
What Leaders Really Do by John P. Kotter
Egonomics by David Marcum & Steven Smith
Built to Last by James Collins
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
Zapp! The Lightning Power of Empowerment by William C. Bynam, Ph.D.

Racial Equity

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho

Social Leadership

Conscious Leadership
Out of Poverty
Passion and Purpose

Execution

Traction by Geno Wickman
The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack
Measure What Matters by John Doerr
Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
Loonshots by Safi Bahcall
The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins
First, Break all the Rules by Rodd Wagner and James K. Harter
The 12 Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner and James Harter

Personal Improvement

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani
Quantum Warrior by John Kehoe
Lead with a Story by Paul Smith
Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
The Power of Moments by Dan & Chip Heath

Marketing

Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter
Switch by Chip and Dan Heath
How Ideas Spread by Jonah Berger
Youtility by Jay Baer

Organizational Health

The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni
Wellbeing by Tom Rath and Jim Harter
2020 Workplace by Karie Willyerd
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni

Negotiation

Gain the Edge! by Martin Latz
Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury
Influence by Robert B. Cialdini

Strategy

Scaling Up by Verne Harnish
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
How to Fail at Almost Everything by Scott Adams
The Alchemy of Growth by Mehrdad Baghai, Stephen Coley and David White
Blueprint to a Billion by David Thomson
Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
Midas Managers by Rob Slee
The Balanced Scorecard by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton

Innovation

Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christiansen
Flash Foresight by Daniel Burris

Transition Planning

How to Run Your Business So You Can Leave It In Style by John H. Brown
Buy-Sell Agreements by Z. Christopher Mercer
The $10 Trillion Opportunity by Richard E. Jackim and Peter G. Christman
Hats Off to You by Ernest A. Doud, Jr. & Lee Hausner, Ph.D.
The Family Business Policies & Procedures Handbook by Barbara Spector

Change Management

Management at the Speed of Change by Daryl R. Conner
Leading Change by John P. Kotter
The Speed of Trust by Stephen R. Covey

Thought Provoking

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Unashamed by Lecrae Moore
The Last Lecture by Jeffrey Zaslow
Red Notice by Bill Brower
The Next Decade by George Friedman
The Next 100 Years by George Friedman
Flashpoints by George Friedman
The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
Thank you for Being Late by Thomas L. Friedman
A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink

Fun and Poignant

Dodge City by Tom Clavin
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Tandia by Bryce Courtenay
City of Thieves by David Benioff
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Singularity Trap by Dennis E. Taylor
We Are Legion by Dennis E. Taylor
For We Are Many by Dennis Taylor
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
Tier One by Jeffrey Wilson
War Shadows by Jeffrey Wilson
The Nix by Nathan Hill