A List of Books to Make You a Better Leader

Here is a list of 30 books that the Regional Leadership Forum’s (RLF) suggest that Can Make You a Better Leader. The underlying premise behind this list of 30 books is that although “a single book might not help you discover your inner leader, but 30 books can change your life.” The books in their list include the following:

1. Adler: How to Read a Book
2. Boyatzis & McKee: Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others through Mindfulness, Hope and Compassion
3. Kotter: Heart of Change
4. Bridges: Managing Transitions 
5. Buckingham: First Break all the Rules
6. Dotlich, Noel and Walker: Leadership Passages 
7. Conger: Winning ‘Em Over 
8. DePree: Leadership is an Art
9. Frankl: Man’s Search for Meaning
10. Friedman: The World is Flat 
11. George: Authentic Leadership
12. Ghandi: the video
13. Goleman: Working with Emotional Intelligence 
14. Hammerschlag: The Theft of the Spirit 
15. Jamison: Nibble Theory
16. Katzenbach: The Wisdom of Teams
17. Lencioni: Death by Meeting: A Leadership Problem about Solving the most Painful Problem in Business 
18. Machiavelli: The Prince
19. Mackenzie: Orbiting the Giant Hairball
20. Marquardt: Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask
21. O’Toole: Creating the Good Life 
22. Patterson: Crucial Conversations 
23. Rousseau & Cranston: The Social Contract 
24. Shafir: The Zen of Listening 
25. Jaworski: Synchronicity 
26. Useem: Leadership Moment
27. Wallis: Two Old Women
28. Whyte: The Heart Aroused 
29. Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go
30. Michalko: Thinkertoys

If you’re looking for something to read on leadership this is a good starting list. One great book that stands out to me as missing from this list is “The Leadership Challenge” by Kouzes and Posner. Overall  it’s a great list, some of the books I’ve not heard and will be checking out soon…

Technorati Tags: Books, Reading, Management, Personal Development, Leadership, Business, Business

Related posts:

1. Forbes Magazine’s List of the 20 Most Influential Business Books
2. Globle and Mail’s Top Ten Books of 2006
3. Editors Pick the 2006 Top 10 Business Books
4. Become a better leader with 30 day experiments
5. The Best Leadership Books of 2007

Tagged as: Book Reviews, Leadership Development