CHADDS FORD, Pa. - July 25, 2019 -In case you don't know, Soundview selects and summarizes the best business books that are published every year. And, since we've been doing this for the past 41 years, we've seen A LOT of leadership books filter through our offices. Literally thousands …
Most are good, some are great, and others go on to be business classics – the books that every aspiring manager or leader needs to read. These are the books that offer ideas and strategies that change the way people think and disrupt the way business is conducted.
That being the case, we decided to put pen to paper and publish our list of the 25 Best Leadership Books of All-Time. Without further ado, here is our list (in no particular order):
On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Wooden on Leadership by John Wooden & Steve Jamison
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations by James Kouzes & Barry Posner
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
Emotional Intelligence: What It Can Matter More than IQ by Daniel Goleman
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
Leading Change by John Kotter
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail by Clayton Christensen
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter Drucker
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by John C. Maxwell
The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter by Michael Watkins
The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership by Bill George
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
For more information about these classic books, scroll through the in-depth list of the 25 Best Leadership Books of All-Time.
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