Best Leadership Books

David Staughton

Dave’s List of the Best Leadership Books

As a Business Leader, you need a wide selection of Skills & Talents – Here are some leadership books and resources on topics that can really help!

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1.  Best Leadership Books on Being a Better Leader

Brene Brown – Dare to Lead

Leadership is more than just titles or finding a corner office. It is more about finding the true potential in people and processes to bring about better results. This is one of the leadership books to use as a guide.

Simon Sinek – Leaders Eat Last / Why?

Simon Sinek has differentiated a leader from an authority beautifully. Not only that, this book reveals hidden dynamics of leadership and trust that are important for anyone who is in a leading position. Also his book – Start with Why? – about the power of purpose.

 

  2. Managing your Mindset & Beliefs – Boosting your Energy Levels, Happiness & Positivity

Useful Beliefs by Chris Helder

CHRIS HELDER is a world-renowned speaker known for speaking on the subjects of communication, influence and leadership. If you are looking for a pathway to reach self-awareness, Useful Beliefs by Chris Brown will get you there. The book offers a strategic outlook to achieve personal fulfilment and success.

FISH! By Stephen Lundin

The Fish is a no-nonsense leadership book to boost your morale and improve results. This book talks all about a fictional manager whose goal is to turn an ineffective team into an effective one. Imagine a workplace that is loaded with positivity, great energy, passion and productivity with the Fish!

Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman

Martin Seligman is known as the father of positive psychology. He has combined his years of clinical research into one single book where he discusses the benefits of optimism and how it can improve the quality of your life. The book also offers a practical approach to apply optimism to your daily life.

  3. Leadership Communication Skills – Influence & Persuasion Techniques

How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

This book is a classic, and everyone needs it in their book collection. It gives you a very practical approach to win people over, both in your personal and professional life.

Easy Peasey – People Skills for Life – by Allan Pease

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This book is a classic, and everyone needs it in their book collection. It gives you a very practical approach to win people over, both in your personal and professional life.

Body Language by Allan Pease

Wish to learn what people think? Body Language by Allan Pease might just help you read the minds of people. The book dissects body language in a simplified manner which helps you understand all the people around you.

How to Talk to Anyone by Leil Lowndes

Want big success? That involves talking to people. This book provides 92 tricks that help you talk to anyone in the right manner. It is a great tool to succeed in your personal and professional life.

Cialdini’s Book – Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion

The best book on developing skills for influence and persuasion.

4. Supervision Skills for Team Member Coaching & Delegating

The One Minute Manager

This short book lists three techniques of an effective manager; minute goals, one-minute praisings, and one-minute reprimands. It is of great help for anyone stepping up to the supervision.

Delegation Skills – Sally Foley Lewis

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Most new managers find it increasingly difficult to delegate. Sally offers a practical approach to the art of delegation, which minimizes the effort and doubles the result.

Coaching Skills

Coaching skills is a handbook for trainers that contains tools, techniques and concepts that enable you to coach effectively. It is loaded with case studies and practical guidance that are extremely helpful for all the new coaches.

Zapp! -Empowering People

What makes some people so angry while others don’t let anybody disturb their calm? This book gives you real-life tips on anger management and will help you achieve a newfound peace.

5.  How to Grow Your Business Culture Leadership Books– Your Values & Vision – Building Your “A Team”

Everyone Communicates Few Connect by John Maxwell

As evident from the name, John Maxwell enables you to learn the most important skill in life; the skill of connection. The author list five connecting principles and practices to help you bring about the true change in your life.

6. Dealing with Change & Managing Conflicts – Difficult People & Situations

Turn the Ship Around – Admiral David Marquet

It is certainly one of the best business books of all time. The book incorporates timeless principles of leadership that turn followers into leaders.

Dealing with the Tough Stuff – Darren & Alison Hill

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Communication is the key to every good thing in both personal and professional life. This book enables you to have productive discussions at your workplace with no or minimal conflict.

Save the Drama for Your Mama

This book offers a practical guideline to eliminate drama from your team, organization and life. It is a must-read for everyone.

Conversations for Change

Conversations matter not only in businesses but for personal life. The book discusses 12 ways to say it right when it matters the most.

Crucial Conversations

Crucial conversations enrich you with a handful of tools to make effective conversations when the stakes are high. Stephen R. Covey has definitely outdone himself with this one.

Crucial Confrontations

If you are looking for a tool to resolve violated expectations, bad behaviour and broken commitments, crucial confrontations are going to be your best friend.<

Why People Fail by Simon Reynolds

We all want to avoid failure. This masterpiece by Simon Reynolds enlists the root causes of failure and offers a practical solution to avoiding it.

BEST Small Books on Leadership Skills (Easy Reads)

  • FISH!
  • The One Minute Manager
  • ZAPP! Empowering people
  • The Four Agreements

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