I shared this list last week as a gift with my newsletter readers. Since then, I have received many requests to make it public. In the interest of spreading knowledge and encouraging leaders to read more, here is my (very subjective list) of the Top-10 Best Leadership Books Ever Written (in no particular order).
1. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (2007) by Marshall Goldsmith
2. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t (2001) by Jim Collins
3. Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success (2014) by Adam Grant
4. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2007) by Carol S. Dweck
5. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (2013) by Susan Cain
6. The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever (2016) by Michael Bungay Stanier
7. Ego Is the Enemy (2016) by Ryan Holiday
8. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002) by Patrick Lencioni
9. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High (2011) by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan & Al Switzler
10. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (2010) by Chip Heath & Dan Heath.
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Dr. Amer Kaissi is Keynote Speaker on Workplace Culture, Executive Coach and an expert on Leadership, Humility & Ambition, Assuming Positive Intent, Psychological Safety & Accountability, Growth Mindsets & Resilience. He is the author of five books.
