Please enjoy our carefully curated selection some of our favorite books, leader resources, aspirational stories, articles, tools, and more!

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink

The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team by Wayne Coffee

The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness by Joel ben Izzy

A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

Strengths Based Leadership from Gallup by Tom Rath

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Picker

StrengthsFinder 2.0 from Gallup by Don Clifton

When to Jump: If the Job You Have Isn’t the Life You Want by Mike Lewis Resource Type: Aspirational Who this Book is Good For: Emerging, Experienced, Executives, Entrepreneurs In this inspirational book, Mike Lewis shares his personal journey from…

Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur Resource Type: Professional Who this Book is Good For: Experienced Leaders, Executives This is not your traditional management or business strategy book! Highly…

Leading the High-Energy Culture: What the Best CEOs Do to Create an Atmosphere Where Employees Flourish by David Casullo Leaders and managers today are experiencing an “energy crisis”. This energy crisis results from the failure to engage and inspire their…

Falling Upward by Richard Rohr

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Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman Resource Type: Professional Who this Book is Good For: Emerging Leaders, Experienced Leaders, Executives, Entrepreneurs Wiseman, a former executive at Oracle who served as a global leader of HR…

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The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner and Quincy Troupe Movie Credit: Columbia Pictures Resource Type: Aspirational Who this Book is Good For: Emerging Leaders, Experienced Leaders, Executives, Entrepreneurs You may have seen the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, starring…

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Warren Buffet Life Advice Will Change Your Future

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The Last Lecture featuring Randy Pausch

Jimmy Valvano’s Speech at the 1993 ESPY awards Resource Type: Personal Who this Book is Good For: Emerging Leaders, Experienced Leaders, Executives, Entrepreneurs In 1993, Jimmy Valvano was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award, and the acceptance speech…

2005 Stanford Commencement Speech featuring Steve Jobs Resource Type: Personal Who this Book is Good For: Emerging Leaders, Entrepreneurs Whether you like or dislike Apple products, anyone interested in product development has to consider Steve Jobs as a rare phenomenon.…

The Power of Introverts featuring Susan Cain

The Difference Between Winning and Succeeding featuring John Wooden

How To Start A Movement TED Talk featuring Derek Sivers

Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead by Laszlo Bock

The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey Resource Type: Professional Who the Book is Good For: Experienced Leaders Lisa on The Speed of Trust We all value our most trusted relationships. The Speed…

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss Resource Type: Professional Who this Book is Good For: Emerging Leaders, Experienced Leaders, Executives, Entrepreneurs The 4-Hour Work Week was given to me by…

Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work by David Rock Resource Type: Professional Who this Book is Good For: Experienced Leaders For me, this book struck a chord because, unknowingly, it taught an approach to leadership that matched…

Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations by Ken Blanchard

The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

Leadership by Rudolph W. Giuliani and Ken Kurson Resource Type: Professional Who this Book is Good For: Emerging Leaders This is a tough one.  For those that have followed Rudy Giuliani from his failed presidential run through his recent public performances,…

Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen Resource Type: Professional Who this Book is Good For: Experienced, Entrepreneurs Nine years of research and amazing case studies that vividly illustrate what make the world’s best leaders and companies…

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t by Jim Collins

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffrey A. Moore

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman

Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders by Lindsey Pollak

Presidential Courage – Brave Leaders and How They Changed America by Michael Beschloss

Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, M.D.

The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World by The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D.

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek Resource Type: Personal Who this Book is Good For: Experienced Leaders, Executives, Entrepreneurs I am a huge Simon Sinek fan. This was the first book I…

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko Resource Type: Aspirational Who this Book is Good For: Entrepreneurs The Millionaire Next Door describes the characteristics and statistics surrounding our nation’s…

The Energy Bus: Ten Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon Resource Type: Aspirational Who this Book is Good For: Emerging Leaders Also the author of The Power of Positive Leadership, Jon Gordon…

Everyday Leadership TED Talk featuring Drew Dudley

The Power of Now – A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhark Tolle

Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action by Simon Sinek Resource Type: Personal Who this Book is Good For: Emerging Leaders, Entrepreneurs Start With Why is one of my all-time favorite books. In the Preface, Sinek…

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Golf is not a Game of Perfect by Dr. Bob Rotella

Blink – The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

Everyone Communicates Few Connect by John C. Maxwell