Home » Influences & Resources » Books Recommended Books on Leadership Development Browse through some incredible and inspiring leadership books for all leader levels that push you to pursue your dreams: Be bold, be courageous and define a future state that you dream of achieving. Browse All ResourcesBrowse All Resources Select Category Daneli Partners Blog (24) Leader Spotlight (2) Personal (22) Professional (45) Aspirational (25) Emerging Leaders (53) Experienced Leaders (45) Executives (37) Entrepreneurs (34) Books (40) Articles (20) Exercises (5) Videos (12) Movies (14) Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us MoreThe Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team by Wayne Coffee The Boys of Winter MoreThe Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness by Joel ben Izzy The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness MoreA Return to Love by Marianne Williamson A Return to Love MoreStrengths Based Leadership from Gallup by Tom Rath Strengths Based Leadership from Gallup MoreEnlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Picker Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress MoreStrengthsFinder 2.0 from Gallup by Don Clifton StrengthsFinder 2.0 from Gallup MoreWhen 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 a prestigious corporate job to a professional squash player along with more than forty other… When to Jump MoreBusiness 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 visual and engaging exercises walk the reader through the process of building a solid business… Business Model Generation MoreLeading 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 people. Yet, a handful of leaders have found an endless supply of energy to fuel… Leading the High-Energy Culture MoreFalling Upward by Richard Rohr Falling Upward MoreMultipliers: 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 Development for seventeen years, and who more recently provided leadership consulting to companies such as… Multipliers MoreWork Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead by Laszlo Bock Work Rules! MoreThe 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 of Trust not only explains the economics of trust, but also shows you how to… The Speed of Trust MoreThe Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups The Culture Code MoreThe 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 my son. I hope it was not a message to the impact of my work… The 4-Hour Work Week MoreQuiet 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 my personal strengths and style. At the beginning of the book, I was fascinated by… Quiet Leadership MoreLeading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations by Ken Blanchard Leading at a Higher Level MoreThe Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner Leadership Challenge MoreLeadership 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, one might say: “Really?” However, when I read it following Mayor Giuliani’s successful tenure as… Leadership by Rudolph W. Giuliani MoreGreat 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 thrive even in the most uncertain and chaotic times make this an invaluable book for… Great by Choice MoreGood to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t by Jim Collins Good to Great MoreFocus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence MoreCrossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffrey A. Moore Crossing the Chasm MoreEmotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ MoreBecoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders by Lindsey Pollak Becoming the Boss MorePresidential Courage – Brave Leaders and How They Changed America by Michael Beschloss Presidential Courage MoreYounger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, M.D. Younger Next Year MoreThe Art of Happiness in a Troubled World by The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D. The Art of Happiness in a Troubled World MoreLinchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? MoreLeaders 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 read after leaving an extremely challenging and toxic work environment, and it was exactly what… Leaders Eat Last MoreThe 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 millionaires. Surprisingly, those individuals are not the highest earners because, statistically, the highest earners are… The Millionaire Next Door MoreThe 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 takes the reader on a journey in The Energy Bus by using a fable to… The Energy Bus MoreThe Power of Now – A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhark Tolle The Power of Now MoreStart 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 explains that his motivation for writing this book came from no longer feeling fulfilled by… Start With Why MoreThe Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People MoreQuiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain Quiet: The Power of Introverts MoreGolf is not a Game of Perfect by Dr. Bob Rotella Golf is Not a Game of Perfect MoreBlink – The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell Blink MoreEveryone Communicates Few Connect by John C. Maxwell Everyone Communicates Few Connect More All Resources Daneli Partners Blog (24) Leader Spotlight (2) Personal (22) Professional (45) Aspirational (25) Emerging Leaders (53) Experienced Leaders (45) Executives (37) Entrepreneurs (34) Books (40) Articles (20) Exercises (5) Videos (12) Movies (14)
