Executive Leader Resources

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

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 a prestigious corporate job to a professional squash player along with more than forty other…

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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 visual and engaging exercises walk the reader through the process of building a solid business…

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 people. Yet, a handful of leaders have found an endless supply of energy to fuel…

Falling Upward by Richard Rohr

From the book “Multipliers” by Liz Wiseman

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 Development for seventeen years, and who more recently provided leadership consulting to companies such as…

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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 Will Smith, but even if you did, reading the book is inspiring.  With a story…

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https://youtu.be/-QpoWVeLKic Warren Buffet’s Biography

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 my son.  I hope it was not a message to the impact of my work…

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

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

Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, 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 read after leaving an extremely challenging and toxic work environment, and it was exactly what…

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