I was asked this week to recommend some books on leadership. Once I sat down to respond, I found it wasn’t easy just to recommend a couple of books. So, I’ve come up with a list by area of great leadership books I’ve read (I’ve spent about an hour on this, but I suspect I’ve missed some of my favourite books too). Which books you might be interested in will depend on what aspect of leadership you are interested in. Some of these books are more “management” books, but I think they’re important for prospective leaders too.

• Self-leadership
  • The Effective Executive
  • Strengths Finder 2.0
  • True North
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
  • Man’s Search for Meaning
  • Decisive
  • The Power of Habit
  • How Will You Measure Your Life
• Business leadership
  • The Fifth Discipline
  • The Goal
• Getting teams to work together
  • Tribal Leadership
  • Peopleware
• Setting vision & motivating people
  • Fish!
  • Mindset
  • Drive
• Leadership when starting a new role
  • The First 90 Days
• Giving feedback
  • The One Minute Manager
• Tough conversations
  • Crucial Conversations
  • Crucial Confrontations

Probably best place to start is with the “self-leadership” books. I’ve read all of them, so this is just MY list, there are many, many, many books on leadership I’ve never read.

Any other thoughts on good leadership books?