Here is a list of the best Business Leadership books, some I have read myself, some that I did research on, and all have great reviews!
- Business Leadership: A Jossey-Bass Reader (2008)
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads Boxed Set (6 Books) (HBR’s 10 Must Reads) (2011)
- Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t (2017)
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leadership (with featured article “What Makes an Effective Executive,” by Peter F. Drucker) (2011)
- Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box (2018)
- H3 Leadership: Be Humble. Stay Hungry. Always Hustle. (2016)
- Leadership Presence (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) (2018)
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Women and Leadership (with bonus article “Sheryl Sandberg: The HBR Interview”) (2018)
- Open, Honest, and Direct: A Guide to Unlocking Your Team’s Potential (2019)
- BEST QUOTES ABOUT LEADERSHIP: A Workbook with Short True Quotes from Great, Famous Leaders to Inspire You Be a Confident and Wise Leader Everyday (2019)
- Leader Business: Battle-Tested Leadership Strategies For Any Organization (2016)
- Rich Dad’s Advisors®: The ABC’s of People and Turns Them Into a Championship Team (2004)
- Business Analysis and Leadership: Influencing Change (2013)
- Authentic Leadership (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) (2017)
Business Leadership: A Jossey-Bass Reader (2008)
The second edition of best-selling Business Leadership draws on the best thinking on leadership from the biggest names in the business to explore the fundamentals of business leadership: what it is, how to do it, and what maximizes its success. The books is intended as a resource for both experienced business leaders and those aspiring…
HBR’s 10 Must Reads Boxed Set (6 Books) (HBR’s 10 Must Reads) (2011)
You want the most important ideas on management all in one place. Now you can have them—in a set of HBR’s 10 Must Reads.
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t (2017)
Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders create environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things.
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leadership (with featured article “What Makes an Effective Executive,” by Peter F. Drucker) (2011)
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Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box (2018)
Since its original publication in 2000, Leadership and Self-Deception has become an international word-of-mouth phenomenon. Rather than tapering off, it sells more copies every year.
H3 Leadership: Be Humble. Stay Hungry. Always Hustle. (2016)
From spending more than two decades alongside thought leaders such as Jim Collins and Malcolm Gladwell, as well as countless Fortune 500 CEOs and start-up entrepreneurs, leadership consultant Brad Lomenick has created a practical road map for helping anyone implement and live out the twenty transformational habits that he discovered to be common among the world’s most innovative leaders.
Leadership Presence (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) (2018)
a make-or-break factor in high-powered promotions. But what is this elusive quality, and how do you develop it?This book explains how to build the charisma, confidence, and decisiveness that top leaders project.
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Women and Leadership (with bonus article “Sheryl Sandberg: The HBR Interview”) (2018)
If you read nothing else on leadership and gender at work, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the archive and selected the most important ones to help you understand where gender equality is today–and how far we still have to go.
Open, Honest, and Direct: A Guide to Unlocking Your Team’s Potential (2019)
Amazon Bestseller in Organizational ChangeAmazon Bestseller in Business ManagementAmazon Bestseller in Leadership TrainingBuilding a business requires more than just a good product and talented people; it requires you to take a hard look at how you show up as a leader.
BEST QUOTES ABOUT LEADERSHIP: A Workbook with Short True Quotes from Great, Famous Leaders to Inspire You Be a Confident and Wise Leader Everyday (2019)
Best Quotes about leadership is a collection of quotes, and sage advice from great leaders, trailblazers, creatively designed to inspire modern-day leaders. Powerful words from successful leaders like Martin Luther King, Diana Ross, Peter Drucker, Nelson Mandela, Bill Gates and john Maxwell have moved and motivated us for generations. This Book of Quotes is the perfect journal, notebook and companion for dreaming up fresh possibilities and translating vision into action.
Leader Business: Battle-Tested Leadership Strategies For Any Organization (2016)
Every year, ineffective leadership costs American companies hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue, missed opportunities, preventable waste, and poor personnel decisions. How’s your leadership? Are you getting the results you need? If not, maybe it’s time for some basic training in leadership fundamentals. Drawing on over 25 years of military service, Tom Magness offers lessons learned in one of the world’s foremost leadership laboratories: the U.S. Army.
Rich Dad’s Advisors®: The ABC’s of People and Turns Them Into a Championship Team (2004)
The ABC’s of Building a Business Team That Wins will: * Attract the best team players for your business * Ensure that all team members operate at peak performance * Take ordinary people and turn them into champions * Instill loyalty and confidence in your team so that they stick together under pressure * Eliminate stressful “people problems” in your business once and for all * Use pressure as your friend to produce…
Business Analysis and Leadership: Influencing Change (2013)
Business analysis (BA) is the practice of enabling change in an organizational context, by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders. BA involves: helping different parts of an organization understand each other; deciding on the right project for a company; defining what is to be delivered; and managing the project.Business Analysis & Leadership goes beyond standard textbooks…
Authentic Leadership (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) (2017)
As a leader, how do you strike the right balance between vulnerability and authority?This book explains the role of authenticity in emotionally intelligent leadership.
Best Business Leadership Books: The Ultimate List
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Emerging Economic Models for Sustainable Businesses: A Practical Approach
Author(s): Jayati Talapatra, Nayan Mitra, René Schmidpeter
ID: 3199232, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2022, Size: 3 Mb, Format: pdf
Leadership and Business Ethics
Author(s): Gabriel Flynn
ID: 3202343, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2022, Size: 6 Mb, Format: pdf
Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way
Author(s): Rasmus Hougaard; Jacqueline Carter; Marissa Afton; Moses Mohan
ID: 3214186, Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press, Year: 2022, Size: 3 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are truly chart-busters according to Washington Post, others are drafted by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.