Top 20 Leadership Books



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Top 20 Leadership Books
L & D combed through a variety of “Best” and “Top” website lists of highly recommended leadership books, encompassing posts ranging from INC, CEO, the Washington Post and Forbes to blogs and Good Reads.
The top 20 list below is culled from more than 50 different suggested titles. Of unrepeated book titles, the topic of authenticity tended to be the most common theme (including titles e.g., Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose, Hsieh; True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership, George; Good Work, Gardner, et. al.; On Becoming a Servant Leader, Greenleaf; and Emotional Intelligence, Goleman).
The top 20 most cited/repeated titles:

The top 3 by 2:1 margins:


1. On Becoming a Leader, Warren Bennis

2. The Leadership Challenge, James Kouses and Barry Posner

3. 21 Irrefutable Rule of Leaderships, John Maxwell comes in third by sheer volume of titles

(additionally in the mix, Developing the Leader Within You and Five Levels of Leadership)



4. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey (and additionally in the mix Speed of Trust

and Principled-Centered Leadership)



5. How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie

6. Never Give In, Speeches by Winston Churchill

7. Drive, Daniel Pink

8. Good to Great, Jim Collins

9. Primal Leadership, Daniel Goleman

10. Who Moved My Cheese, Spencer Johnson

11. The Essential Wooden, John Wooden

12. 5th century meets 21st century, a dichotomous tie: Art of War, Sun Tzu/Anatomy of Peace,

Arbinger Institute


And 13-19 tied, listed in alpha order by author:
13. Leadership and Deception, Arbinger Institute

14. One Minute Manager, Kenneth Blanchard

15. Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of leadership Through Literature, Joseph

Badaracco



16. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin

17. Endurance: Shakelton’s Incredible Voyage, Alfred Lansing

18. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni

19. 1st 90 Days, Michael Watkins

20. Tied to bookend the list: It’s Your Ship, D. Michael Abrashoff Essential Drucker, Peter

Drucker; Leading Change, John Kotter.


For the Additional Titles: List of Web Sources Used for This Compilation

http://askthemanager.com/2008/07/the-top-ten-leadership-books-of-all-time/


http://www.ceo.com/leadership_and_management/the-23-best-leadership-books-of-all-time/
http://conantleadership.com/7-best-leadership-books-ever/
http://www.examiner.com/article/top-20-leadership-books-what-to-give-first-to-a-new-manager
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/16254.The_Best_Business_and_Leadership_Books
http://www.headheartbrain.com/top-twenty-leadership-books/
http://www.inc.com/ss/best-leadership-books-of-all-time
http://www.forbes.com/sites/85broads/2013/12/17/leadership-books-to-put-under-the-tree/





http://www.leadershipnow.com/leadershop/leadership_classics.html
http://letsgrowleaders.com/learning-development/best-leadership-books-for-new-leaders/
http://www.mattmorris.com/personal-development-2/top-10-leadership-books-time/

http://100bestbiz.com/more-on-the-100-best/


http://professorthink.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/the-professors-picks-top-10-leadership-books/
http://blog.readytomanage.com/top-20-books-on-leadership-and-management/

http://sourcesofinsight.com/leadership-books/



http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/leadership_playlist/2009/02/the-10-best-leadership-books-of-all-time.html

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