The Best Leadership Books Ever

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A List of Some of The Best Leadership Books Ever

Leaders are readers. This is a listing of some of the greatest leadership development books that you can own.

Great leadership leads to great relationships and great results. Read these books, and apply what you learn to your personal and professional life. If you do, you will have better relationships, better results, and better fulfillment.

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Are You A Leader?


Business owners, managers, supervisors, parents, coaches, teachers, and pastors are all leaders.


If one of these titles fits you, you are a leader.

The Top Five Reasons Leaders Need To Read 

  • To get better at working with people.

  • To get better at controlling themselves.

  • To improve their communication skills.

  • To better understand influence principles.

  • To build better relationships and to get better results.

Five Great Leadership Books 

Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box

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The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition

Amazon Price: $15.72 (as of 02/09/2010) Buy Now

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You

Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 02/09/2010) Buy Now

The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership

Amazon Price: $14.96 (as of 02/09/2010) Buy Now

Courage: The Backbone of Leadership

Amazon Price: $18.45 (as of 02/09/2010) Buy Now

Five More Great Leadership Books 

Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times

Amazon Price: $9.74 (as of 02/09/2010) Buy Now

Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer

Amazon Price: $9.75 (as of 02/09/2010) Buy Now

Whale Done! : The Power of Positive Relationships

Amazon Price: $15.12 (as of 02/09/2010) Buy Now

Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others

Amazon Price: $10.79 (as of 02/09/2010) Buy Now

The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell

Amazon Price: $12.89 (as of 02/09/2010) Buy Now

Some Other Great Books For Leaders 

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The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

Like Arbingers international bestseller Leadership more...0 points

Bringing Out the Best in People by Aubrey Daniels

Bringing Out the Best in People by Aubrey Daniels

The classic bestseller on performance management i more...0 points

QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life by John G. Miller

QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life by John G. Miller

Who Moved My Cheese? showed readers how to adapt t more...0 points

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick M. Lencioni

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick M. Lencioni

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencion more...0 points

Churchill on Leadership: Executive Success in the Face of Adversity by Steven F. Hayward

Churchill on Leadership: Executive Success in the Face of Adversity by Steven F. Hayward

Success often depends on the strength of a single more...0 points

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

This brilliant multiple biography is centered on L more...0 points

Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts

Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun by Wess Roberts

Classic insight for modern times.The world's forem more...0 points

Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, Annie McKee

Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, Annie McKee

National Bestseller Available in Paperback"Ju more...0 points

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author more...0 points

Principle Centered Leadership by Stephen R. Covey

Principle Centered Leadership by Stephen R. Covey

How do we as individuals and organizations survive more...0 points

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge

Completely Updated and RevisedThis revised edition more...0 points

On Becoming a Leader: The Leadership Classic by Warren Bennis

On Becoming a Leader: The Leadership Classic by Warren Bennis

With a new introduction by the authorWarren Bennis more...0 points

Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time by Kevin Eikenberry

Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time by Kevin Eikenberry

Remarkable Leadership is a practical handbook writ more...0 points

What Do You Think? 

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recoveringengineer says:

Really important. Every great leader I know is also a great reader.

It's not a big deal.

 

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