Self-Directed Learning

Reading List*

Leadership

Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader: A Guide to Cultivating Effective Leadership and Organizations (2020). Christopher D. Connors
What You Do is Who You Are (2019), Ben Horowitz
Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 (2018), John C. Maxwell
Born to Build: How to Build a Thriving Start-up, a Winning Team, New Customers, and Your Best Life Imaginable (2018), Jim Clifton & Sangeeta Badal, PhD
Measure What Matters (2018), John Doerr
The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change into Opportunity and Advantage (2017). Daniel Burrus
The Vibrant Workplace: Overcoming the Obstacles to Building a Culture of Appreciation (2017). Dr. Paul White
The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build or Merge Your Team, and Get Immediate Results, 4thEd. (2016) George B. Bradt, Jayme A. Check, & John A. Lawler
How to be a Great Boss (2016), Gino Wickman
Peak: Secrets from the Science of Expertise (2016), Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool
Rocket Fuel (2015), Gino Wickman
Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season (2015), Urban Meyers & Wayne Coffey
Extreme Ownership, How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win (2015), Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Other’s Don’t (2014). Simon Sinek
Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business (2011), Gino Wickman
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011), Daniel H. Pink
Lead With Purpose: Giving Your Organization A Reason to Believe in Itself (2011), John Baldone
Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck-Why Some Thrive Despite Them All (2011), Jim Collins
Reality Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity To The Workplace And Excuses Into Results (2010), Cy Wakeman
Leadership: Theory and Practice, 5thEd, (2010), Peter G. Northouse
Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckman and the Science of Success (2010), Matthew Syed
The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability (2010), Roger Conners, Tom Smith & Craig Hickman
Strategic Management in Action, 5thEd, (2009), Mary Coulter
Influence, Science & Practice, 5thEd. (2008), Robert B. Cialdini
Organizational Behavior: Key Concepts, Skills and Best Practices, 4th Ed. (2008), A. Kinicki, R. Kreiter
Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization (2008), Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fisher-Wright
Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience (2008), Richard Hughes, et al
You’re in Charge, Now What? (2007), Thomas J. Neff
Surrounded By Geniuses: Unlocking the Brilliance in Yourself, Your Colleagues and Your Organization (2007), Alan Gregerman
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2007), Malcolm Gladwell
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (2006). Peter F. Drucker
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidenced-Based Management (2006), Jeffrey Pfeffer & Robert I. Sutton
The New Rational Manager (2006), Charles H. Kepner & Benjamin B. Tregoe
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team (2005), Patrick Lencioni
The E-Myth Revisited (2004), Michael E. Gerber
The First 90 Days: Critical Success for New Leaders at All Levels (2003), Michael Watkins
John Adams (2001), David McCullough
The 48 Laws of Power (2000), Robert Greene
The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive (2000), Patrick Lencioni
First Break All the Rules (1999), Marcus Buckingham
Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun (1990), Wess Roberts, Ph.D
The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less (1998). Richard Koch
Today and Tomorrow (1926), Henry Ford

Change Management

The Science of Organizational Change: How Leaders Set Strategy, Change Behavior and Create an Agile Culture (2019). Paul Gibbons
Think Fast and Slow (2013), Daniel Kahnemann
Leading Change (2012), John P. Kotter
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (2014), Charles Duhigg
Change Management: The People Side of Change (2012), Jeffrey Hiatt
Exploring Social Change: America and the World 6th Ed. (2010), Charles L. Harper
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard (2010), Chip Heath, Dan Heath
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving in One That Isn’t (2010), Robert I. Sutton, Ph.D.
Organizational Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change (2009), Dr. Donald Anderson
Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management, Organizing for Innovation and Growth (2009), David J. Teece
Managing Organizational Change: A Multiple Perspective Approach 2nd Ed. (2008), Ian Palmer
ADKAR: A Model for Change in Business, Government & Our Community (2006), Jeffrey Hiatt
The Six Fundamentals of Success (2006), Stuart Levine
Results: Keep What’s Good, Fix What’s Wrong and Unlock Great Performance (2005), Gary. Neilson
Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting a Learning Organization to Work (2002), David A. Garvin
Beyond the Boundaries: Leading & Re-Creating the Successful Enterprise (2002), Doug Stace
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t (2001), Jim Collins
Managing At The Speed of Change (1992), Daryl R. Conner

Process Improvement

Constraint Management: A Financial and Operational Guide (2020), Steven M. Briggs, CPA
Flatlined: Why Lean Transformations Fail and What To Do About It (2020), Mark C. DeLuzio
Sustainable 5S (2019), Thijs Panneman
The Goal 4th Ed. (2014), Eliyahu M. Goldratt & Jeff Fox
Value Stream Mapping (2014), Karen Martin & Mike Osterling
Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management (2013), Gemba Press
The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company (2013), Art Byrne
Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness & Superior Results (2009), Mike Rother
How to Implement Lean Manufacturing (2009), Lonnie Wilson
The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies...And How to Break Them (2007), Jagdish N. Sheth
Beyond The Goal (2006), Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Ph.D
The Toyota Way (2004), Jeffery K. Liker
Lean Thinking (2003), James P. Womack & Daniel T. Jones
Learning to See, Value Stream Mapping to Add Value and Eliminate Muda (2003), Mike Rother & John Shook
The Six Sigma Handbook (2003), Thomas Pyzdek
Out of Crisis (2000), Edwards W. Deming
Managing Six Sigma (2000), Forrest W. Boyfogle III, James M. Cupello PhD, Becki Meadows
Clock Speed: Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage (1999), Charles Fire
Becoming Lean (1997), Jeffery K. Liken
5 Pillars of the Visual Workplace, The Sourcebook for 5S Implementation (1995), Hiroyuki Hirano
The Goal (1992), Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Ph.D., Jeff Cox
The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production (1990), James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, & Daniel Roos
The Manufacturing Challenge – Techniques for Continuous Improvement (1987), Kiyoshi Suzaki
Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive Success (1986), Masaaki Imai

Business Operations & Management

Seeing Around Corners, How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen (2019), Rita McGrath
I Love Capitalism: An American Story (2018), Ken Langone
The Introverts Edge: How the Quiet and Shy Can Outsell Anyone (2018), Matthew Pollard
My Life and Work (2018), Henry Ford
The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History (2017), William Rempel
Good for the Money: My Fight to Pay Back America (2016), Bob Benmosche
The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Lean Leader's Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence (2016), Larry E. Fast
Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Restructuring Activities 8th Ed. (2015), Donald M. DePamphilis
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction (2015), Phillip Tetlock & Dan Gardner
Steve Jobs (2015), Walther Isaacson
The Real Life MBA (2015), Jack & Suzy Welch
The New One Minute Manager (2015), Ken Blanchard, Ph.D, & Spencer Johnson, MD
Black Box Thinking: Why Most People Never Learn from Their Mistakes But Some Do (2015), Matthew Syed
Son’s of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty (2014), Daniel Schulman
The End of Competitive Advantage, How to Keep Your Strategy Moving As Fast As Your Business (2013), Rita McGrath
The Profitable Consultant (2013), Jay Niblick
Sell or be Sold: How to Get Your Way In Business and Life (2012), Grant Cardone
Project Management, 5th Ed. (2010), Eric Larson, Clifford Gray
The Closer’s Survival Guide, 3rdEd, (2011), Grant Cardone
A Framework for Human Resource Management, 6th Ed. (2010), Gary Dessler
Mergers & Acquisitions from A to Z (2010), Andrew Sherman
King Icahn: The Biography of a Renegade Capitalist (2010)
Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers (The Strategyzer series) (2010), Yves Pignuer & Alexander Osterwalder
Business Law: The Ethical, Global and E-Commerce Environment, 14th Ed. (2009), Jane Mallor, et al
Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures, 3rd Ed. (2009), Bruce Barringer & Duane Ireland
Entrepreneurship, 8th Ed. (2009), Robert Hisrich, et al
How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In (2009), Jim Collins
The House of Dimon: How JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon Rose to the Top of the Financial World (2009), Patricia Crisafulli
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist (2008), Roger Lowenstein
The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker’s Essential Writings on Management (2008), Peter F. Drucker
The First Billion is the Hardest: Reflections On A Life of Comebacks and America’s Energy (2008), T. Boone Pickens
Operations Management, 10th Ed. (2008),William Stevenson
Think Big and Kick Ass in Business & Life (2007), Donald J. Trump
Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues, 7th Ed. (2007), Vincent Ruggiero
Integrated Project Management (2006), Bruce T. Barkley
World Class Sales & Operations Planning: A Guide to Successful Implementation and Robust Execution (2006). Donald Sheldon
Hard Facts, Dangerous Half Truths and Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidenced-Based Management (2006), Jeffrey Pfeffer & Robert I. Sutton.
Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 6th Ed. (2005), Manuel G. Velasquez
Winning (2005), Jack Welch
Trump: The Art of the Deal (2004), Donald J. Trump
The Innovators Solution; Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth (2003), Clayton M. Christensen
Jack: Straight From the Gut (2003), Jack Welch & John A. Byrne
The Great Game of Business (1994), Jack Stark, Bo Burlingham
Guide to Greatness in Sales, How to Become a Complete Salesperson (1993), Tom Hopkins
Sam Walton: Made In American (1992), John Huey & Sam Walton
Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance (1985). Michael E. Porter
Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries & Competitors (1980). Michael E. Porter
The Power of Professional Management (1971), George S. Dively

Communication

Doesn't Hurt to Ask: Using the Power of Questions to Communicate, Connect and Persuade (2020), Trey Gowdy
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It (2016). Chris Voss
The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over (2015). Jack Shafer & Marvin Karlins
The Charisma Myth (2012), Olivia Fox Cabane
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (2011), Roger Fisher, et al
Understanding Other People (2010), Beverly Flanington
Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator (2010), Roger Dawson
Understanding Human Communication, 10th Ed. (2008), Ronald Adler, George Rodman
The Hard Truth About Soft Skills (2008), Peggy Klaus
Seeing Yourself As Others Do (2008), Carol Ann Keers & Thomas Edward Mungavan
How To Talk To Anyone (2003), Leil Lowndes
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes Are High (2002), Kerry Patterson, etal
Difficult Conversations, How to Discuss What Matters Most (2000), Bob Benmosche
How to Win Friends and Influence People (1998), Dale Carnegie
Conversationally Speaking (1997), Alan Garner
The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking (1992), Dale Carnegie
People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others and Resolve Conflicts (1986), Robert Bolton

Sales & Marketing

Sales EQ: How Ultra High Performers Leverage Sales-Specific Emotional Intelligence to Close the Complex Deal, (2017) Jeb Blount
To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others (2012) Daniel H. Pink
The Marketing Handbook, 4th Ed. (2010), Marian Burk Wood
Marketing Management: A Strategic Decision Making Approach, 7th Ed. (2009), John Mullins, et al
The Mobile Marketing Handbook (2009), Kim Dushinski
Consumer Behavior, 8th Ed. (2008), Michael R. Solomon
Strategic Marketing, 9th Ed. (2008) , David Cravens, Nigel Piercy
Multi-Channel Marketing: Metrics and Methods for On and Offfline Success (2008), Akin Arikan
The New Rules of Marketing and PR (2008), David Meerman Scott
Winning and Managing Government Business (2008), Michael Lisagor
Winning Government Contracts (2008), Malcolm Parvey, Deborah Alston
Buyology: The Truth and Lies About Why We Buy (2008), Martin Lindstrom
Principles of Marketing, 12th Ed. (2007), Philip Kotler, Gary Armstrong
International Marketing, 13th Ed. (2006), Phillip Cateora, John Graham
Sales and Marketing the Six Sigma Way (2006), Michael Webb, Tom Gorman
Government Marketing – Best Practices (2005), Mark Amtower
Marketing by the Dashboard Light (2005), Partick LaPointe
The Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness (2005), Jeffrey Gitomer
Selling to State and Local Government: Understanding the Government Buyer (2004), Charles Harris
Marketing ROI: The Path to Campaign, Customer and Corporate Profitability (2003), James D. Lenskold
SPIN Selling (1988). Neil Rackman
Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale (1984)

Finance & Investment

Maximize Your Multiple, The Business Owners Guide to the Institutional Money Deal (2019), Jon Taylor
Heads I Win, Tails I Win, Why Smart Investors Fail and How to Tilt the Odds in Your Favor (2016), Jakob Spencer
Corporate Valuation Theory, Evidence, and Practice (2014), Robert W. Holthausen & Mark E. Zmijewski
Option Volatility and Pricing (2014), Sheldon Natenberg
Money Master the Game (2014), Tony Robbins
Mergers & Acquisitions, A Comprehensive Guide, 3nd Ed., (2014), Steven M. Bragg, CPA
Jim Cramer’s Get Rich Carefully (2013), James J. Cramer
Money Rules: The Simple Path to Lifelong Security (2012), Jean Chatzky
International Financial Management 6th Ed. (2011), Cheol Eun and Bruce Resnick
Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications, 3rd Ed. (2010), Stephen Ross, et al
On the Brink, (2010), Henry M Paulson & Dan Woren
Managerial Economics: Foundation of Business Analysis and Strategy, 10th Ed. (2010), Christopher Thomas, S. Charles Maurice
Mastering the VC Game (2010), Jeffrey Bussgang
Technical Analysis: The Complete Resource for Financial Market Technicians (2010), Charles Kirkpatrick II
Managerial Accounting for Managers, 2nd Ed. (2010), Eric Noreen, et al
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (2009), John Menard Keynes
Corporate Finance: Linking Theory to What Company’s Do, 3rd Ed. (2009), John Graham
How to Make Money in Stocks (2009), William J. O’Neil
Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements (2008), Mary Buffett
Financial Reporting and Analysis, 11th Ed. (2008), Charles Gibson
Fibonacci Analysis (2008), Constance Brown
Fundamentals of Investing, 10th Ed. (2007), Lawrence J. Gitman & Michael D. Joehnk
Principles of Corporate Finance, 9th Ed. (2007), Richard A. Brealey, et al
Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 12th Ed. (2007) Charles T. Hongren, et al
Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Simple Investing in Only 15-Minutes a Week (2007), Phil Town
Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur (2007), Dermont Berkery
Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis, 4th Ed. (2006) Edward Blocher, et al
Fundamentals of Financial Management, 12th Ed. (2004), James C VanHorne & John M. Wachowicz
One Up On Wall Street (2000), Peter Lynch
24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success (1999), William J. O’Neil
Sawyer’s Internal Auditing: The Practice of Modern Internal Auditing, 4th Ed. (1996), Lawrence B. Sawyer
The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel (1986), Benjamin Graham

Personal Development

Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds (2018), David Goggins
Reagan: An American Journey (2018), Bob Spitz
Path to Personal Power (2017), Napoleon Hill
Principles: Life and Work (2017). Ray Dalio
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong (2017), Eric Barker
Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think (2017), Tasha Eurich
The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*CK (2016), Mark Manson The Stress-Proof Brain (2016), Melanie Greenburg, PhD
How to Get and Stay Motivated (2015), Grant Cardone
Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts (2015), Marshall Goldsmith
Unbeatable Mind: Forging Resiliency And Mental Toughness To Succeed At An Elite Level, 3rd Ed. (2015), Mark Divine
The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide To Influencing, Attracting, And Winning People Over (2015), Jack Schafer & Marvin Karlins
Inner Wisdom: Volume 1 & 2 (2014), Dr. Wayne Dyer
The Willpower Instinct (2013), Kelly McGonigal
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results (2013), Gary Keller & Jay Papasan
QBQ: The Question Behind The Question (2012), John G. Miller
Make Your Own Rules: A Renegade Guide to Unconventional Success (2011), Wayne Rogers
The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure (2011), Grant Cardone
The Five Levels of Accountability: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential (2011), John C. Maxwell
The Power of Who (2009), Bob Beaudine
Unique Ability: Creating the Life You Want (2009), Catherine Nomura & Julie Waller
How to Position Yourself for Success (2008), Nido Qubein
Power Talk (2008), Anthony Robbins
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2007), Carol Dweck
The Education of the Accidental CEO (2007), David Novak & John Boswell
Self-Mastery (2007), Emile Coue
Life’s Missing Instruction Manual (2007), Joe Vitale
Stumbling on Happiness (2007), Daniel Gilbert
It’s Called Work for a Reason: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault (2007), Larry Winget
Rich Dad, Poor Dad (2007), Robert T. Kiyosaki
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2007), Malcolm Gladwell
Living an Empowered Life (2006), Denise Lynch
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2006), Jonathan Haidt
Step Up to Success In Business and In Life (2006), Nido Qubein
Emotional Intelligence (2005), Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
Shut-up, Stop Whining and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life (2005), Larry Winget
48 Days to the Work You Want (2005), Dan Miller, Dave Ramsey
The Attractor Factor (2005), Joe Vitale
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (2004), Stephen R. Covey
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement (2003), Brian Tracy
Beyond Positive Thinking (2004), Robert Anthony
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (2000), L. Ron Hubbard
The Power of Positive Thinking (1956), Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
As A Man Thinketh (1902), James Allen

*ordered by copyright date in each category.