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The 50 Best Leadership Books of All-Time

Books that every aspiring manager or leader needs to read. These are the books that offer ideas and strategies that change the way people think and disrupt the way business is conducted.
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On Becoming a Leader (Warren Bennis)
On Becoming a Leader
1
Warren Bennis
Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls (Noel M. Tichy)
Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
2
Noel M. Tichy
Good to Great
Good to Great
3
Working With Emotional Intelligence (Daniel Goleman)
Working With Emotional Intelligence
4
Daniel Goleman
The Effective Executive
The Effective Executive
5
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You (John C. Maxwell)
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
6
John C. Maxwell
Start With Why (Simon Sinek)
Start With Why
7
Simon Sinek
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
8
The Truth About Leadership (James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner)
The Truth About Leadership
9
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
How to Win Friends & Influence People (Dale Carnegie)
How to Win Friends & Influence People
10
Dale Carnegie
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Robert B. Cialdini)
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
11
Robert B. Cialdini
Leading Change
Leading Change
12
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box (The Arbinger Institute)
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
13
The Arbinger Institute
Emotional Intelligence (Daniel Goleman)
Emotional Intelligence
14
Daniel Goleman
Primal Leadership (Goleman Et Al)
Primal Leadership
15
Goleman Et Al
How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking (Viv Groskop)
How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking
16
Viv Groskop
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Larry Bossidy)
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
17
Larry Bossidy
Tribes
Tribes
18
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life. (Robin S. Sharma)
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.
19
Robin S. Sharma
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 (Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves)
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
20
Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0) (Jim Collins)
BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0)
21
Jim Collins
The One Minute Manager
The One Minute Manager
22
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business (Clayton M. Christensen)
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business
23
Clayton M. Christensen
The First 90 Days
The First 90 Days
24
The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness (Stephen R. Covey)
The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
25
Stephen R. Covey
The Lean Startup
The Lean Startup
26
Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results (Judith Glaser)
Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results
27
Judith Glaser
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
28
Stephen R. Covey
The Emperor's Handbook (Marcus Aurelius)
The Emperor's Handbook
29
Marcus Aurelius
Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
30
Daniel Kahneman
Extreme Ownership (Willink)
Extreme Ownership
31
Willink
The Hard Thing About Hard Things (Ben Horowitz)
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
32
Ben Horowitz
Leadershift (John C. Maxwell)
Leadershift
33
John C. Maxwell
Lead From the Outside (Stacey Abrams)
Lead From the Outside
34
Stacey Abrams
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Sheryl Sandberg)
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
35
Sheryl Sandberg
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
36
Nelson Mandela
The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow (John C. Maxwell)
The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow
37
John C. Maxwell
Leaders Eat Last (Simon Sinek)
Leaders Eat Last
38
Simon Sinek
Dare to Lead (Brene Brown)
Dare to Lead
39
Brene Brown
Marcus Aurelius Meditations
Marcus Aurelius Meditations
40
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