One of my favorite Christmas gifts to give or receive is a book. It is the ultimate gift that keeps on giving. Here is a list of my top 20 leadership books. Some are academic, other are anecdotal in nature, while a few are written in a business fable format.
Buy one for yourself and one for the colleague you most relied on in 2011. Merry Christmas.
- Lincoln on Leadership, Phillips, Warner Books
- The Servant Leader, Neushel, Visions
- Leadership Jazz, DePree, Currency Doubleday
- The Leadership Challenge, Kouzes Posner, Jossey-Bass
- Christian Reflections on the Leadership Challenge, Kouzes Posner, Jossey-Bass
- The Leader in You, Levine & Crom, Simon & Schuster
- Enlightened Leadership, Oakley & Krug, Simon & Schuster
- Leading Change, Kotter, HBS Press
- Reinventing Leadership, Bennis & Townsend, Morrow
- The Leadership Engine, Tichy, Harper Business
- Virtual Leadership, Kostner, Warner Books
- The Heart of a Leader, Blanchard, HB
- Only the Paranoid Survive, Grove, Currency Doubleday
- The Leader of the Future, Drucker Foundation, Jossey-Bass
- On Becoming a Servant Leader, Greenleaf, Jossey-Bass
- Leaders, Bennis & Nanus, Morow
- The Five Temptations of a CEO, Lencioni, Josey Bass
- The Leaders Guide to StoryTelling, Denning, Josey Bass
- Trusted Advisor, Maister, Free Press
- Empowerment Takes More Than A Minute, Blanchard, Carlos, Randolph, BK