Recommended Reading for All Leaders & Executives
We’ve asked our faculty and executive students and graduates to recommend the best leadership books they’ve read recently. Find their recommendations below: they offer great books for women in leadership, books for emerging leaders, and books for executive and civic leadership – starting first with a seasonal hit.
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Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus: How to Get Big Things Done in YOUR “Workshop” All Year Long
by Eric Harvey
– Recommended by Marie E. Di Virgilio, Ph.D., Core Faculty, Organizational Change & Corporate Social Responsibility, The Center for Values-Driven Leadership at Benedictine University
Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling
by Edgar H. Schein
– Recommended by Rémi Vespa, Ph.D., Executive Vice-President, Customer Engagement, BlueTrail Software Holding (Cohort 2 Graduate)
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business
by Erin Meyer
With globalization as an everyday part of the business environment, The Culture Map helps guide individuals in learning to lead and work within a diverse workforce embracing the differences in the variety of cultures among us. Erin’s website shares perfectly, “The book is also filled with engaging, real-life stories and anecdotes from around the world that impart important lessons about global teamwork and international collaboration.”
– Recommended by Kimberly Sebastian, Director, U.S. Cellular (Cohort 1 Student)
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
by Michael Bungay Stanier
– Recommended by Deirdre Barrett, Visiting Marketing Faculty, Robinson College of Business Georgia State University (Cohort 3 Student)
Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers will provide you with little known facts that help to explain exceptional performance and success… And for those that make a habit out of asking WHY?…. Outliers provides a primer for leaders to bring a unique explanation.
– Recommended by Deirdre Barrett, Visiting Marketing Faculty, Robinson College of Business Georgia State University (Cohort 3 Student)
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
– Recommended by Kathy Hannan, Ph.D., National Managing Partner, Diversity and Corporate Responsibility, KPMG, LLP (Cohort 2 Graduate)
Next:
- Continue to Part 3 of our Recommended Reading List.
- Return to Part 1 of our Recommended Reading List.
- Explore our Ph.D./D.B.A. Program in Values-Driven Leadership, for senior executives who love to read!