11 Apr Our top 18 leadership development books
Our top 18 leadership development books
as rated by our community of L&D experts
As leadership development practitioners, we want to be intentional about creating the space for our own personal growth and development. One of the ways we can do that is to read or listen to books that have brought inspiration to our community. Our community of customers and associates is a very diverse worldwide community so we hope you will find some inspiration here that maybe you haven’t come across before. Maybe as a part of your self development goals, you could commit to reading or listen to one of these a month. Enjoy!
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
This book had a profound effect on me because it firmly illustrates the worst extent of societal issues that can be caused by lack of connection to others and to our sense of purpose.
Explore the book here
Seeing Systems by Barry Oshry
Think about it – there’s proof everywhere. How about the top performer who comes to your business to transform your Customer Service division, only to fall flat on their face, unable to recreate past successes achieved in other companies – It can’t only be about the individual, it must be something to do with the new system they find themselves in.
So understanding the environment, it’s impact on others and the role we each need to play to do our part in nurturing it becomes essential work.
This is why, whilst it’s been around a while, we still love Oshry’s work and recommend it as a great read for anyone thinking about leveraging leadership for organisational success. Explore the book here
And, for an excerpt, click here
The Magic Question by David Cottrell
The Analects of Confucius
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow and Marty Linsky
The Tao of Coaching by Max Landsberg
Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber
The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
Build Better Teams by George Karseras
Dare To Lead by Brené Brown
The Art Of Gathering by Priya Parker
The Age Of AI by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt and Daniel Huttenlocher
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B Rosenberg, PhD
The Chimp Paradox by Dr Steve Peters
Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
On Becoming A Leader by Warren Bennis