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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

Douglas Stone, Bruce Patterson, Sheila Heen, Roger Fisher

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

Organizational Learning and Performance: The Science and Practice of Building a Learning Culture

The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations

James M. Kouzes

The Disney Story: Chronicling the Man, the Mouse, & the Parks

Aaron H. Goldberg

Leading By Design: The Ikea Story

Bertil Torekull and Ingvar Kamprad

Jonathan Mantle

A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle

Julian T. Jackson

The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

Einstein: His life and universe

Freedom at midnight

The undoing project

The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company

Indra Nooyi: A biography

The Churchill factor

Stalin: a political biography

Becoming steve jobs

Walking with the wind

Promises to keep: on life and politics

The auto biography of Malcolm X

The uniform of Leadership

A higher loyalty

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Call sign chaos: Learning to lead

Churchill: Walking with destiny

A promised land

Leadership vs. Management - What it means to make a difference

Diagnosing a Broken Culture -- and What to Do About It

Vibhas Ratanjee and Ed O’Boyle

Anemic Employee Engagement Points to Leadership Challenges

Worldwide, 13% of Employees Are Engaged at Work

Only One in 10 People Possess the Talent to Manage

The great debaters

Schindler’s list

Enron: the smartest guys in the room

The devil wears prada

Dead poets society

Bicycle thieves

Coco before Chanel

Lawrence of Arabia

The Kings Speech

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall

Report: State of the American Workplace

The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Learn to Lead from the Inside Out

Dana Maor, Hans-Werner Kaas, Kurt Strovink, Ramesh Srinivasan

Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management

Henry mintzberg, Joseph Lampel, Bruce W. Ahlstrand

Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development

Henry Mintzberg

Ethics, character, and authentic transformational leadership behavior

Bernard M. Bass and Paul Steidlmeier

Leadership and performance beyond expectations

Bernard M. Bass

Ethical leadership: A review and future directions

Michael Brown and Linda K. Trevino

Lee Kuan Yew: The Man and His Ideas

Han Fook Kwong, Warren Fernandez, Sumiko Tan

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

In good company

In good company

Novartis CEO: Medical Innovation, Tech Partnerships, and European Competitiveness

Novartis CEO: Medical Innovation, Tech Partnerships, and European Competitiveness

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More

Jefferson Fisher

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life

Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

A Different Kind of Power

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Oliver Burkeman

The Let Them Theory

Rules of Management: The Definitive Guide to Managerial Success

Richard Templar

Best Story Wins: Storytelling for business success: An Economist Edge book

Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit

Master Your Next Move: The Essential Companion to The First 90 Days

Michael D. Watkins

You’re the Boss: Become the Manager You Want to Be

Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece

The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck

David Spiegelhalter

How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

The Courage to Be Disliked: A single book can change your life

Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine

Lawrence Freedman

Strategy: A History

Lawrence Freedman

The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age

Love, Hope and Leadership: A Special Edition

The Soil of Leadership: Cultivating the Conditions for Transformation

On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century

Leading Through: Activating the Soul, Heart, and Mind of Leadership

Leadership Through Self-Improvement: Practical Cases for Motivation and Success: How Real-Life Examples and Personal Growth Help You Become an Inspiring Leader and Motivate Your Team

Never Lead Alone: 10 Shifts from Leadership to Teamship

Keith Ferrazzi, Paul Hill

Leadership: Top 25 Leadership Skills Used by Team Leaders to Influence, Communicate and Inspire

William Roberts

The Common Sense Way: A New Way to Think About Leading and Organizing

Why Great Managers Are So Rare

Jim Harter Ph.D.

Marcus Aurelius

Carl von Clausewitz

The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

William N. Thorndike Jr.

Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

Stillness is the key

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

Ego is the enemy

The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

Camille Fournier

The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well

Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow's Success

John C. Maxwell

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential

John C. Maxwell

Winning With People : Discover the People Principles That Work for You Every Time

John C. Maxwell

Leadership 101: What every Leader needs to know

John C. Maxwell

The 360 degree leader: Developing your influence from anywhere in the organisation

John C. Maxwell

Failing forward: Turning mistakes into stepping stones for success

John C. Maxwell

How Successful People think: Change your thinking, change your life

John C. Maxwell

Developing the Leader within you

John C. Maxwell

On becoming a leader

Bass and Stogdill’s handbook of leadership: Theory, research and managerial applications

Bernard M. Bass

Leadership vs. Management: What’s the Difference?

Leadership Epistemology

Bret N. Bogenschneider, et al.

Measure What Matters

The Book of Leadership Wisdom: Classic Writings by Legendary Business Leaders

Andrew S. Grove

Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points that Challenge Every Company and Career

Andrew S. Grove

High Output Management

Andrew S. Grove

Skilful Coping with Unorder: Educating
21st Century Arts Leadership

Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World

Kenneth Manders

What VUCA really means for you

Nate Bennett, James Lemoine

Everything is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer

Duncan J. Watts

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Rönnlund

My Love/Hate Relationship with VUCA

Roger L. Martin

How I built this

Take command: A Dale Carnegie Podcast

A bit of optimism

People Managing People

The Learning Leader show

The Ed Mylett Show

The Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast

HBR’s IdeaCast

The Dairy of a CEO

Steven Bartlett

Google reWork - Guides

Harvard Business Review Manager's Handbook: The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

Peter F. Drucker

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

FYI: For Your Improvement - Competencies Development Guide, 6th Edition

Michael M. Lombardo

The Execution Trap

Roger L. Martin

Only 8% of Leaders are good at both strategy and execution

Paul Leinwand, Cesare R. Mainardi, Art Kleiner

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Successful Executive's Handbook

Susan H. Gebelein

Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual

Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

Henry Cloud, John Townsend

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know

Malcom Gladwell

The Lean Manufacturing Pocket Handbook

Kenneth W. Dailey

Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success -- and How You Can Too

Andrew Savitz, Karl Weber

Lean Six Sigma for Service : How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transactions

Michael L. George

Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

Decision Making and Problem Solving Strategies: Learn Key Problem Solving Strategies; Sharpen Your Creative Thinking Skills; Make Effective Decisions

The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win

Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

What makes a Leader

Do mission and vision lead to profits?

8 Logical Fallacies That Mess Us All Up

Modern Morality and Ancient Ethics

7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose

The most important leadership competencies, according to leaders around the world

Every Leader Needs to Navigate These 7 Tensions

Jennifer Jordan, Michael Wade and Elizabeth Teracino

Spotlight on types of Leadership Styles

Rebecca Hourston

Why Do Incompetent Managers Get Promoted?

Why the Most Productive People Don’t Always Make the Best Managers

Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman

15 Things Effective Leaders Do With Extreme Consistency

The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

Masters of Uncertainty: The Navy SEAL Way to Turn Stress into Success for You and Your Team

Crucibles of Leadership

by Warren Bennis and Robert J. Thomas

The seven archetypes of leadership (and the gaps that get in the way of greatness)

Look to military history for lessons in crisis leadership

Marc Feigen, Benjamin Wallach and Anton Warendh

Moral Ambition: How to Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference

The Leadership Accelerator: The Playbook for Transitioning into Your New Executive Role

The Answer is a Question: The Missing Superpower that Changes Everything and Will Transform Your Impact as a Manager and Leader

Laura Ashley-Timms, Dominic Ashley Timms

Leadership : Six Studies in World Strategy

Henry Kissinger

The Unicorn Project

The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

Richard Branson

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Building a story brand

Leadership: A Critical Text

The Journey Beyond Fear: Leverage the Three Pillars of Positivity to Build Your Success

The science of storytelling

What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence

Stephen A. Schwarzman

Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint: How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas

Christopher Witt, Dale Fetherling

Leadership ohne Blabla: Wahrnehmen – Zuhören – Entscheiden

Christian Lagger

The Ride of a lifetime

Bob Iger, Joel Lovell

Navigating Disruption With RUPT: An Alternative to VUCA

David Magellan Horth

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Skin in the game

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Thinking In Systems: A Primer

Donella H. Meadows

Cynefin - Weaving Sense-Making into the Fabric of Our World

Dave Snowden, Zhen Goh

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

William Zinsser

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market

Michael Treacy, Fred Wiersema

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

Strategy that works

Paul Leinwand, Cesare R. Mainardi

Principles: Life and work

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

What is leadership?

Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge

Working Successfully with Screwed-Up People

Elizabeth B. Brown

Making Questions work

Dorothy Strachan

Kann mir bitte jemand das Wasser reichen?: Eine kurze Geschichte der Arroganz

influence without authority

Allan R. Cohen, David L. Bradford

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

The Workplace Curiosity Manifesto : How Curiosity Helps Individuals and Workspaces Thrive in Transformational Times

Stefaan van Hooydonk

Simply Managing: What Managers Do # and Can Do Better

Henry Mintzberg

Act like a leader, think like a leader

Herminia Ibarra

High Performing Organisation: An inspiring and practical handbook for leaders and employees on fostering a culture of engagement, effectiveness and empathy

The trusted advisor

David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, Robert M. Galford

Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen

Cultures and Organisations

The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert M. Sapolsky

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

The One Minute Manager

Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Sheryl Sandberg

Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors

Michael E. Porter

Strength Finder 2.0

Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant

W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Malcolm Gladwell

Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

The Lean Startup

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

The 48 Laws of Power

Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

Amy C. Edmondson

The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

Amy C. Edmondson

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

Michael Bungay Stanier

The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity

Kim Malone Scott

The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels

Michael D. Watkins

No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

Kerry Patterson, Stephen R. Covey, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You

John C. Maxwell

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Stephen R. Covey

How to win friends and influence people

The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything

Stephen R. Covey

Niccolò Machiavelli

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

The five dysfunctions of a team

Patrick Lencioni

The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential

The Fearless organisation

Amy C. Edmondson

Nine lies about work

Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall

The Leadership Pipeline: Developing Leaders in the Digital Age

Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James L. Noel, Kent Jonasen

On grand strategy

John Lewis Gaddis

Leadership: Theory and Practice (9th edition)

Peter G. Northouse

Trillion Dollar Coach

The infinite game

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

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