Looking for a Great Leadership Read to Take on Vacation?
It’s that time of year. Vacation time means reading catch-up time for many leaders. If that’s true for you, you may be wondering what to take with you.
If it’s a struggle to know where to start, we could hardly blame you. Amazon lists over 70,000 titles when you search for leadership books. If you narrow your search to books published just this year alone, you’ll have 9000 titles to browse!
If you haven’t read any of the following, we’ll begin with three of our recommended titles from our coaching practice:
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How successful people become even more successful by Marshall Goldsmith.
”Marshall Goldsmith's expertise is in helping global leaders overcome their unconscious annoying habits and become more successful. His one-on-one coaching comes with a six-figure price tag - but in this book, you get his great advice for much less. Recently named as one of the world's five most-respected executive coaches by Forbes, he has worked with over 100 major CEOs and their management teams at the world's top businesses.”12 Steps to Power Presence: How to Assert Your Authority to Lead by John Baldoni
”Acclaimed author, speaker, and coach John Baldoni maintains that “leadership presence” is a form of communication, which therefore can be learned.Ultimately, 12 Steps to Power Presence will guide you through the process of discovering, developing, and delivering on the most impactful leadership trait within your control: your presence.”Managing the Moment: A Leader's Guide to Building Executive Presence One Interaction at a Time by Lisa Parker
”Managing the Moment explores the relationship between effective leadership and one’s style and presence. With humor, insight, and practicality, Lisa Parker demonstrates clearly that every interaction contributes to the way leaders are perceived. She makes the case for how and why leaders should manage every moment. You’ll see that the reason to strengthen your professional presence is not just about you; it’s about your team, your relationships, and the health of your business. Using fascinating and relevant case studies and real-life examples, Lisa Parker takes the mystery out of developing professional presence and offers dozens of dynamic tools, tips and guidelines to create the kind of presence you want to create.”
New Noteworthy Titles for 2022
If you’re looking for something just published, check out these three titles from best-selling leadership authors:
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward by Dan Pink.
(Named a Must-Read of 2022 by Forbes, Newsweek, and Goodreads).
“Drawing on research in social psychology, neuroscience, and biology, Pink debunks the myth of the “no regrets” philosophy of life. And using the largest sampling of American attitudes about regret ever conducted as well as his own World Regret Survey—which has collected regrets from more than 15,000 people in 105 countries—he lays out the four core regrets that each of us has. These deep regrets offer compelling insights into how we live and how we can find a better path forward.”Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown. (A #1 New York Times Bestseller)
“Over the past two decades, Brown’s extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives. Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as on Brown’s singular skills as a storyteller, to show us how accurately naming an experience doesn’t give the experience more power, it gives us the power of understanding, meaning, and choice.”Trust & Inspire by Stephen M. R. Covey
(A top selling 2022 leadership book on Amazon)
“Covey argues we must shift from a “command and control” to a “trust and inspire” leadership model. Trusting and inspiring your team is defined by commitment from both sides, with a focus on effectiveness and fostering a growth mindset. It is based on the belief that employees are creative, collaborative, and full of potential; through trust, you can inspire them to do their best work.”
Still looking?
In the following video, Rick Kettner offers his top 10 leadership books, explaining why each book made the list. This short clip offers a great preview to each title to help you decide.
You can access the book links mentioned in the clip above via: https://rickkettner.com/the-10-best-leadership-books/. While there, check out his really well-organized website which includes book lists, summaries, and monthly book highlight clips. His podcast and YouTube channel are worth subscribing to if you are an avid reader in search of recommended business books.
Happy summer reading!