My Top 10 Leadership Books of All Time (8-10)

My Top 10 Leadership Books of All Time (8-10)

Are you beginning to love reading as much as I do? Or maybe you’ve been a reader for a long time. Either way, I’m so glad you’re here with me today as I finish up my top 10 leadership books with numbers 8, 9 and 10.

If you are just joining us, you can find the links to the rest of my top 10 books here, here, and here.

 

 

Session Recap

  • Book #8: Creating Your Personal Life Plan by Michael Hyatt
    • Hyatt wrote this great ebook as a workbook, which is designed to be read multiple times, not just once through.
    • The purpose and the result of working through Hyatt’s questions allows a leader to create a vision statement for both their life and then their business.
  • Book #9: Tuesday’s with Morrie by Mitch Albom
    • I love this book. Based on the true story of Mitch Albom, who reconnects with an old professor (Morrie) after learning he has cancer. As a reader, you feel like a fly on the wall in Morrie’s living room as Mitch asks him some of life’s toughest questions. And Morrie, with compassion, boldness, and perspective, shares some of life’s most valuable lessons.
    • One of my favorite quotes from this book: “Part of the problem, Mitch, is that everyone is in such a hurry,” Morrie said. “People haven’t found meaning in their lives, so they’re running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those things are empty, too, and they keep running.”
  • Book #10: The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
    • This book is a must read for any leader who is directly responsible for a team or group of individuals.
    • In typical Lencioni form, he shares a parable which highlights the common dysfunctions every team will face and how to lead through those dysfunctions in order to create a great team environment.

 

Game Plan

What leadership books are in your top 10? Take some time to narrow it down.

Then over the next two years, I’d encourage you to re-read them. Re-reading reminds you of key lessons and principles but also offers different takeaways since you are in a different season of life than when you first read it.

Leave a comment below with your top 10 leadership books. Let’s allow reading to shape our personal leadership development together.

 

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My Top 10 Leadership Books of All Time (6-7)

My Top 10 Leadership Books of All Time (6-7)

 

President Harry S. Truman said, “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” And I agree with him. Effective leaders read. Therefore, every so often I’m going to share some of the books that I have been reading and have found to be instrumental in my leadership journey.

A few months ago, I shared my top 5 leadership books of all time (you can find those here and here.) And over the next two leadership training sessions, I am going to expand upon that list to give you my top 10 leadership books of all time. Today, we’re talking about books number 6 and 7.

 

 

 

Session Recap

  • Book #6: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
    • Carnegie marvelously gets down to the heart of effective influence and, therefore, effective leadership.
    • If I had to sum this book in one sentence it would be the “Golden Rule”: “Treat others as you would want to be treated.” This is an obvious and maybe even overused statement, and yet one that most leaders in this world don’t live by.
  • Book #7: 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
    • In this book, like many of Maxwell’s other books, he gives key takeaways and practical steps on how to apply each law or principle to your leadership. This approach works great for spending a week or even a month focusing on just one of the laws. Then afterward, you can focus on the next one.
    • One of my favorite quotes from this book: “The proof of leadership is found in the followers.”

 

Game Plan

Here’s the plan for today: Choose one book that will help you along your leadership journey (it doesn’t have to be on this list.) Just any book on leadership. Then, make a goal to finish it this next month.

Let’s make that a little easier to break down: If you select a 200 page book and read only 7 pages a day you will complete it in less than a month. At that rate, you could read at least 12 books in a year.

Last, let me know how you’re doing. Leave a comment here or on social media and tell me what you’re reading. I’d love to encourage you along the way. Or, if you need a recommendation, send me a message or an email. Now, let’s get reading!

 

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