Business Book Club List: By Title
2009-2020
Title
2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, and
KeepSolution:
Tomorrow’s
Employees
Today by
Jeanne C.byMeister
& Karie
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52 Weekly
Networking
Strategies
Ivan Misner
4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris
5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There Never Is
Enough Time by Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram
th
8 Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen R. Covey
A Guide for the Perplexed by E.F. Schumacher
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by
Year Read
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Daniel Pink
Adaptability: How to Survive Change You Didn’t Ask For by M.J. Ryan
2015
Age of the Unthinkable by Joshua Cooper Ramo
All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive
Big Results by Adrian Gostick.
2009
2014
Answering the Three Career Questions: Your Lifetime Career
Management System by Bruce Blackstone Hazen
2019
Art of Explanation: Making Your Ideas, Products and Services Easier
to Understand by Lee LeFever
Art of Profitability by Adrian Slywotzky
Art of War by Sun Tzu
As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results by James Clear
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and
Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim
Boring Meetings SUCK: Get More Out of Your Meetings, or Get OUT
of Meetings by Jon Petz
Business Model Generation by Osterwalder & Oigneur
Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad’s Guide to Financial Freedom by
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Robert Kiyosaki
Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations
and Inspires Innovation by Tim Brown.
Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for
Leadership,
LifeSmall
by Marilee
Adams,
Company
of Coaching,
One: Why and
Staying
Is the Next
BigPhD
Thing for
Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp
Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy Back into Your
Work and Life by Tania Katan
Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high by Kerry
Patterson, et al
De Bono’s Thinking Course by Edward de Bono
Delivering Profitable Value: A Revolutionary Framework to
Do More Great Work: Stop the busywork, and start the work that
matters by Michael Bungay Stanier
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H.
Pink
Edge Strategy: A New Mindset for Profitable Growth by Alan Lewis
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ by Daniel
Goldman
E-Myth Manager: Why Management Doesn’t Work by Michael Gerber
E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What
to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the
Trenches by Dave Ramsey
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
Executive’s Compass: Business and the Good Society by James
Year Read
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2018
2016
2010
2014
2010
2015
2018
2011
O’Toole
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win by Jocko
Fail-Safe Leadership: Straight Talk About Correcting the Leadership
Challenges in Your Organization by Martin and Mutchler
Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation by Sally
2016
2013
2013
Hogshead
Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation by Sally
Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
2012
2016
From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable
Leadership by Eikenberry and Harris
2013
From Selling to Serving: The Essence of Client Creation by Lou Cassara
Future of Success by Robert Reich (2002 paperback version)
2018
2017
2010
2009
Genius Machine: The 11 Steps That Turn Raw Ideas into Brilliance
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David
Allen
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David
Allen
2010
Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt – 30th Anniversary Edition
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by
2017
2012
Richard Rumelt
Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen
Great Game of Business: Unlocking the Power and Profitability by
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically by Harvard Business Press
Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—and How
It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
How to Read a Book by Mortimer Adler
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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Identity Code by Laurence Ackerman
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
Year Read
2012
2010
2010
Inside Advantage: The Strategy That Unlocks the Hidden Growth in
Your Business by Robert Bloom
It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead,… Morton L. Mandel
Leadership Conversations: Challenging High Potential Managers to
Become
by Alan
S. Berson
Let
Go toGreat
Grow:Leaders
Why Some
Businesses
Thrive and Others Fail to
2011
Reach Their Potential by Doug and Polly White
2017
Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness by
Jeffrey Gitomer
Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More by Chris
Made to Stick by Chip Heath
Make Your Mark: The Creative’s Guide to Building a Business with
Impact edited by Jocelyn K. Glei
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
2012
Medici Effect by Frans Johansson
Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley
Mind Maps for Business: Revolutionise Your Business Thinking &
Practice by Tony Buzan and Chris Griffiths
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
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2017
2011
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz
Wiseman with Greg McKeown
Navigating the Growth Curve by James Fischer
Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazi
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as If Your Life Depended on It
No More Excuses: The Five Accountabilities for Personal and
Organizational Growth by Sam Silverstein
Off-Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth to
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William
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Zinsse
ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary
Results by Gary Keller
On-Purpose Business: Doing More of What You Do Best More
Profitably by Kevin W. McCarthy
On-Purpose Person: Making Your Life Make Sense by Kevin W.
2016
2016
2013
McCarthy
Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative
Thinking by Roger Martin
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Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational
Accountability by Connors, Smith, Hickman
Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life by Jim Benson and
Year Read
2013
2016
Tonianne DeMaria Barry
Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by
Daniel Goleman, et al
Productivity Project by Chris Bailey
Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by
Susan Cain
2011
2009
2019
2017
2011
2017
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by
Kim Scott
Reality Check by Guy Kawasaki
2020
Reality-Based Leadership by Cy Wakeman
Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace by Cy Wakeman
2017
Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
2019
2015
Simplicity: The New Competitive Answer in a World of More,
Better, Faster by Bill Jensen
Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono
Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big by
Small Message, Big Impact: The Elevator Speech Effect by Terru
Sjodin
Snap Selling: Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Today’s
Frazzled Customers by Jill Konrath
Soup: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture by Jon Gordon
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
by Simon Sinek
Steal the Show from Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing
Pitches by Michael Port
Stop Setting Goals If You Would Rather Solve Problems by Bobb Biehl
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath
Systems Bible: The Beginner’s Guide to Systems Large and Small by
John Gall
The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain
World by Peter Schwartz
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More, and Change the Way You
Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier
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The Five Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your
Potential by John C. Maxwell
The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
The Manager’s Book of Decencies: How Small Gestures Build Great
Companies by Steve Harrison
The Small Business Life Cycle: The No-Fluff Guide to Navigating the
Five Stages of Small Business Growth by Charlie Gilkey
The Three Value Conversations by Erik Peterson, et al
Year Read
2019
2018
2018
2019
2018
Thin Book of Trust: An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work
2013
by Charles Feltman
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
2011
Think Big Manifesto: Think You Can’t Change Your Life (and the
World)? Think Again by Michael Port and Mina Samuels
Thinkertoys by Michael Michalko
This Is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See by Seth
Godin
To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth about Motivating Others by
Daniel Pink
Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman
2012
Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals,
Teams, and Organizations by Michael K. Simpson
Value-Added Employee: 31 Competencies to Make Yourself
Irresistible to Any Company by Edward J. Cripe, Richard S. Mansfield
What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
2020
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by
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2015
2012
2019
2011
Steven Johnson
Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and
How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and
Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy—Until You’re 80 and
Beyond by Chris Crowley
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