Top Leadership and Management Book Recommendations
I’ve asked my network via LinkedIn and Facebook which 3 books they would recommend founders to improve their leadership and management skills.
I’ve aggregated all recommendations and sorted them (roughly) by the number of mentions and likes. Here we go:
The hard thing about hard things; Building a business when there are no easy answers by Ben Horowitz
Suggested by Jonas Weber, Malte Gosau, Igor Kostyuchenok , Maximilian Birner , Jaap Dekter, Tim von Toerne, Paul Jozefak, Michael Oschmann, Ertan Can, Finn Age Hänsel , Michael Schrezenmaier +4 Likes
Principles by Ray Dalio
Suggested by Christian Schroeder, Dr. Darren Obrigkeit, Robert Kindermann, Alexander Tezlaw, Mike Mahlkow, Jasper Masemann, Andreas Thorstensson, Miguel Vicente +8 Likes
High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove
Suggested by Mike Mahlkow, Paul Jozefak, Felix Petersen, Andreas Thorstensson
Zero to One by Thiel and Master
Suggested by Finn Age Hänsel, Hanan Lavy, Stefan.R, David Rudolph
How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie
Suggested by Carlo Metz, Paul Jozefak, Matthias Eireiner, Joel Kaczmarek
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass boss without losing your humanity by Kim Scott
Suggested by Chedva Kleinhandler, Mike Mahlkow
Measure What Matters by John Doerr
Suggested by Iskender Dirik , Miguel Vicente
Step Up by Evans, Foster, Moore
Suggested by Florian Bankoley +4 Likes
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Suggested by Marc Mogalle +3 Likes
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Suggested by Chakra Banerjee +2 Likes
The Big Five for Life by John Strelecky
Suggested by Fabian Beiner +2 Likes
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Suggested by Francesco Stasi + 2 Likes
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Suggested by Fritz Lensch +2 Likes
Annual letters to Shareholders by Jeff Bezos
Suggested by Marcus Polke +2 Likes
Leaders eat last by Simon Sinek
Suggested by Fabian Beiner +1 Like
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Suggested by Nikolas Samios +1 Like
The Master Coach: Leading with Character, Building Connections, and Engaging in Extraordinary Conversations by Gregg Thompson
Suggested by Arnd Simon +1 Like
Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King & Halee Fischer- Wright
Suggested by Anthony Hsiao +1 Like
The art of leadership by J.Donald Walters
Suggested by Max Niederhofer
The Other “F”Word: How Smart Leaders, Teams and Enterpreneurs Put Failure to Work by John Danner and Mark Coopersmith
Suggested by Christian Geckeis
Managing Performing Living: Effective Management for a New World by Fredmund Malik
Suggested by Anthony Hsiao
Creative Confidence by The Blokerhead
Suggested by Tanay Tripathi
The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle
Suggested by Alexander Tezlaw
Napoleon by Alexander Dumas
Suggested by Alexander Tezlaw
Lost and Founder by Rand Fishkin
Suggested by Chedva Kleinhandler
Powerful by Patti McCord
Suggested by Chedva Kleinhandler
How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie
Suggested by Philips Dipner, Paul Josefak, Matthias Eireiner, Joel Kaczmarek,
The 7 Habits of highly effective people: powerful lessons in personal change by Stephen R.Covey
Suggested by Peter Jaegen
Built to last by Jim Collins
Suggested by Jasper Masemann
Getting things done by David Allen
Suggested by Jasper Masemann
Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
Suggested by Kai Panitzki
The score takes care of itselt: my philosophy of leadership by Bill Walsh
Suggested by Andreas Thorstensson
The team formula by Flint and Vinberg Hearn
Suggested by Noel Zeh
How to lie with statistics by Darrell Huff
Suggested by Miguel Vicente
Start with why by Simon Sinek
Suggested by Stephan Jacquemot
Powerful by Patty McCord
Suggested by Magdalena Rogl
Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
Suggested by Magdalena Rogl
Thrive by Arianna Huffington
Suggested by Magdalena Rogl
The neuroscience of Leadership Coaching by Patricia Bossons
Suggested by Magdalena Rogl
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Suggested by Heiko Willers
The art of happiness by Epicurus
Suggested by Heiko Willers
Willpower: Rediscovering our Greatest Strength by Roy F. Baumeister
Suggested by Heiko Willers
The Coaching Habit say less, ask more & change the way you lead forever by Michael Bungay Stanier
Suggested by Matthias Ehrhardt
Co-active coaching by Karen Kimsey- House
Suggested by Matthias Ehrhardt
What to ask the person in the mirror by Robert Steven Kaplan
Suggested by Matthias Ehrhardt
The science of self-discipline by Peter Hollings
Suggested by Matthias Ehrhardt
The why Café by John Strelecky
Suggested by Michael Schrezenmaier
Success and Luck by Robert H. Frank
Suggested by Jonas Krauspe
Extreme Ownership by Jocki Willink
Suggested by Jaroslav Blaha
Turn the Ship Around! By L.David Marquet
Suggested by Florian Bankoley
Leading by Alex Ferguson
Suggested by Can Koseoglu
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
Suggested by Ömer Can Küçükdere
The New Normal by Peter Hinssen
Suggested by Jonas Weber
Capital by Thomas Piketty
Suggested by Jonas Weber
Invisible Giants by Lindsay Levin
Suggested by Fritz Lensch
Give and Take by Adam Grant
Suggested by Sebastian R.
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Suggested by Sebastian R.
Getting Past NO by Willian Ury
Suggested by Sebastian R.
High Growth Playbook by Elad Gil
Suggested by Andre Lutter
Nineteen Stars: A Study in Military Character and Leadership by Edgar Puryear
Suggested by Andrew Casey
Github Team Handbook
Suggested by Philipp Laurim
