Top 100 Best Books for Managers, Leaders & Humans (part 2)

part 1: 1-25 | part 2: 25-50 | part 3: 50-75 | part 4: 75-100 | blog post+description

Nr Title / Author(s) / Tags
26
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Malcolm Gladwell (economics, networking effects, sociology, competition)
27
First Things First

Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (time management, self-help, employment)
28
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

Peter M. Senge (systems thinking, organizational learning, management)
29
A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age

Daniel H. Pink (business, creativity, thinking, cognitive psychology)
30
Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques – 2nd Edition

Michael Michalko (creative thinking, imagination, business, decision-making)
31
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Seth Godin (marketing, leadership, community, motivational, networking)
32
The Leadership Challenge

James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner (leadership, professional development, personal growth)
33
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

Roger Fisher, Bruce M. Patton, William L. Ury (negotiation, business, brainstorm, conflict, influence)
34
Getting Past No

William Ury (negotiation, collaboration, conflict resolution, improvement)
35
Developing the Leader Within You

John C. Maxwell (business leadership, self control)
36
Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: Getting Good People to Stay

Beverly Kaye, Sharon Jordan-Evans (effective management, employee engagement, management)
37
The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter

Juanita Brown, etc. (conversation, facilitation, dialogue, team building)
38
Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes – Revised 25th Anniversary Edition

William Bridges (change, transition, personal transformation, leadership)
39
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More

Chris Anderson (internet marketing, consumer behavior, business)
40
Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization

Ken Blanchard (business, empowerment, inspirational, leadership)
41
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t

Robert I. Sutton (management, leadership, workplace, abuse, business)
42
Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box

The Arbinger Institute (leadership, self awareness, relationships, management)
43
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

The Arbinger Institute (peace, conflict resolution, relationships, leadership)
44
The Power of Full Engagement

Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz (leadership, personal development, self improvement)
45
The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn (leadership, business, motivational, relationship building)
46
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

John Medina (brain science, education, business, success, learning)
47
Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas

Seth Godin (marketing, ideas, business, internet, customer service)
48
Winning

Jack Welch, Suzy Welch (leadership, business, management, success)
49
The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker’s Essential Writings on Management

Peter F. Drucker (effective management)
50
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life

Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander (leadership, inspiration, innovation, coaching)

























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