![]() ![]() The classic book about how to persuade people to do things, how to defend against persuasion attempts, and the underlying evidence. A masterpiece of evidence-based management - the strongest argument I know that "the big things are the little things.Ģ. The Progress Principleby Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer. but you can read the whole thing in 20 or 30 minutes), then you probably won't like most of these books.ġ. So, if your kind of business book is The One Minute Manager (which frankly, I like too. This runs counter to the belief in the business book world at the moment that people will only buy and read books that are very short and simple – and have just one idea. I lean toward books that have real substance beneath them. Many on the list are research based, others tell detailed stories, and only two are quick reads ( Orbiting the Giant Hairball and Parkinson’s Law). After all, some 11,000 business books are published in the United States every year. I have expanded it to 12 books this year and, even with that, I left out many of my favorites – and probably many of yours as well. I just updated the list over at LinkedIn and have included it here as well. These are books that have taught me much about people, teams, and organizations - while at the same time - provide useful guidance (if sometimes indirectly) about what it takes to lead well versus badly. I have been maintaining – and occasionally updating - a list of “Books Every Leader Should Read” on this Work Matters blog since 2011. ![]()
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