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Suggested Reading

Jim's Top 10: Books that should be on everyone's bookshelf.

· Good to Great, Jim Collins
· Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
· The Power of Focus, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt
· MBA In A Box, Joel Kurtzman with Glenn & Victoria Griffith
· The Fifth Discipline, Field book, Peter Senge

· Who Moved My Cheese: Spencer Johnson, M.D
· Emotional Intelligence, Danial Goleman
· Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, and Charles Burck
 
 · Leading Change, John P. Kotter
· Built to Last, Jim Collins

   

 

Jim White’s Recommended Book List

My list is not in any order of priority and is not intended to be a complete list. I will add and delete books from time to time. If you do not see the book that fits your need, send me an email with your request.
Thank you! ~Jim


· The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren

· Good to Great, Jim Collins

· Communion with God, Neal Donald Walsch

· The Eye of The I, David R. Hawkins, MD, PHD

· The Power of Focus, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt

· Nonviolent Communications, Lucy Leu

· MBA In A Box, Joel Kurtzman with Glenn & Victoria Griffith

· The Fifth Discipline, Field book, Peter Senge

· Leading Change, John P. Kotter

· The Power of Full Engagement, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz

· Built to Last, Jim Collins

· Who Moved My Cheese: Spencer Johnson, M.D.

· Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, and Charles Burck

· Difficult Conservations, Douglas Stone, et al

· Emotional Intelligence, Danial Goleman

· The Essential Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks

· Fierce Conservations, Susan Scott

· Leadership and the Art of Conservation, Kim H. Krisco

· Leadership From The Inside Out, Kevin Cashman

· Learned Optimism, Martin E.P. Seligman

· Living Your Best Life, Laura Berman Fortgang

· The Art of Possibility, Rosamund Stone Zander

· The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, Debbie Ford

· Knowledge for Action, Chris Argyris

· The Leadership Challenge, Kouzes and Posner

· The Journey of Adulthood, Helen L. Bee

· The Loyalty Effect: The Hidden Force Behind Growth, Profits, and Lasting Value,
                   Frederick  Reichheld

· The Real Reason People Won’t Change, Robert Kegan, Lisa Lahey, Harvard Business Review,                     11/2001

· The Seat of the Soul, Gary Zukav

· Family First, Dr. Phil McGraw

· Holding the Center, Richard Strozzi Heckler

· Power of Intentions, Wayne Dyer

· There is a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, Wayne Dyer

· The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni

· Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You Can Learn from Their Mistakes, Sidney Finkelstein

· The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth,
       Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor

· Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, Stephen R. Covey

· The 8th Habit, Stephen R. Covey

· Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, Jim Collins and Jerry Porras

· Leadership is an Art, Max DePree

· Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich

· Death By Meeting: A Leadership Fable…About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business,          Patrick Lencioni

· The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, Patrick Lencioni

· The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni

· There’s No Such Thing as ‘Business’ Ethics: There’s Only One Rule for Making Decisions,
             John C. Maxwell

· The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John C. Maxwell

· Flawed Advice and the Management Trap: How Managers Can Know When They’re Getting Good Advice and When They’re Not, Chris Argyris

· How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation,
              Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey

· Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together, William Isaacs

· Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity, David Whyte

· Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results,
              Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, and John Christensen

· The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle Hardened Guide For Anyone Starting Anything,
                Guy Kawasaki

· Right From the Start: Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role, Dan Ciampa and Michael Watkins

· The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management, Tom Demarco

· Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving With Grace, Gordon MacKenzie

· Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy,
                  Stephen Barley and Gideon Kunda

· Branding: The 6 Easy Steps, Dave Dunn

· The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell

· The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR, Al Ries and Laura Ries

· Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069, William Strauss and Neil Howe

· The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations, James Surowiecki

· The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living, Randy Komisar

· Jack: Straight from the Gut, Jack Welch and John A. Byrne

· A Bias for Action: How Effective Managers Harness Their Willpower, Achieve Results, and Stop Wasting Time, Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghoshal

· The Lazy Way to Success: How to Do Nothing and Accomplish Everything, Fred Gratzon

· Myth of Excellence: Why Great Companies Never Try to Be the Best at Everything,
                  Fred Crawford and Ryan Mathews

· Leading From the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition, Dennis Perkins, Margaret Holtman, and Paul Kessler

· Competing for the Future, Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad

· Selling to VITO (The Very Important Top Officer), Anthony Parinello

· The Way the World Works, June Wanniski

· How to Grow When Markets Don’t, Adrian Slywotzky, Richard Wise and Karl Weber

· The Death of Competition: Leadership and Strategy in the Age of Business Ecosystems,
                  James Moore

· Around the Corporate Campfire, Evelyn Clark

· Technology Paradise Lost: Why Companies Will Spend Less to Get More From Information Technology, Erik Keller

· First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently,
               Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

· War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges

· Only the Paranoid Survive, Andrew Grove

· Solution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets, Michael T. Bosworth

· Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty Is Priceless: How to Make Customers Love You, Keep Them Coming Back and Tell Everyone They Know, Jeffrey Gitomer

· Swimming with the Sharks, Harvey MacKay


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