Favorite Books

By: Book Club Manager

September 1, 2009

There are millions of them!

It’s phenomenal! And overwhelming.

One on one clients, workshop and retreat participants often ask us to help narrow the field in a particular category.

First we just told them. Then offered it as a handout. Here’s our list of time tested favorites by category.

A Whack on the Side of the Head: How to Unlock Your Mind for Innovation, by Roger von Oech
Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity, by John Kao
What A Great Idea!, by Charles “Chic” Thompson

301 Ways to Have Fun at Work, by Dave Hemsath & Leslie Yerkes
Don’t Fire Them, Fire Them Up, by Frank Pacetta
Fish!, by Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul & John Christensen
Getting Employees To Fall In Love With Your Company, by Jim Harris
Gung Ho!, by Ken Blanchard
Leadership and The One Minute Manager,
Lincoln on Leadership, by Donald Phillips
The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael Gerber
The One Minute Manager, by Kenneth Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
The One Minute Manager Builds High Performing Teams, by Kenneth Blanchard, Donald Carew & Eunice Parisi-Carew
The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey, by Kenneth Blanchard, William Oncken, Jr. & Hal Burrows
Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment, by William Byham

75 Cage Rattling Questions to Change the Way You Work, by Dick Whitney
101 Ways to Make Meetings Active: Surefire Ways to Engage Your Group, by Mel Silberman
How to Make Meetings Work, by Michael Doyle & David Straus

Getting Past No: Negotiating Your Way from Confrontation to Cooperation, by William Ury
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, by Roger Fisher & William Ury

7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders, by Stephen Covey
First Things First, by Stephen Covey
Fish!, by Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul & John Christensen
Following Through: A Revolutionary New Model for Finishing Whatever You Start, by Steve Levinson and Pete Greider
LIFEBALANCE, by Linda and Richard Eyre
Take Time for Your Life, by Cheryl Richardson
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Managing Your Time, by Jeff Davidson
Timelock: How Life Got So Hectic and What You Can Do About It, by Ralph Keyes
Time Management for Dummies, by Jeffrey Mayer
Time Management: Get More Done with Less Stress by Efficiently Managing Your Time, by Marshall Cook