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 plus a few recent editions.
We hope you’ll support your local bookstore by purchasing from them. But if you’d like to order online, click on the category names and you’ll find direct links for easy ordering through Amazon.
- 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
- How to Win Customers and Keep Them For Life, by Michael LeBoeuf
- In Search of Excellence, by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman
- Moments of Magic, by Shep Hyken
- Passion for Excellence, by Tom Peters and Nancy Austin
- The Customer Comes Second, by Hal Rosenbluth
- The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael Gerber
- The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey, by Oncken and Blanchard
- Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment, by William Byham
- 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
- Creating Competitive Advantage: Give Customers a Reason to Choose You Over Your Competitors Managing Major Sales, by Jaynie Smith
- Managing Major Sales, by Neil Rackham and Richard Ruff
- Solution Selling, by Michael Bosworth
- SPIN Selling, by Neil Rackham
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective Leaders, by Stephen Covey
- First Things First, by Stephen Covey
- Fish!, by Stephen Lundin, Harry Paul & John Christensen
- Focal Point, by Brian Tracy
- Following Through: A Revolutionary New Model for Finishing Whatever You Start, by Steve Levinson and Pete Greider
- LIFEBALANCE, by Linda and Richard Eyre
- Taming the E-Mail Beast, by Randall Dean
- Take Time for Your Life, by Cheryl Richardson
- The Age of Speed, Learning to Thrive in a More-Faster-Now World, by Vince Poscente
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Managing Your Time, by Jeff Davidson
- The 4-Hour Work Week, by Timothy Ferris
- 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
- Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
- The One Page Business Plan, by Jim Horan
- Working with Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman
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