Leadership Development
By Iconic Leadership Coaching
By Iconic Leadership Coaching
A collection of my favorite leadership and professional development books. As a coach, I read many leadership and professional development books every year for the past 20+ years. Here are a few of my favorites.
Honestly Speaking: How the Way We Communicate Transforms Leadership, Love, and Life
Andrew Blotky
$27.00 $25.11
No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy
$28.00 $26.04
Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama: How to Reduce Stress and Make Extraordinary Progress Wherever You Lead
Janice Fraser and Jason Fraser
$30.00 $27.90
Changemakers: How Leaders Can Design Change in an Insanely Complex World
Christopher Ireland and Maria Giudice
$40.24
The Lightmaker's Manifesto: How to Work for Change Without Losing Your Joy
Karen Walrond
$26.99 $25.10
The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth
Amy C. Edmondson
$32.00 $29.76
The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months
Michael Lennington and Brian P Moran
$25.00 $23.25This book has been around for awhile, but I like how it outlines executing on tighter timelines with a team. Everyone wants things to happen faster, but how to make that happen is sometimes fairly tricky.
Your Perfect Presentation: Speak in Front of Any Audience Anytime Anywhere and Never Be Nervous Again
Bill Hoogterp
$24.99 $23.24
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski
$17.00 $15.81Loved the way this book identifies burnout and shares strategies to deal with stress. The authors also were guests on Brene Brown's podcast "Unlocking Us" if you prefer a podcast experience.
The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance
Catherine McCarthy, Jean Gomes, et al.
$18.99 $17.66Great reminder of four ways leaders can better connect with their team members over the span of their company engagement.
The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal
Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
$17.99 $16.73This book helped me with some key ways of managing my schedule by better organizing my time and keeping me feeling focused and energized.
The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
Julie Zhuo
$28.00 $26.04This was written by a former colleague of mine at Facebook, Julie Zhou. She outlines some great basic skills of management in ways that are succinct and actionable.
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity (Revised, Updated)
Kim Scott
$29.99 $27.89
Pathways to Possibility: Transforming Our Relationship with Ourselves, Each Other, and the World
Rosamund Stone Zander
$18.00 $16.74I actually read The Art of Possibility, which I found energizing and helpful in shifting my thinking about how I approach life more creatively and generatively.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear
$27.00 $25.11Wonderful book that breaks down how to successfully establish good habits (and break bad ones) and why it can be so hard. The book was fun to read and made new habit formation seem less daunting.
Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior (Updated)
David Maxfield, Kerry Patterson, et al.
$23.00 $21.39I would recommend Crucial Conversations as a start, but this was the only ISBN number that worked to include on my list. :)
Transitions (40th Anniversary Edition): Making Sense of Life's Changes
William Bridges and Susan Bridges
$17.99 $16.73The author is the leading expert on transitions in life. No matter how positive a life transition, it requires letting go of something else (that was also possibly positive). I enjoyed his frank discussion about why transitions are so confusing - and how even when we are on the right path, we can feel fairly lost.