Reading that can make a significant difference in creating successful businesses.
Accountability
- The Oz Principle – Getting Results through Individual and Organizational Accountability, Roger Conners, Tom Smith and Craig Hickman
- Accountability – Getting a Grip on Results, Bruce Klatt, Shaun Murphy & David Irvine
Selling
- Action Selling, Duane Sparks
- Selling with Integrity – Reinventing Sales Through Collaboration, Respect and Serving, Sharon Drew Morgan, Berkley Books, NY
- Strategic Selling – The Unique Sales System Proven Successful by America’s Best Companies, Robert B. Miller, Stephaen E. Heiman with Tad Tuleja
Business Planning
- The Discipline of Market Leaders, Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema
- Customer Intimacy, Fried Wiersema
- InfoGuru Marketing Manual, Robert Middleton
- The E Myth Revisited, Michael E. Gerber
- Nichecraft – Using Your Specialness to Focus Your Business, Corner Your Market, and Make Your Customers Seek You Out, Dr. Lynda Falkenstein
- Growing Pains – Transitioning from an Entrepreneurship to a Professionally Managed Firm, Eric G. Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle
- Secrets of Self-Employment – Surviving and Thriving on the Ups and Downs of Being Your Own Boss, Sarah and Paul Edwards (The Self Employment Experts)
- Growing Your Own Business, Gregory and Patricia Kishel
Leadership/Transition
- Five Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencioni
- The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, Patrick Lencioni
- Leadership and Self-Deception – Getting out of the Box, The Arbinger Institute
- Failing Forward – Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success, John C Maxwell
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John C. Maxwell
- Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
- Primal Leadership – Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
- The Situational Leader, Dr. Paul Hersey
Coaching
- The Anatomy of Change – A Way to Move Through Life’s Transitions by Richard Heckler, Ph. D.
- Holding The Center – Sanctuary in a Time of Confusion by Richard Heckler, Ph. D.
- The Last Word on Power by Tracy Goss
- Coaching for Performance – Growing People, Performance and Purpose by John Whitmore
- Masterful Coaching – Extraordinary Results by Impacting People and the Way They Think and Work Together by Robert Hargrove
- Coaching –Evoking Excellence in Others by James Flaherty
- The Portable Coach – 28 Surefire Strategies for Business and Personal Success by Thomas J. Leonard
- Co-Active Coaching – New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success in Work and Life by Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, Phil Sandahl
Additional Reading
- The Tipping Point – How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcom Gladwall
- Blink – The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwall
- Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time – The Historical Jesus & Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- A Lifetime of Riches (The Biography of Napoleon Hill) by Michael J. Ritt, Jr. and Kirk Landers
- Reality Isn’t What it Used to Be by Walter Truett Anderson
- The Fifth Discipline – The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge
- Sensible Self-Help – The First Road Map for the Healing Journey by David Grudermeyer, Ph.D., Rebecca Grudermeyer, Psy.D. and Lerissa Nancy Partrick
Meditation Books
- Believing in Myself by Ernie Larsen & Carol Hegarty
- Peace of Mind: Daily Meditations for Easing Stress by Amy E. Dean
- Forgiving & Moving On by Tian Dayton
- Gentle Reminders – Daily Affirmations by Mitzi Chandler
- A Time to be Free Daily Meditations for Enhancing Self-Esteem by the author of “A” Day at a Time and A New Day”
- Time for Joy Daily Affirmations by Ruth Fishel
- Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People by Steven R. Covey
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