This is not a comprehensive list, but my top recommendations for business and IT professionals. I’m working on a detailed post on each one and why it is important.
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath, Dan Heath
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
- Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny
- Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin
- Inside the Magic Kingdom : Seven Keys to Disney’s Success by Tom Connellan
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins
- Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big by Bo Burlingham
- Boring Meetings Suck: Get More Out of Your Meetings, or Get Out of More Meetings by Jon Petz
- TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking by Chris Anderson
- A Brand Called You by Peter Montoya and Tim Vandehey
