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The Art of War – Sun Tzu
2,500 years old and still the most quoted leadership strategy guide on earth.
▲ Steady·Score +17
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02
The Innovator's Dilemma – Christensen
Why great companies fail when faced with disruptive innovation — a CEO must-read.
▲ Steady·Score +15
03
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Lencioni
A leadership fable about the most common ways teams fail and how to fix them.
▲ Steady·Score +15
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Extreme Ownership – Jocko Willink
Navy SEAL principles applied to leadership — own everything in your world.
▲ Steady·Score +12
05
Leaders Eat Last – Simon Sinek
Why the best leaders put their team first — biology, trust and the circle of safety.
▲ Steady·Score +10
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Measure What Matters – John Doerr
OKRs — the goal-setting system used by Google, Intel and the best-run companies.
▲ Steady·Score +10
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Good to Great – Jim Collins
Why some companies make the leap from good to great and most others don't.
▲ Steady·Score +7
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Wooden on Leadership – John Wooden
The UCLA basketball coach's Pyramid of Success — the purest leadership philosophy ever written.
▲ Steady·Score +6
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Thinking, Fast and Slow – Kahneman
Nobel laureate's deep dive into how we think — essential for any decision-making leader.
▲ Steady·Score +5
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An Autobiography – Mahatma Gandhi
The story of my experiments with truth — leadership through service and moral courage.
▲ Steady·Score +4
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Team of Teams – Gen. Stanley McChrystal
How the US military restructured to fight a complex, networked enemy — lessons for any org.
▲ Steady·Score +3
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Dare to Lead – Brené Brown
Courageous leadership, vulnerability and building brave cultures in organisations.
▲ Steady·Score +3
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