Leadership Development Books We Recommend – The MOST Useful Books for Leaders There are thousand of books for leaders – Here is a curated collection of the best books for Leaders in the Hospitality & Tourism Industry
BOOKS for Leaders on COMMUNICATION People Skills
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Advanced People Skills
Easy Peasey by Allan Pease Body Language by Allan and Barbara Pease
Connecting and Communicating
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect by John Maxwell
Supervision Skills and Giving Feedback
The One Minute Manager series by Ken Blanchard
BEST Books on Having Difficult Conversations Crucial Conversations Crucial Confrontations
Coaching Change
Conversations for Change by Shawn Hayashi
BEST LEADER BOOKS ON ADOPTING LEADER’s MINDSET Growth Mindset
The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
Optimistic Mindset
Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman
Success Mindset
Why People Fail by Siimon Reynolds
Leadership Mindset
The Leader Within by Ken Blanchard et. al
BEST BOOKS ON LEADING Best Book on Leadership
The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes & Posner
Leadership – From Buddy to Boss
Good Boss Bad Boss by Robert Sutton
Finding Strengths in People
Strengths-based Leadership by Marcus Buckingham
BEST BOOKS ON TEAM BUILDING & INCENTIVES Culture
Fish! By Stephen Lundin
Motivation and Rewards
Drive by Daniel Pink A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
Avoiding Disengagement
Employee Enragement by James Adonis
Recognition/Rewards
1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook by Bob Nelson
Competitions
The Retailers Complete Book of Selling Games & Contests by Friedman
BEST BOOKS ON SYSTEMISING & DEVELOPING PROCESSES & CHECKLISTS Systematic Approach
The E-Myth by Michael Gerber
Developing Processes
Work the System by Sam Carpenter
BEST BOOKS ON STRATEGY – IMPLEMENTING & EFFECTIVENESS Business Strategy
The Star Principle by Richard Koch
Leverage
The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
Management
The 80/20 Manager by Richard Koch
Personal Effectiveness
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Covey
Managing Offshore Outsourced Help
Virtual Freedom by Chris Ducker
BEST BOOKS ON CHANGE & CHANGING Personal Change
Switch by Chip and Dan Heath
Change and Resilience
Resilience by Liggy Webb
The Science of Change
Organisational Change
The Heart of Change and other books by Kotter
Coping with Change
Who Moved My Cheese by Ken Blanchard
Succession Planning
Succession - Are you Ready by Marshall Goldsmith
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