Bibliography and Reverence Guide

A Reference Guide to Books that are either mentioned or influenced the content of this course. 

Leadership Communications Library

Smart Brevity

The Power of Saying More with Lessby the Co Founders of Axion and _Politico Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen & Roy Schwartz

Why Some Ideas Survive and
Others Die

From Aesop’s Fables to “Where’s the Beef” the authors examine what works and why.

Chip Heath

Achieving Success
at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time

Insight for effective inter-personal
communication.

Susan Scott

How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

 A fascinating exploration of what makes conversations work—and how we can all learn to be supercommunicators at work and in life

by Charles Duhigg

How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

Simon Sinek

Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others

Andrew Sobel & Jerold Panass

Everyone is in sales in that we are all required to influence others to take action.  The book looks gaining skills at non-sales selling.

Daniel Pink

Negotiating as if your life depends on it.

Chris Voss

Oldie but goodie on personal
effectiveness.

Stephen R. Covey

Why It Can Matter More than IQ

Advanced study on improving personal and managerial effectiveness. Not a light read.

Making Your Life Make Sense

In The On-Purpose Person you’ll learn how to discover who you are, where you are headed, what you should do, and what’s most important to you! That’s being on-purpose!

Kevin W, McCarthy

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Death By Meeting

A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business by Patrick Lencioni

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Leadership Breakthroughs Blog

Thought Leadership on Leadership