Recommended Books
As you know, leaders are readers. And books provide us with ideas, incentives, and information to help improve ourselves.
I’m constantly inspired by what I read — indeed, it is the basis for much of what I put into this publication. And I’d like to share that inspiration with you. It includes books by authors I’ve interviewed on the Timeless Leadership podcast as well as books from the many sections of Timeless & Timely.
This list will continue to expand, so please come back and check it regularly.
You can also see them at my stores on Amazon and Bookshop.org.
When you purchase books through these links, it supports my efforts.
Season 5
Episode 88: You’re the Boss: Become the Manager You Want to Be (and Others Need) (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 87: Rethinking Work: Seismic Changes in the Where, When, and Why (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 84: Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic by Lindsay Chervinsky (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Season 4
Episode 79: UnLeadership by Scott & Alison Stratten (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 77: The Content Entrepreneur by Joe Pulizzi (Joe’s site)
Episode 75: Of Rule and Office: Plato’s Ideas of the Political by Melissa Lane (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 71: Do What You Love: A Guide to Living Your Creative Life without Leaving Your Job by Kate Volman (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 69: The Earned Life by Marshall Goldsmith (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 67: The Self-Employed Life by Jeffrey Shaw (Amazon)
Episode 65: The Boy with the Faster Brain (Amazon | Bookshop.org) and Faster Than Normal by Peter Shankman (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 63: Build a Better Business Book: How to Plan, Write, and Promote a Book That Matters by Josh Bernoff (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 57: Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 55: The Gutenberg Parenthesis by Jeff Jarvis (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 53: The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution by Lindsay M. Chervinsky (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 51: The Time to Win by Jay Baer (Amazon)
Episode 49: Wonderhell by Laura Gassner Otting (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Season 3
Episode 48: Tom Peters’ Compact Guide to Excellence by Tom Peters (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 46: Live Life in Crescendo: Your Most Important Work Is Always Ahead of You by Cynthia Covey Haller (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 45: Say Thank You For Everything: The secrets of being a great manager – strategies and tactics that get results by Jim Edwards (Amazon)
Episode 44: Innovators Who Changed the World: Timeless Leadership Lessons from West Point, Green Berets, Sherlock Holmes, and Wall Street by Jim Webb (Amazon)
Episode 43: Trust & Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others by Stephen M.R. Covey (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 42: Lead From the Heart: Transformational Leadership for the 21st Century by Mark C. Crowley (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 41: The Everyday Patriot: How to Be a Great American Now by Tom Morris (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 40: Lead. Care. Win.: How to Become a Leader Who Matters by Dan Pontefract (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 39: When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision-Making Lessons from the Antarctic by Brad Borkan (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 38: Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 37: Revenge of the Nerd by Curtis Armstrong (Amazon)
Episode 36: The Sale Is In the Tale by John Livesay (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 35: Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust by Ken Blanchard and Randy Conley (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 34: Take Charge of You: How Self-Coaching Can Transform Your Life and Career by David Novak (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 33: Lady Editor: Sarah Josepha Hale and the Making of the Modern American Woman by Melanie Kirkpatrick (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Season 2
Episode 31: Work Better Together: How to Cultivate Strong Relationships to Maximize Well-Being and Boost Bottom Lines by Jen Fisher (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 30: Leader by Accident: Lessons in Leadership, Loss, and Life by Jim Rafferty (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 29: American Familia: A Memoir of Perseverance by David Morales (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 28: Models of Leadership in Plato and Beyond by Edward Freeman (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 27: The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief by Peg Conway (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 26: History, Disrupted: How Social Media and the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past by Jason Steinhauer (Amazon)
Episode 24: The Long Game: How to be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World by Dorie Clark (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 23: Winfluence: Reframing Influencer Marketing to Ignite Your Brand by Jason Falls (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 22: Beacons of Leadership: Inspiring Lessons of Success in Business and Innovation by Chris Voss (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 21: A Future So Bright: How Strategic Optimism and Meaningful Innovation Can Restore Humanity and Change the World by Kate O’Neill (Amazon)
Episode 20: Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap by Margot Bloomstein (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 19: Be Vigilant! Strategies to Stop Complacency, Improve Performance, and Safeguard Success by Len Herstein (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 17: Intentional: How to Live, Love, Work, and Play Meaningfully by David Amerland (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Season 1
Episode 15: RE:Think Innovation: How the World’s Most Prolific Innovators Come Up with Great Ideas that Deliver Extraordinary Outcomes by Carla Johnson (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 14: Span Of Control: What To Do When You’re Under Pressure, Overwhelmed, And Ready To Get What You Want by Carey Lohrenz (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 13: American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce Hoffman (Amazon | Bookshop.org) and Working Together: 12 Principles for Achieving Excellence in Managing Projects, Teams, and Organizations by James Lewis (Amazon)
Episode 12: You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader by Minter Dial (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 11: Fizz: Harness the Power of Word of Mouth Marketing to Drive Brand Growth by Ted Wright (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 9: Excellence Now: Extreme Humanism by Tom Peters (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 8: Find Your Read Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible by Tamsen Webster (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 7: Stop Boring Me!: How to Create Kick-Ass Marketing Content, Products and Ideas Through the Power of Improv by Kathy Klotz-Guest (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 6: Plato’s Lemonade Stand by Tom Morris (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 5: Be the Sun, Not the Salt by Harry Cohen (Amazon)
Episode 4: The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility by Marilyn Gist (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 3: An Effort to Understand: Hearing One Another (and Ourselves) in a Nation Cracked in Half by David Murray (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
Episode 1: Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life by Laura Gassner Otting (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
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