Dear Managers and Leaders!
As you may already know, I am creating a program to coach newly promoted managers. This program will give the new managers a precise action plan for their first 3 months. It will also provide the managers with sufficient background in leadership and management to understand their new role and what they need to do to be successful.
As part of building the curriculum for the new managers, I wanted to find a list of books on management and leadership that all managers should have somewhere on their bookshelves. After some research, I came up with the following list:
- Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership (Linda Hill)
- First, Break all the Rules (M. Buckingham and C. Coffman)
- The Servant Leader (James Autry)
- The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team (Patrick Leucioni)
- Good to Great (Jim Collins)
- Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done (Ram Charan)
Do you agree with the above list? Do you know of other books that should be on that list? Aside from Peter Drucker's masterwork, do you know of any good book specifically on management?
Until next time,
Remi Cote
My favorite recent management read is "Great Boss, Dead Boss" by Ray Immelman. Unlike every other management book I've read, this one uses a fictional story to communicate a series of powerful leadership messages.
ReplyDeleteHaving read all the books above (and many more than I care to mention), I am surprised not to see Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" as one of them. While it does not focus specifically on management and leadership, the book and contents are ageless and applicable to both work and life in general.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Jennifer, 7 Habits should definitely be listed here. Thanks for pointing this out!
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