The Executive Peer Group Essential Business Books

Essential Business Books

1. 
   The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
   
2. 
   Out of the Crisis by Edwards Deming
   
3. 
   Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore
   
4. 
   The Simplicity Survival Handbook by Bill Jensen
   
5. 
   The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt
   
6. 
   First, Break all the Rules by Marcus Buckingham
   
7. 
   The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
   
8. 
   The Company we Keep by John Abrams
   
9. 
   Fortune Magazine (better than a book)
   
10. 
    Getting Things Done by David Allen
    
11. 
    Good to Great by Jim Collins
    
12. 
    Built to Last by Jim Collins
    
13. 
    Spin Selling by Neil Rackham
    
14. 
    Love is the Killer App, by Tim Sanders
    
15. 
    7 habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
    
16. 
    First 90 Days by Michael Watkins
    
17. 
    Inside the Tornado by Geoffrey Moore
    
18. 
    The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
    
19. 
    Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently by Gregory Berns
    
20. 
    Building Strong Brands by David Aaker
    
21. 
    The Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz and Peter Senge
    
22. 
    Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson
    
23. 
    The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
    
24. 
    Making Things Happen by Scott Berkun
    
25. 
    The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch
    
26. 
    Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steven Gary Blank
    
27. 
    Motivation to Excellence: Inspirational Insights for Peak Performance by Elliott Johnson
    
28. 
    The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
    
29. 
    Balanced Scorecard by Robert Kaplan
    
30. 
    HBS: Strategies for Growth
    
31. 
    How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
    
32. 
    Too Big to Fail by Andrew Sorkin
    
33. 
    The Mask of Command by John Keegan
    
34. 
    Lean Thinking by James Womack
    
35. 
    Seeing What’s Next by Clayton Christensen
    
36. 
    Leadership is an Art by Max DePree
    
37. 
    Inspiring Excellence by Michael Schutzler
    
38. 
    Unlock Behavior, Unleash Profits by Leslie Wilk Braksick
    
39. 
    SwitchPoints: Culture Change on the Fast Track to Business by Judy Johnson, Les Dakens, et al
    
40. 
    Preparing CEOs for Success — “What I Wish I Knew” by Leslie W. Braksick and James Hillgren
    
41. 
    Execution – The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
    
42. 
    The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
    
43. 
    TED: Ideas worth Spreading at TED.com