In my coaching work and in conversations following my workshops, people frequently ask me if I know of a good book on a particular subject. I’ve always wanted to create a list of some of my favorite books on a wide variety of topics and this is the perfect place to do so. I will be adding more books and subjects continually so come back often and watch the list grow. Also, I would be interested in hearing about some of your favorite books. Post your ideas on my blog. Hope you enjoy.
Accountability
The Power of Personal Accountability – Mark Samuel and Sophie Chiche
Creating the Accountable Organization – Mark Samuel
The 85% Solution – Linda Galindo
The Oz Principle – Roger Connors, Tom Smith, Craig Hickman
Attitude
Attitude is Everything – Keith Harrell
The Magic of Thinking Big – David Schwartz
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude – Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone
Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
Psycho-Cybernetics – Maxwell Maltz
Believe and Achieve – Samuel Cypert
Career
What Color is Your Parachute – Richard Nelson Bolles
101 Best Ways to Land a Job in Troubled Times – Jay Block
Getting Back to Work – Linda Rolie
48 Days to the Work You Love – Dan Miller
Career Comeback – Bradley Richardson
Surviving a Layoff – Lita Epstein
Rethinking Work – Cliff Hakim
Change
Transitions – William Bridges
Thriving Through Change – Elaine Biech
Getting Your Organization to Change – Dennis Jaffe and Cynthia Scott
The Dance of Change – Peter Senge
Managing at the Speed of Change – Daryl Conner
Managing the Change Process – David Carr, Kelvin Hard, William Trahant
Results That Last – Quint Studer
Coaching
Appreciative Coaching – Sara Orem, Jacqueline Binkert, Ann Clancy
Masterful Coaching – Robert Hargrove
Life Coaching – Dave Ellis
The Portable Coach – Thomas J. Leonard
The Practical Coach – Paula Caproni
The Complete Guide to Coaching at Work – Perry Zeus and Suzanne Skiffington
The Heart of Coaching – Thomas Crane
Coaching – James Flaherty
The Handbook of Coaching – Frederic Hudson
The Mindful Coach – Douglas Silsbee
Coach Yourself to Success – Talane Miedaner
Communication
Crucial Conversations – Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler
Just Listen – Mark Goulston
Powerful Conversations – Phil Harkins
Authentic Conversations – Jamie and Maren Skowkeir
People Skills – Robert Bolton
Effective Communication Skills – Harry Chambers
Communicate with Confidence – Dianna Booher
How to Be a Great Communicator – Nido Qubein
Creative Communicator – Barbara Glanz
(Self) Confidence
Building Self-Confidence for Dummies – Kate Burton and Brinley Platts
What’s Holding You Back? – Sam Horn
Conflict
Crucial Confrontations – Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler
Resolving Conflicts at Work – Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith
Getting to Resolution – Stewart Levine
Constructive Conflict Resolution – John Crawley
Resolving Conflicts on the Job – Jerry Wisinski
Managing Conflict – Gini Graham Scott
Conflict Resolution Training Program – Prudence Kestner and Larry Ray
Manager’s Pocket Guide to Dealing with Conflict – Lois Hart
Learning From Conflict – Lois Hart
Creativity
Creativity in Business – Michael Ray and Rochelle Myers
99% Inspiration – Bryan Mattimore
How to Get Ideas – Jack Foster
Aha – Jordan Ayan
Six Thinking Hats – Edward deBono
What a Great Idea – Charles Thompson
Thinkertoys – Michael Michalko
Cracking Creativity - Michael Michalko
The Creative Habit – Twyla Tharp
Brain Boosters for Business Advantage – Arthur VanGundy
Discover Your Genius – Michael Gelb
How to Think Like Leonardo daVinci – Michael Gelb
Think for a Change – Michael Gelb
The Creative Spirit – Daniel Goleman, Paul Kaufman, Michael Ray
Decision Making
The Confident Decision Maker – Roger Dawson
Making Effective Decisions – David Folino
Team Decision Making Techniques – P. Keith Kelly
Difficult People
Dealing with People You Can’t Stand – Rick Brinkman and Rick Kirschner
151 Quick Ideas to Deal with Difficult People – Carrie Mason-Draffen
Dealing with Difficult People – Harvard Business School Press
How to Manage Problem Employees – Glenn Shepherd
Dealing with Problem Employees – Amy DelPo and Lisa Guerin
A Survival Guide to Managing Employees From Hell – Gini Graham Scott
(Self) Discipline
No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline – Brian Tracy
I Know What To Do, So Why Don’t I Do It? – Nick Hall (CD’s)
Emotional Intelligence
The Emotional Intelligence Quickbook – Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 – Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman
Working with Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman
Emotional Intelligence at Work – Hendrie Weisinger
Social Intelligence – Daniel Goleman
Social Intelligence – Karl Albrecht
The Emotional Intelligence Difference – Adele Lynn
Executive Function Skills
Smart but Scattered – Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
Late, Lost, and Unprepared – Joyce Cooper-Kahn and Laurie Dietzel
Goals
Goals! – Brian Tracy
Instant Inspiration – Jerry Jerome
The 15 Second Principle – Al Secunda
Following Through – Steve Levinson
The Magic Lamp – Keith Ellis
New Dynamics of Goal Setting – Denis Waitley
Goal-Free Living – Stephen Shapiro
Make Success Measurable – Douglas Smith
Goal Setting – Susan Wilson
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Reaching Your Goals – Jeff Davidson
Anything by Gary Ryan Blair
Habits
Change Anything – Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan, Switzler
One Small Step Can Change Your Life – Robert Maurer
Small Changes – Susan and Larry Terkel
This Year I Will – M.J. Ryan
AdaptAbility – M.J. Ryan
The Seven-Minute Difference – Allyson Lewis
Only Nuns Change Habits Overnight – Karen Linamen
ChangePower – Meg Selig
Change Your Habits, Change Your Life – Danna Demetre
You’re Addicted to You – Noah Blumenthal
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Changing Old Habits for Good – G. Alan Marlatt and Deborah Romaine
Changing for Good – Prochaska, Norcross, DiClemente
The Habit Change Workbook – James Claiborne
Happiness
Stumbling on Happiness – Daniel Gilbert
Happiness – Matthieu Ricard
Handbook to a Happier Life – Jim Donovan
How to Choose to Be Happy – Rick Foster and Greg Hicks
Happiness Now – Robert Holden
Be Happy – Robert Holden
Happiness for Dummies – W. Doyle Gentry
The Art of Happiness – The Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler
Happier – Tal Ben-Shahar
Authentic Happiness – Martin Seligman
The How of Happiness – Sonja Lyubomirsky
The Happiness Trap – Russ Harris
Happy for No Reason – Marci Shimoff
The Pursuit of Happiness – David Myers
Health
8 Weeks to Optimum Health – Andrew Weil
Healthy at 100 – John Robbins
The Food Revolution – John Robbins
The End of Overeating – David Kessler
Eat to Live – Joel Fuhrman
Leadership
The First 90 Days – Michael Watkins
The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan – George Bradt, Jayme Check, Jorge Pedraza
Super-Leadership – Charles Manz and Henry Sims
Rules and Tools for Leaders – Perry Smith
Enlightened Leadership – Ed Oakley and Doug Krug
Managerial Leadership – Peter Topping
The Everyday Leadership Book – Bob Adams
Winning – Jack Welch
The Leadership Challenge – James Kouzes and Barry Posner
The Power Principle – Blaine Lee
The Extraordinary Leader – John Zenger and Joseph Folkman
The Leader’s Handbook – Peter Scholtes
Insights on Leadership – Larry Spears
Principle-Centered Leadership – Stephen Covey
Leadership From the Inside-Out – Kevin Cashman
Management
The Truth About Managing People – Stephen Robbins
The New Manager’s Toolkit – Don and Sheryl Grimme
Becoming an Extraordinary Manager – Len Sandler
Management Rewired – Charles Jacobs
Umiker’s Management Skills – Charles McConnell
The Manager’s Short Course – Bill and Cher Holton
The Management Bible – Bob Nelson and Peter Economy
Guide to Managing People – HR Magazine
Becoming a Manager – Linda Hill
Harvard Business Essentials Manager’s Toolkit
Managing for Dummies – Bob Nelson and Peter Economy
Managing People – Bob Adams
10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager – Lisa Haneberg
90 Days to Success as a Manager – Anthony Meola
Manager’s Desktop Consultant – Louellen Essex
Management Skills for the New Manager – Carol Ellis
Manager Mechanics – Eric Bloom
Mind
The Winner’s Brain – Jeff Brown and Mark Fenske
Positivity – Barbara Fredrickson
The Inner Game of Work – W. Timothy Gallwey
The Power of Impossible Thinking – Jerry Wind and Colin Crook
Managing Your Mind – Gillian Butler and Tony Hope
The Art of Possibility – Rosamund and Benjamin Zander
Mindset – Carol Dweck
Change the Way You See Everything – Kathryn Cramer and Hank Wasiak
Money
Smart and Simple Financial Strategies for Busy People – Jane Bryant Quinn
Books by Dave Ramsey
Books by Suze Orman
Books by David Bach
Motivation
The Psychology of Motivation – Denis Waitley
100 Ways to Motivate Yourself – Steve Chandler
100 Ways to Motivate Others – Steve Chandler
SuperMotivation – Dean Spitzer
Drive – Daniel Pink
Intrinsic Motivation at Work – Kenneth Thomas
Motivating Employees for Dummies – Max Messmer
Motivating Employees – Bruce Pepitone
Motivating and Rewarding Employees – Alexander Hiam
Motivational Management – Alexander Hiam
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Motivational Leadership – Scott Snair
Motivating People – Harvard Business
2 Minute Motivation – Robert Wendover
10 Minute Guide to Motivating People – Marshall Cook
Parenting
The 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting – Laurence Steinberg
The Heart of Parenting – John Gottman
3 Steps to a Strong Family – Linda and Richard Eyre
The Art of Sensitive Parenting – Katharine Kersey
Family First – Phil McGraw
Zen and the Art of Fatherhood – Steven Lewis
The Family Virtues Guide – Linda Lavelin Popov
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families – Stephen R. Covey
Creative Parenting – William Sears, MD
Everyday Blessings – Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Passion
The Passion Plan – Richard Chang
The Passion Plan at Work – Richard Chang
The Passion Plan Workbook – Richard Chang
Work with Passion – Nancy Anderson
Procrastination
Eat That Frog! – Brian Tracy
Procrastination – Jane Burka and Lenore Yuen
The Procrastination Handbook – Rita Emmitt
Do It Now – William Knaus
Purpose
Your Life on Purpose – Matthew McKay
Creating Your Future – Dave Ellis
LifeLaunch – Frederic Hudson and Pamela McLean
Repacking Your Bags – Richard Leider and David Shapiro
The Power of Purpose – Richard Leider
The Purpose of Your Life – Carol Adrienne
Becoming Who You Were Born to Be – Brian Souza
The Work We Were Born to Do – Nick Williams
Living on Purpose – Dan Millman
True Work – Justine and Michael Toms
Callings – Greg Levoy
Relationships
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus – John Gray
Rewriting Love Stories – Patricia Hudson and William O’Hanlon
Love is a Verb – William O’Hanlon and Patricia Hudson
Secrets to Lasting Love – Gary Smalley
The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
Traits of a Happy Couple – Larry Halter
Lifemates – Harold Bloomfield, MD and Sirah Vettese
If Love is a Game, These Are the Rules – Cherie Scott
Journey of the Heart – John Welwood
Retention
Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em – Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans
Love It, Don’t Leave It – Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans
Retaining Top Employees – J. Leslie McKeown
Retaining Employees – Ken Tanner
One Foot Out the Door – Judith Bardwick
Keeping the People Who Keep You In Business – Leigh Branham
Finding and Keeping Great Employees – Jim Harris and Joan Brannick
Selling
Selling for People Who Hate to Sell – Brigid McGrath Massie
10 Steps to Successful Sales – Brian Lambert
Knock Your Socks Off Selling – Jeff Gitomer and Ron Zemke
The Sales Bible – Jeff Gitomer
Selling for Dummies – Tom Hopkins
25 Sales Strategies That Will Boost Your Sales Today – Stephan Schiffman
25 Sales Habits for Highly Effective Salespeople – Stephan Schiffman
Selling with Integrity – Sharon Drew Morgan
How Champions Sell – Michael Baber
Customer-Centered Selling – Robert Jolles
Service
Customer Service for Dummies – Karen Leland and Keith Bailey
Super Service – Val and Jeff Gee
Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Service – Kristin Anderson and Rom Zemke (one of a large series of service)
How to Win Customers and Keep Them for Life – Michael LeBoeuf
Exceptional Customer Service – Lisa Ford, David McNair, Bill Perry
Hey, I’m the Customer – Ron Willingham
Customer Satisfaction is Worthless – Jeffrey Gitomer
Delivering Legendary Customer Service – Richard Gallagher
Customer Service – Robert Lucas
Be Our Guest – Disney Institute
Inside the Magic Kingdom – Tom Connellan
On Great Service – Richard Whiteley
Service Quality Improvement – Wendy Leebov and Gail Scott
Achieving Impressive Customer Service – Wendy Leebov, Gail Scott, Lolma Olson
Stress
Stress Free for Good – Fred Luskin and Kenneth Pelletier
Sound Mind, Sound Body – Kenneth Pelletier
The Stress Solution – Lyle Miller, Alma Dell Smith and Larry Rothstein
Success
Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
Law of Success – Napoleon Hill
Success for Dummies – Zig Ziglar
The Success Principles – Jack Canfield
The Biology of Success – Robert Arnot
Real Success – Ken Shelton
The 100 Laws of Business Success – Brian Tracy
Success is a Choice – Rick Pitino
The Official Guide to Success – Tom Hopkins
If Success is a Game, These are the Rules – Cherie Carter-Scott
See You at the Top – Zig Ziglar
Masters of Success – Ivan Misner
Stairway to Success – Nido Qubein
21 Day Countdown to Success – Chris Witting
Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude – Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stone
Psycho-Cybernetics – Maxwell Maltz
Winning the Game of Life – Tom Gegax
The Essence of Success – Earl Nightingale
Teams
The Wisdom of Teams – Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith
Building Successful Teams – Bill Butterworth
TeamWork – Carl Larson and Frank LaFasto
Tips for Teams – Kimball Fisher
How Teamwork Works – John Syer and Christopher Connolly
Building Team Power – Thomas Kayser
Teams at Work – Suzanne Willis Zoglio
Tools for Teams – Leigh Thompson
The Team Handbook – Peter Scholtes
Team Fitness – Meg Hartzler and Jane Henry
The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork – John Maxwell
Time Management
First Things First – Stephen Covery
Getting Things Done – David Allen
TimeLock – Ralph Keyes
Time Management Made Easy – Peter Turla and Kathleen Hawkins
ABC Time Tips – Merrill Douglas
Time Management – Marshall Cook
How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life – Alan Lakein
How to Organize Your Work and Your Life – Robert Moskowitz
101 Ways to Make Every Second Count – Robert Bly
Do-Doing-Done – G. Lynn Snead
The Personal Efficiency Program – Kerry Gleeson
Trust
The Speed of Trust – Stephen M.R. Covey
Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace – Dennis Reina and Michelle Reina
Building Trust at the Speed of Change – Edward Marshall
Wellness
The Wellness Book – Herbert Benson, MD and Eileen Stuart, RN
Wellness – Regina Ryan and John Travis, MD
The Wellness Workbook – Regina Ryan and John Travis, MD
