Suggested Reading

The following book list is recommended by our Leadership Fauquier board members, alumni, and participants.

  • Good to Great: Jim Collins
  • Influencer: Kerry Patterson
  • Crucial Accountability: Kerry Patterson
  • Lean Startups for Social Change: Michel Gelobter
  • Strengths Finder 2.0: Tom Rath
  • Dare to Lead: Brene Brown
  • The Four Agreements: Don Miguel Ruiz
  • Crucial Conversations: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
  • Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun: Wess Roberts
  • True North:Bill George
  • Anything by Barry Dym
  • Leading with Soul: Lee Bolman, Terrence E. Deal
  • The Last Lecture: Jeffrey Zaslow, Randy Pausch
  • A Whack on the Side of the Head: How to Unlock Your Mind for Innovation: Roger von Oech
  • Alpha Project Management: Andy Crowe
  • Are You a King or Queen of Conflict in Project Management?: Dave Gerber and Dave Maurer
  • Barbarians to Bureaucrats: Lawrence Miller
  • Be, Know, Do- Leadership the Army Way: Gen Eric Shinseki
  • Blink: Malcolm Gladwall
  • Boss Talk – in the 21 st Century: Thomas Mattus
  • Churchill on Leadership: Steven Hayward
  • Churchill’s Adaptive Enterprise: Mark Kozak-Holland
  • Corporate Cultures: Terrence Deal
  • David and Goliath: Malcolm Gladwell
  • Developing the Leaders Around You: John Maxwell
  • Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff at Work: Richard Carlson
  • Duty, Honor, Company: West Point Fundamentals for Business Success: Gil Dorland and John Dorland
  • Drive: Daniel Pink
  • Encourage the Heart: A Leader’s Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others: James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
  • Extreme Project Management: Doug DeCarlo
  • Extreme Ownership: How US Navy Seals Lead and Win-Jocko Willink
  • Fierce Conversations: Susan Scott
  • First, Break All The Rules: Marcus Buckingham
  • Five Star Leadership – The Art and Strategy of Creating Leaders at Every Level: Patrick L. Townsend
  • Flip: Peter Sheanhan
  • Hope is Not a Method: Gordon Sullivan
  • How to Get What You Want: Leiberman
  • Leadership Locomotive: Get and Stay on Track Using Great Leadership: Rob Collinsworth
  • Leadership: Stories, Lessons and Uncommon Sense: Ron Taylor
  • Leadership Lessons from West Point: Doug Crandall
  • Leadership: Rudolph Guiliani
  • Leading Leaders: Jeswald Salacuse
  • Lessons From the Top: The Search for America’s Best Business
  • Leaders: Thomas Neff and Jane Citrin
  • Machiavelli on Modern Leadership. Why Machiavelli’s Rules are as Timely and Important Today as 5 Centuries Ago: Michael A. Ledeen
  • Managing as a Performing Art: Peter B. Vaill
  • Managing By Values: Ken Blanchard and Michael O’Connor
  • My American Journey: Colin Powell
  • Negotiate to Win: Jim Thomas
  • Never Eat Alone: Keith Ferrazzi
  • On Becoming a Leader: Warren Bennis
  • Presentation Zen: Garr Reynolds
  • Presentations that Persuade and Motivate: Harvard Business School Press
  • Primal Leadership: Daniel Goleman
  • Project Lessons From the Great Escape: Mark Kozak-Holland
  • Project Management in the 21 st Century: Lientz and Rea
  • Reengineering the Corporation: Hammer and Champy
  • Reinventing Project Management: Aaron Shenhar
  • Rules and Tools for Leaders: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Effective Managing: Perry M. Smith
  • Shackleton’s Way: Margot Morrell
  • Smart Choices: John Hammond
  • Strengths Based Leadership: Tom Rath
  • Taking Charge: Perry Smith
  • Talking to Strangers: Malcolm Gladwell
  • Ten Steps to Empowerment: A Common-Sense Guide to Managing People: Diane Tracy
  • The 360 Degree Leader: John Maxwell
  • The 80/20 Principle. The Secret to Success by Achieving More With Less: Richard Koch
  • The Art of War. Sun Tzu. Translated by Thomas Cleary
  • The Big Talk: Debra Fine
  • The Big Short: Michael Lewis
  • The Carrot Principle: Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
  • The Chalice and the Blade: Riane Eisler
  • The Challenge of Command: Roger Nye
  • The Dance of Legislation: Eric Redman
  • The Dynamic Path: James Citrin
  • The Eagles Secret: David McNally
  • The Effective Executive: Peter Drucker
  • The Exceptional Presenter: Tim Koegel
  • The Fearless Executive: Alan Downs
  • The Five Dysfunctions of A Team: Patrick Lencioni
  • The Goal: Eli Goldratt
  • The Leadership Challenge: Kouzes and Posner
  • The Long Tail: Chris Anderson
  • The New Art of the Leader: William Cohen
  • The Next Level: Scott Eblin
  • The No Asshole Rule: Robert Sutton
  • The One Minute Manager: Ken Blanchard
  • The Power of Nice: Ron Shapiro
  • The Stuff of Heroes: William A. Cohen
  • The War for Talent: Ed Michaels
  • West Point Leadership Lessons: Scott Snair
  • What Color is Your Parachute: Richard Bolles
  • What Leaders Really Do: John Kotter
  • Winning: Jack Welch
  • Working With You is Killing Me: Katherine Crowley