101 Business Books For Entrepreneurs & Leaders

Reading books is one of the best ways to educate yourself on any subject. If you are reading this blog you want to educate yourself on business, how to start a business, build a brand, become profitable and build your team. I have included some of the best books about Leadership, Management, Marketing, Branding, Finance and Team Building. All of them are great tools to help you in your entrepreneur journey.
Most of these helped me on my journey as I started my business, built my team and brand, franchised my business, grew into a multi-million dollar business which I ended up selling. I highly believe these books will help you on the right path of your journey.
Leadership/Entrepreneurship


Serve 2 Win: Eight Steps To Making a Living & A Life – Mitch Durfee

Extreme Ownership How U.S.Navy Seals Lead and Win – Jocko Willink

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey

How To Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

Leaders Eat Last – Simon Sinek

The Innovators Dilemma – Clayton M. Christensen

Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success – Adam Grant

Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell

The One Minute Manager – Ken Blanchard

Radical Condor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity- Kim Scott

The Coaching Habit Say Less, Ask More & Change The Way You Lead Forever – Michael Bungay Stanier


Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill


Leadership And Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box – The Arbinger Institute


Developing The Leader Within You – John C Maxwell

Turn The Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders – L. David Marquet


Act Like A Leader, Think Like A Leader – Herminia Ibarra

EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches – Dave Ramsey

Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us – Seth Godin


Management

Getting Things Done the art of stress-free productivity – David Allen

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done – Peter F. Drucker

Built To Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies – Jim Collins & Jerry I Porras

The 4-Hour Work Week – Timothy Ferriss

The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change – Camille Fournier

Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters – Richard Rumelt




The Goal: The Process of Ongoing Improvement: Eliyahu M. Goldratt & Jeff Cox

Competing For The Future – Gary Hamel & C. K. Prahalad

Strengths Finder 2.0 – Tom Rath

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right – Atul Gawande

The Great Game of Business: The Only Sensible Way To Run A Company – Jack Stack & Bo Burlingham

Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management – Scott Berkun

High Output Management – Andrew S. Grove



Marketing/Advertising/Branding
Contagious: Why Things Catch On – Jonah Berger

Building a Story Brand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen – Donald Miller

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion – Robert B. Cialdini

How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don’t Know – Byron Sharp


The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference – Malcolm Gladwell

Hooked: How To Build Habit Forming Products – Nir Eyal


Hug Your Haters: How to Embrace Complaints and Keep Your Customers – Jay Baer


Selling The Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing – Harry Beckwith

Dotcom Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Growing Your Company Online- Russell Brunson

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business – Gino Wickman

Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising – Ryan Holiday

NonObvious: How To Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future – Rohit Bhargava


Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team – Alina Wheeler

Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy – Martin Lindstrom

Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – Chip Heath

A Technique For Producing Ideas: A simple five step formula for producing ideas – James Webb Young

Sales

How To Master The Art of Selling – Top Hopkins

How I Raised Myself From Failure To Success In Selling – Frank Bettger



Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal – Oren Klaff



Secrets of Closing the Sale – Zig Ziglar


Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It – Chris Voss & Tahl Raz



Sell of be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life – Grant Cardone




Team Building
The Five Dysfunctions of A Team: A Leadership Fable – Patrick Lencioni

The Culture Code: Secrets of Highly Successful Groups – Daniel Coyle

The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues – Patrick Lencioni


The Soul Of A Team: A Modern-Day Fable for Winning Teamwork – Tony Dungy & Nathan Whitaker


The Power of a Positive Team: Proven Principles and Practices That Make Great Teams – Jon Gordon





Group Genius : The Creative Power of Collaboration – Keith Sawyer

High Five The Magic of Working Together – Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles


Finance





Finance Your Own Business: Get on the Financing Fast Track – Garrett Sutton & Gerri Detweiler


The Richest Man In Babylon – George S. Clason

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