Books On Leadership: SMA's 'Book Club'

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The Army Times reported today that Sergeant Major of the Army, Dan Dailey, is compiling a list of ‘must read’ books on leadership based on recommendations from soldiers.  It is interesting to note that most of the books submitted are written by or for business leaders, reflecting the significant overlap between factors leading to excellence in the military and in business.  It is a great list and includes:

  •  “A Wrestling Life: The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable” by Dan Gable
  •  “The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams that Win Consistently” by Tony Dungy
  •  “Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness” by Robert K. Greenleaf
  • “The Power of Habit: Why we do what we do in life and business” by Charles Duhigg
  • “The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One that Isn’t” by Robert I. Sutton
  • “Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action” and “Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t” by Simon Sinek
  •  “Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World” by retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal
  •  “Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box” by the Arbinger Institute
  • “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success” by Phil Jackson
  • “Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times” by Donald T. Phillips
  •  “Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making” by Gary Klein
  • “Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain” by John J. Ratey
  • “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People will Follow You” by John C. Maxwell
  • “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change” by Stephen R. Covey
  •  “You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C’s to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports and Life” by Jon Gordon and Mike Smith
  •  “Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun” by Wess Roberts
  • “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The full list is at http://bit.ly/1mXdVH3