Cathy's Favorite Leadership Books

Here are a few of my favorite leadership books.  Please let me know what you think.

You
Improving your effectiveness and your life.

• Getting Things Done by David Allen
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Leadership
Inspiration, Challenge, and Courage

• Credibility by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
• The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins
• The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership by Steven Sample

Change
How to lead change efforts.

• Leading Change by John P. Kotter
• The Change Agent’s Guide to Radical Improvement by Ken Miller

Strategy
Business Strategy and Ideas about how the world is changing

• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan 
• The Agenda by Michael Hammer
• The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman

Communication

Improving Communication

• Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Tax
Human Behavior related to paying taxes

• The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki 
•  Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

CIO
Advise for being an effective IT leader

• What Business Really Wants From IT by Terry White
• CIO Wisdom by Dean Lane
• Transparent IT by Chip Wilson