46 Books Recommended By Project Managers
I asked 10 Project Managers the following question:
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Share the top books that have shaped your approach to project management, leadership, or business
I received 37 book Recommendations.
The comments that followed the post elicited another 9. Now a total of 46.
Below is the list of books:
- 5 Levels of Leadership, The by John Maxwell
- Agile Project Management with Scrum by Ken Schwaber
- Art of Fear, The by Kristen Ulmer
- Art of Impossible, The by Steve Kotler
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Becoming Bullet Proof by Eva Poumpouras
- Book of Change by Richard H. Carson
- Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend
- Business Driven PMO Success Stories by Mark Price Perry
- Change Management: The Essentials by Lena Ross
- Coaching Habit, The by Michael Stanier
- Come Up for Air by Nick Sonnenberg
- Communicating Change by Elizabeth Harrin
- Develop Your Leadership Superpowers: 50 Key Skills You Need to Succeed as a * Leader by Sternad and Kobin
- Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers by Anthony Mersino
- Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
- Go-Giver, The by Burg and Mann
- Good Charts by Scott Berinato
- High Conflict by Amanda Ripley
- Hostage at the Table by George Kohlrieser
- How Leadership Really Works by Larry Yatch
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
- Information Technology Project Management by Kathy Schwalbe
- Kill Bad Meetings by Kevan and Alan Hall
- Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
- Lean vs Agile vs Design Thinking by Jeff Gothelf
- Learning Lessons from Projects by Ken Burrell
- Little Bets by Peter Sims
- Making of A Manager, The by Julie Zhou
- Measure What Matters by John Doerr
- Mission, The Men and Me, The by Pete Blaber
- Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Fred Brooks
- Not Impossible by Mick Ebeling
- One Thing, The by Gary Keller
- Power of Saying No, The by Vanessa Patrick
- Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman
- Project Management - The Managerial Process by Larson and Gray
- Project Manager Who Smiled, The by Peter Taylor
- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
- Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland
- Small Unit Leadership by Dandridge Malone
- Strategic Project Management Made Simple: Solution Tools for Leaders and Teams by Terry Schmidt
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath
- Think Again by Adam Grant
- Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins
As one commenter said, "Leaders are readers".
Happy Reading!
Become a Project Leader Who Delivers,
Paul
P.S. I have not written in a while.
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