Recommended Business Reading

• Iacocca by Lee Iacocca

• Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen R. Covey
• Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill ***
• Reading People by Jo-Ellan Dimitrius and Mark Mazzarella ***

• The Power of Ethical Management by Kenneth Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale ***
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell - Highly Recommended *******
• The GE Way Fieldbook by Robert Slater

• Sharkproof by Harvey Mackay **
• Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load For The Rest Of Your Life by Richard J. Leider, David A. Shapiro ***
• Beware The Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt by Harvey Mackay

• Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson, M.D. - Highly Recommended *******
• If it Ain't Broke.. BREAK IT! By Kriegel & Patler ***
• Leading Change by Kotter -- Harvard Business Press

• How To Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less by Milo O. Frank
• Get to the Point: How to Say What You Mean and Get What You Want by Andrew D. Gilman & Karen E. Berg

• Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles ***
• How to Win Customers and Keep them for Life Michael LeBouef, Ph. D.

• Zapp: The Lighting of Empowerment by William C. Byham, Ph. D. With Jeff Cox **

• Financial Self-Defense by Charles J. Givens

• Hardball for Women: Winning at the Game of Business by Pat Heim, Ph.D. with Susan K. Golant *****
  (highly recommended for corporate women who need to know the rules!)

• For What It's Worth by Paul Harvey, edited by Paul Harvey, Jr.
• Never Confuse a Memo with Reality: And other business lessons too simple not to know by Richard A. Moran ***

• You Are What You Wear by William Thourlby

• One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey by Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D William **** Oncken, Jr., & Hal Burrows
• Coaching for Improved Work Performance by Ferdinand F. Fournies
• Heart At Work by Jack Canfield & Jacqueline Miller **
• Developing the Leader within You by John Maxwell ***
• The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader by John Maxwell ***
• Pushing the Envelope (all the way to the top) by Harvey MacKay **
• First, Break All the Rules by Buckingham & Coffman **
• The Discipline of Market Leaders by Michael Treacy & Fred Wiersema ***

• Reading People by Dimitrius & Mazzarella ***
• The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene *** Note - advanced book - should be read in conjunction with The Art of Worldly Wisdom (for balanced perspective)
• The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracian ***

• How to Work a Room: A Guide to Successfully Managing the Mingling by Susan RoAnne

• It's About Time by John Guaspart
• Commit to Quality by Townsend

• Selling the Invisible (not for rookies) - a field guide to modern marketing by Harry Beckwith ***
• Selling for Dummies by Tom Hopkins ***
• Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive by Harvey MacKay***
• Top Performance by Zig Ziglar***
• Guerrilla Marketing Weapons by Jay Conrad Levinson
• The Greatest Salesman in the World: Part II,The End of the Story by Og Mandino ***
• The One Minute Sales Person by Spencer Johnson, M.D. ***
• Values-Based Selling by Bill Bachrach **

• Do Less, Achieve More by Chin-Ning Chu ***
• You'll See It When You Believe It by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
• Your Erroneous Zones by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer ***
• The Nibble Theory and the Kernel of Power by Kaleel Jamison ***
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho **
• Over The Top by Zig Ziglar ***

• The Portable MBA Series
• In Search of Excellence by Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
• The Discipline of Market Leaders by Michael Treacy & Fred Wiersema
• The Virtual Corporation William H. Davidow & Michael Malone

• Wisdom of Teams by Jon Katzenbach & Douglas Smith
• The Work of Teams by Jon Katzenbach (Harvard Business Review) **

• Taking Charge: A Personal Guide to Managing Projects & Priorities by Michael E. Feder