Leaders Are Readers
The KK&W team feel reading is an important aspect of any leadership role and truly believe that “Leaders Are Readers.” The following list is comprised of recommended reading by members of the KK&W team as well as attendees at various KK&W Summits over the years and is continually being updated.
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2 Chairs
by Bob Beaudine
10 Leadership Lessons from Nelson Mandela’s Life
by Richard Bowerman
10% Happier
by Dan Harris
12 Elements of Great Managing
by Rodd Wagner and James K. Harter
12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
by Doug Stanton
21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
by John Maxwell
1501 Ways to Reward Employees
by Robert Nelson
4-3-2-1 Leadership – What America’s sons and daughters taught me on the road from Second Lieutenant to Two-Star General
by Vincent E. Boles
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A Good Time to be a Girl: Don’t Lean In, Change the System
by Helena Morrissey
A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies from America’s First Female Four Star General
by Ann Dunwoody
A Life Well Played
by Arnold Palmer
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
by Ekhart Tolle
A Perfect Season
by Darryl Belfry
A Rumor of War
by Philip Caputo
A Slice of the Pie
by Rick Sarillo
A Winning Team
by Elmer Nordstrom
Above the Line
by Urban Meyer
Against The Grain
by Bill Courtney
All Buts Stink
by Walter Bond
American Sniper
by Chris Kyle
American Values
by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
American Icon – Alan Mullaly and the fight to save Ford Motor Company
by Bryce G. Hoffman
AntiFragile
by Nassim Taleb
Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court
by Jay Wright
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Be Our Guest
by Theodore Kinni
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
by Mark Sullivan
+++++ MORE BBBS GO HERE ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story
by Chris Nashawaty
Can’t Hurt Me
by David Goggins
Checklist Manifesto
by Atul Gawande
+++++ MORE CCCCCCs GO HERE ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Dare to Lead
by Brene Brown
Dare to Serve
by Cheryl Bachelder
+++++ MORE DDDDDs GO HERE ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Earning Serendipity
by Glenn Llopis
Elite
by Nick Hayes
+++++ MORE EEEEEs GO HERE ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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FANS! Not Customers
by Vernon W. Hill
Fearless Leaders – Sharpen Your Focus
by Cathy Greenberg
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by Author Name Goes Here
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
by Jack Weatherford
+++++ MORE Gs GO HERE ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Happiness – The art of living with peace, confidence and joy
by Douglas A. Smith
HBR Guide to Coaching Employees
by Harvard Business Review
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by Author Name Goes Here
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If I Knew Then What I Know Now
by Richard Edler
In Search of Excellence
by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
+++++ IIIIIs ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Jack – Straight from the Gut
by Jack Welch
Jesus, CEO
by Laurie Beth Jones
+++++ Js ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Killing Kennedy
by Bill O’Reilly
Killing Lincoln
by Bill O’Reilly
+++++ Ks ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Leadership and Self Deception
by the Arbinger Institute
+++++ Ls ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Make Your Bed by Admiral
by William H. McCraven
+++++ Ms ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
N
Napoleon, a Life
by Andrew Roberts
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it
by Chris Voss
+++++ Ns ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Old Path White Clouds
by Thich Naht Han
+++++ Os ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
P
Peak
by Chip Conley
+++++ MORE Ps GO HERE ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Queen Bees and Wannabes
by Rosalind Wiseman
+++++ MORE Qs GO HERE ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Radiant Angel
by Nelson DeMille
+++++ MORE Rs GO HERE ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Saban, the Making of a Coach
by Monte Burke
+++++ MORE Ss GO HERE ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Take Action
by Susan Bixler
Taking People with You
by David Novak
Talent is Overrated
by Geoff Calvin
+++++ MORE Ts GO HERE ++++++++
by Author Name Goes Here
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Unbroken
by Lauren Hillenbrand
W
Walk the Talk
by Eric Harvey and Al Lucia
What Great Brands Do
by Denise Yohn
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You are a BAD ASS
by Jen Sincero
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Zen Golf
by Dr. Joseph Parent
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2 Chairs
by Bob Beaudine
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10 Leadership Lessons from Nelson Mandela’s Life
by Richard Bowerman
10%
10% Happier
by Dan Harris
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12 Elements of Great Managing
by Rodd Wagner and James K. Harter
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by Bob Smith
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10 Victories in Coding
by Roy Rodgers
10%
10% Sadder
by Dan Boring
12
12 Ways to Blow It
by Larry the Loser