The Leadership Hall of Fame

The Leadership Hall of Fame

BY KEVIN OHANNESSIANMon Dec 26, 2011

We have spent a year looking at the most influential business books and authors. Here is a complete syllabus for an education in being a leader. Which are your favorites? And which leadership classics did we miss?

• David Allen, Getting Things Done

"How Bad Plans And "Good Ideas" Ruin Meetings"

• Warren Bennis, On Becoming A Leader

"Leadership Is About Taking The Long View"

• Ken Blanchard, The One Minute Manager

"The First Secret: One Minute Goals"

• Po Bronson, What Should I Do With My Life?

"Parasite Entrepreneurism"

• Marcus Buckingham, First, Break All The Rules

"Even In The Office, Casting Is Everything"

• James Champy, Reengineering The Corporation

"Why Companies Will Change Or Fail"

• Clayton Christensen, The Innovators Dilemma

"Why Companies Fail to Innovate"

• Jim Collins, Good to Great

"How To Create A Business Where The Truth Is Heard"

• Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

"Using Empathic Listening to Collaborate"

• Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Flow

"Reclaim Your Life, One Experience At A Time"

• Peter Drucker, The Effective Executive

"Who Is an Executive?"

• Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone

"The Art of Audacious Conversation"

• Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

"Killing Your Job"

• Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class

"Values of the Creative Class"

• Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point

"On Connectors, Mavens, And Salesmen: How New Ideas Spread Like Seeds"

• Seth Godin, Purple Cow

"Better Business Through Changing Behavior"

• Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here, Won't Get You There

"Goal Obsession: The Flaw That Creates More Flaws"

• Dan Heath, Made to Stick

"How Do You Make Your Business Ideas Concrete? Look to Hamburger Helper"

• W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, Blue Ocean Strategy

"Navigate Blue Oceans To Undiscovered Business Opportunities"

• Tom Peters, In Search of Excellence

"Walmart and HP: Founded on People Power"

• Daniel Pink, Free Agent Nation

"The First Rule Of Being Your Own Boss? Be Authentic."

• C.K. Prahalad, The Fortune At The Bottom Of The Pyramid

"The Fortune At The Bottom Of The Pyramid"

• Barry Schwartz, The Paradox of Choice

"The Paradox Of Expanded Choices: What Too Much Of A Good Thing Means For Consumers"

• William C. Taylor, Practically Radical

"The Company as Community: Threadless Puts Everyone in Charge"

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