Leadership/Management
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men.
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius was the greatest Roman Emperor. He wrote the 12 books of the Meditations as a source for his own guidance and self-improvement
A collection of the best thinking from one of the most innovative management consulting firms in the world - The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy: Classic Concepts and New Perspectives
There is one simple question to ask if you want to build a high performing team. See the 2 minute video here.
Have you experienced a vision of the person you might become, the work you could accomplish, the realized being you were meant to be? Are you a writer who doesn’t write, a painter who doesn’t paint, an entrepreneur who never starts a venture? If so, you should read this book.
Watch Jeff Bezos lay out his vision for Amazon's future dominance in this 1999 video
This book should be simply entitled "How to run a company"; Leadership: Thinking, Being, Doing
Forget yourself and focus on the work. Be humble and persistent. Value discipline and results, not passion and confidence. Be lesser, do more. This message is crucial, but the opposite of almost every other book. I wish everyone would read this.