"3 Steps To Yes: The Gentle Art Of Persuasion" by Gene Bedell Practical, applicable techniques on how to persuade others to your way of thinking in a manner that provides lasting results. These techniques apply in any situation where you want or need behavior change from someone else.
"Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell Gladwell details the new concept called "thin-slicing". It is how human beings make assessments and judgments within five seconds about the people and things around them. The key is, those judgments are typically right.
"Coaching For Teamwork" by Vincent T. Lombardi The son of the famous football coach uses his background in football as the basis for effective and efficient team leadership or orchestration.
"Death By Meeting" by Patrick Lencioni This is a book that explains why meetings are so boring, and how to make sure that they are engaging all attendees and producing maximum productivity.
"Do Hard Things" by Alex and Brett Harris These Christian teenage authors have started a movement called the "Rebelution". They are calling teenagers all over the world to rebel against low expectations and mediocrity.
"Five Temptations of a CEO" by Patrick Lencioni For Team Leaders in any industry, this book details the biggest temptations that leaders fall into which limit and restrict their effectiveness as leaders. "First Break All The Rules" by Marcus Buckingham This book uses Gallup research studies to explain what the most successful leaders of people are doing and why it is working. "Fish" by Dr. Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul and John Christensen A book on creating an energized environment, no matter the type of work or industry.
"Five Dysfunctions of a Team" by Patrick Lencioni Teams - even effective teams - should read this together. This book explains the five dysfunctions, why they exist and what to do about them. "Founding Fathers on Leadership" by Donald T. Phillips The US Revolutionary War is investigated from the standpoint of leadership. The author dissects what worked and what didn't for the leaders of both the Continental and British forces, then translates those learnings to present day businesses.
"Four Obsessions of Extraordinary Executives" by Patrick Lencioni This book looks at the differences between managers that get the work done and leaders that are successful at getting those they lead to want to get the work done.
"Good-To-Great" by Jim Collins This book explains the multi-year study on those organizations that went from good-to-great, why, and the reason that their competition did not make the transition.
"Gung Ho" by Ken Blanchard This book provides the famework for changing a negttive environment into a positive, productive and successful envirnment, both at the people level and at the organizational level.
"Illuminate" by David Corbin Corbin explains the three steps of finding the source of, and fixing once-and-for-all, those nagging organizational and/or people problems. "It's Your Ship" by Michael Abrashoff Abrashoff was the youngest Admiral in the US Navy and was assigned the worst ship in the US Navy. He took it from last to first in two years. This book explains how he got those on the his ship to stop seeing themselves as worst and seeing themselves as what they ultimately became - the very best. "Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell" by Oren Harari Harari details Powell's leadership principles from Powell's time in the Army through his tenure as Secretary of State. This is not a biography. Rather, it is an objective view of why Powell is so well respected by friends and enemies alike. "Life Strategies" by Dr. Phil McGraw This book drives home the point that the unwanted behavior that you experience from others is because you reward it. Dr. McGraw provides action steps for improving your environment, and the people in it - starting with yourself.
"Never Give In" by Stephen Mansfield A look at leadership through the example of Winston Churchill, his many trails and challenges before the triumph. What Churchill overcomes is shocking. How he leads is instructive for every leader.
"Now Discover Your Strengths" by Marcus Buckingham The follow-up to "First Break All The Rules", this book details how to determine one's strengths and talents. It also further makes the case for why working on weaknesses is an exercise in futility and why building strengths provides significant return-on-investment.
"On-Purpose Business" by Kevin McCarthy This book offers step-by-step actions for any organization to create individual ownership for all organizational processes.
"Our Iceberg Is Melting" by John Kotter This is a book on how different types of people relate to change told through the eyes of penguins. Both leaders and those they lead will see themselves in one or more of the penguins. Kotter provides the model for how to get the people your organization enrolled in creating change that lasts.
"Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell Gladwell proves through dtat and facts that the road to success is much more complicated, and at the same time much simpler than we think. This book is an instruction manual on how to set people up for success.
"Powell Principles" by Oren Harari Colin Powell offers his most effective principles of leadership along with the model for making each work.
"Silos, Politics and Turf Wars" by Patrick Lencioni Provides the model for organizations of all sizes, regardless of industry, in how to eliminate silo thinking, departmental/hierarchical boundaries and territorialism.
"Three Signs You Have a Miserable Job" by Patrick Lencioni This book outlines for leaders, managers and supervisors how to insure that those who work for you do not have miserable jobs.
"Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell Why do some ideas catch on like wildfire but others wallow in obscurity? Gladwell explains why, and he offers the formula for taking ideas from ember to blazing hot.
"The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall One of the most impactful works of fiction, this book identifies the need for, and benefits of managing change in ourselves first, and then in others. "Whale Done" by Ken Blanchard A step-by-step guide on how to maximize the productivity in others by reshaping your own attitudes and ways of working - personally and professionally. The book uses the training of the Killer Whales at Sea World as its backdrop for creating an environment where people desire to do more.
"What's Your Excuse?" by John Foppe Born with no arms, Foppe presents a view of the world from the perspective of someone who has a right to be bitter and angry, but chooses to live life without the negatives.
FACILITATION
"201 Icebreakers" by Edie West. Provides a ready reference of topic-specific icebreakers for all size groups.
** "Creative Training Techniques Handbook" by Robert W. Pike The best resource for facilitators. Includes data, facilitation pointers and techniques for improving your skill as a facilitator.
** "The Games Trainers Play Set" by John W. Newstrom and Edward E. Scannell Includes over 400 ideas, exercises, activities and training aids for adding impact to presentations.
** "Dealing With Difficult Participants" by Bob Pike and Dave Arch Provides strategies for dealing with difficult participants. Includes strategies for preventing problem behavior before it occurs.
"The Exceptional Presenter" by Timothy Koegel This is the current-best-approach for driving behavior change through learning principles.