Recommended Reading

The following is a list of books that will be helpful for leaders in identifying their purpose and innate abilities and strengths. I reference these in my coaching and workshops and strongly recommend all of them. For additional resources, read my articles from Womeninc magazine and other publications here.

Coaching

  • Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way by Richard D. Carson

Purpose

  • The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work by Richard Leider
  • Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose by Richard J. Leider & David A. Shapiro
  • The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom by Angeles Arrien

Leadership

  • Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by Arbinger Institute
  • Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading by Martin Linsky and Ronald A. Heifetz
  • Inspire! What Great Leaders Do by Lance Secretan
  • The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M.R. Covey
  • Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life by Kevin Cashman

Strengths

  • Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
  • Strengthsfinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
  • Discover Your Sales Strengths: How the World’s Greatest Salespeople Develop Winning Careers by Benson Smith & Tony Rutigliano
  • Go Put Your Strengths to Work by Marcus Buckingham
  • Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams and Why People Follow by Tom Rath and Barry Conchie

Possibility and Attitude

  • The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander
  • The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
  • What the Bleep, movie; www.whatthebleep.com
  • The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto

Money

  • The Freedom Formula: How to Put Soul in Your Business and Money in Your Bank by Christine Kloser
  • The Money Keys: Unlocking Peace, Freedom & Real Financial Power by Karen Russo
  • The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life by Lynne Twist