Executive and Professional Coaching Leadership Books
A Bias for Action: How Effective Managers Harness Their Willpower, Achieve Results, and Stop Wasting Time (2004) by Heike Bruch and Sumantra Ghoshal
Adaptive Coaching: The Art and Practive of a Client-Centered Approach to Performance Improvement by Terri Bacon & Karen Spear
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict (BK LIife) (2006) by The Arbinger institute
The Articulate Executive: Learn to Look, Act, and Sound Like a Leader (1997) by Granville Toogood
The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching: 50 Top Executive Coaches Reveal Their Secrets (2004) by Howard Morgan, Phil Harkins, and Marshall Goldsmith
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life (2002) by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential For Lasting Fulfillment (2004) by Martin Seligman
A Whole New Mind: Moving From the Information Age to the Conceptual Age (2005) by Daniel H. Pink
The Business and Practice of Coaching: Finding Your Niche, Making Money and Attracting Ideal Clients (2005) by Lynn Grodski and Wendy Allen; (Excellent book for people getting started in the coaching business)
Christian Coaching: Helping Others Turn Potential Into Reality (2001) by Gary Collins
Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose (2004) by Richard Leider and David Shapiro
Coaching for Leadership: How the World's Greatest Coaches Help Leaders Learn (2000) by Marshall Goldsmith and Laurence S. Lyons
Coaching Revolution: How Visionary Managers are Using Coaching to Empower People and Unlock Their Full Potential (2004) by David Logan & John King
The Corporate Coach: How to Build a team of Loyal Customers and Happy Employees (1994) by James B. Miller
Death By Meeting: A Leadership Fable ..... About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business (2004) by
Patrick Lencioni
Effective Coaching: Lessons from the Coach's Coach (2003) by Miles Downy
Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart: A Systems Approach to Engaging Leaders with Their Challenges (2000) by Mary Beth O'Neill
Experiencing God : Knowing and Doing His Will (1998) by Henry Blackaby and Claude King
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time (2002) by Susan Craig Scott
Finishing Well: What People Who Really Live Do Differently (2005) by Bob Buford
The Five Temptations of a CEO : A Leadership Fable (1998) by Patrick M. Lencioni
The Four Elements of Success: A Simple Personality Profile That Will Transform Your Team (2006) by Laurie Beth Jones
The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable (2000) by Patrick S. Lencioni
Getting Started in Personal and Executive Coaching: How to Create A Thriving Coaching Practice (2003) by Stephen G. Fairley and Chris E. Stout
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity (2002) by David Allen
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't (2001) by Jim Collins
Half Time - Changing Your game Plan From Success to Significance (1994)by Bob Buford
The Heart of Coaching: Using Transformational Coaching to Create a High-Performance Coaching Culture ( 2007) by Thomas Chrane
How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living (2003) by Dr. Rushworth Kidder
The Human Equation: Building Profits By Putting People First (1998) by Jeffrey Pfeffier
Intrinsic Motivation at Work: Building Energy & Committment (2002)by Kenneth W. Thomas
The Ideal Executive (The Leadership Trilogy Volume 1) (2004) by Dr. Ichak Adizes
The Inspired Executive: The Art of Leadership in the Age of Knowledge (1997) by Granville N. Toogood
The Leader's Guide to Storytelling: Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative (2005) by Stephen Denning
Leadership by the Book: Tools to Transform Your Workplace (2002) by Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels, and Phil Hodges
Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box (2002) by The Arbinger Institute
Leadership That Works: Hope and Direction for Church and Parachurch Leaders in Todays Complex World (2002) by Leith Anderson
Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time (2005) by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz
Now, Discover Your Strengths (2001)by Marcus Buckingam and Donald Clifton
Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace (1998) by Gordon Mackenzie
Patterns of High Performance: Discovering the Ways People Work Best (1993) by Dr. Jerry Fletcher
The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life (1998) by Laurie Beth Jones
The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal (2004) by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work (2005) by Richard J. Leider
Secrets of a CEO Coach: Your Personal Training Guide to Thinking Like a Leader and Acting Like a CEO (2000) by D. A. Benton
The Sherpa Guide: Process Driven Executive Coaching (2005) by Brenda Corbett and Judith Colemon
The Significance Principle: The Secret Behind High Performance People and Organizations (1998) by Les Carter and Jim Underwood
SmartMatch Alliances (2002) by Judy Feld and Ernest Oriente
Stumbling on Happiness (2007) by Daniel Gilbert
Coaching that Counts: Harnessing the Power of Leadership Coaching to Deliver Strategic Value (2004) by Dianna and Merrill Anderson
Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring (2004) by David Clutterbuck and David Megginson
The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry (2nd Edition) (Thin Book Series) (1998) by Sue Annis Hammond
Turbo Coach: A Powerful System For Achieving Breakthrough Career Success (2005) by Brian Tracy
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (2007) by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter
Who Moved My Cheese? (2004) by Spencer Johnson
Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You Can Learn from Their Mistakes (2004) by Sydney Finkelstein
