Leadership Books To Inspire Every People Manager
The best leadership books inspire, educate, and rejuvenate even the most established people manager. We’ve compiled some of our favourite leadership books - from classics to new releases - to help you find your best leader in 2023. From defining leadership competencies, sharing experiences, to developing skills and ensuring best practice, there’s a wealth of knowledge to find on the bookshelves.
The 10 Best Leadership Books for 2023
Remote Work Revolution
Providing evidence-based advice, actionable steps, and interactive tools, Tsedal Neeley’s ‘Remote Work Revolution’ offers fresh expert insight on virtual and global working. Neeley, a Harvard Business School professor and leading expert in remote working, is the perfect companion to help you gain confidence as a remote people manager, help you support your workforce, and deliver strong results.
Inclusive Leadership
Charlotte Sweeney and Fleur Bothwick’s ‘Inclusive Leadership’ focuses on the superior success won by businesses that prioritise a diverse and engaged workforce. From employee lifecycle to supply chain and product developments, ensuring inclusivity in all aspects of your business should be a central pillar in 2023. Sweeney and Bothwick offer expert advice on achieving these goals.
Leaders Eat Last
Leaders who prioritise staff wellbeing before meeting their own ensure trust and cooperation within your team, and ensuring that the value of staff is a foundational pillar of business will lead to continued and sustainable success. Simon Sinek’s New York Times bestseller, Leaders Eat Last, combines stories from military, investment banking, and big business to define the best steps to meeting this goal.
Through the Labyrinth
Gender equality has been long neglected in business spaces. In ‘Through the Labyrinth’, Alice Eagly and Linda Carli examine the huge benefits that greater access for women in business can lend to company successes. From scientific research across psychology, economics, and political science, Eagly and Carli present an undeniable manifesto for the inclusion of women in all aspects of business and how women’s leadership can revolutionise companies for big business success.
The Vision Driven Leader
Michael Hyatt’s ‘The Vision Driven Leader’ offers six tangible tools for crafting your optimum business plan and outstanding business success. With 40 years of entrepreneur and executive experience, his insights are the perfect hack to build your business in 2023.
The One Minute Manager
From business basics to nuanced colleague communication, ‘The One Minute Manager’ by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson offers concise, tangible, tried-and-tested advice to upskill your business next year and remains a steadfast favourite amongst leadership books.
Good to Great
The Strategy Handbook: The Secret Sauce of Daily Business Success
Jereon Kraaijenbrink’s comprehensive practical handbook, ‘The Strategy Handbook: The Secret Sauce of Daily Business Success’, provides business strategy support and tips for implementation whilst underlining the daily benefits for these actions and how to track small achievements. This guide can help you and your team feel empowered, generate and execute top tier business strategies, and offer step-by-step support through user-friendly charts, case studies, and resources.
80/20 Your Life: Work Less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More
Richard Koch’s original bestseller gave highly effective tools for business upskilling to a wide range of leaders. 80/20 Your Life offers optimum success tips for all areas of life, giving a holistic and comprehensive view of entrepreneurship and business management.
The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
From first team leading role to top tier tech executive, Julie Zhuo’s ‘The Making of a Manager’ offers the shortcut to success, sharing the lessons she learnt along the way and the advice she wishes she had on day one.
Knowledge is Power
If this list has whet your appetite, it’s time to get buying! If you’re looking for some additional resources of support, take a look at our support section here or get in touch with the Cybele team to discuss your success for 2023.