Recommended Reading

 General

• Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
• Mastering The Rockefeller Habits by Verne Harnish
• The Upside of Fear by Weldon Long
• Up, Down or Sideways: How to Succeed When times are good, bad or in between by Mark Sanborn
• The Family Business:  How to Work with People You Love - Without Hating Them by Janna Hoiberg

 Finance

• Accounting Made Simple by Mike Piper

 Sales

• Action Selling: How to Sell Like a Professional, Even If You Think You Are One by Duane Sparks
• The Accidental Salesperson by Chris Lytle
• The Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer (and all of Jeffrey Gitomers books)

 Customer Service

• Uncommon Service by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss
• Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin
• Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles
• What Clients Love by Harry Beckwith

 Emotional Intelligence

• Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
• Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
• StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath

Communication

• Who do You Think You Are anyway?  By Robert A Rhm, PhD. And E. Chris Carey
• The Question Before the Question: by John G. Miller

Conflict Resolution and Failure

• Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, and Bruce Patton
• Failing Forward  by John Maxwell

Team

• The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t by Robert I. Sutton
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
• The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business by Patrick Lencioni

 Leadership

• The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
• The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John Maxwell
• What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith

 Management

• Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman
• Outliers: by Malcom Gladwell

 Company Culture

• Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
• The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary by Joseph A. Michelli
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen
• Nuts! Southwest Airline’s Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success by Kevin and Jackie Freiberg

 Time Management

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
• Making It All Work by David Allen
• Time Traps: Proven Strategies for Swamped Salespeople by Todd Duncan
• Be Excellent at Anything by Tony Schwartz
• First Things First by Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill and Rebecca R. Merrill
• The Myth of Multitasking by David Crenshaw
• Getting Things Done by David Allen