Thread by @MrJacobEspi

12 books founders, CFOs, VPs, and consultants want their managers read:

1) High Output Management by Andrew Grove

What you’ll learn:

- How to maximize your leverage as a manager
- How to effectively measure your output

This was by far the most recommended book

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2) Nonviolent Communication by Lucy Leu and Marshall B. Rosenberg

What you’ll learn:

- Four steps to inspiring empathy in others
- Effective communication strategies and tactics

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3) Drive by @DanielPink

What you’ll learn:

- How to motivate your team by giving them purpose
- The ingredients of mastery

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4) Radical Candor by @kimballscott

What you'll learn:

- How to give feedback that creates change
- How to build better relationships in the workplace

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5) Multipliers by @LizWiseman

What you'll learn:

- How you might be accidentally holding your team back
- What you can do (Action items!) to help everyone on your team be at their best

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6) Ego is the Enemy by @RyanHoliday

What you'll learn:

- Execution is all that matters
- Seeking approval of others will kill our potential

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7) How to Win Friends and Influence People

What you will learn:

- How to show people your value
- The keys to influence without conflict

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8) Braving the Wilderness by @BreneBrown

What you will learn:

- Leadership doesn't require you to change who you are
- How to impactfuly talk about ideas, feelings, and fears.

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9) The Coaching Habit

What you'll learn:

- How to keep your coaching conversations on track
- Questions you can ask to create impactful change

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10) Extreme Ownership by @jockowillink

What you will learn:

- The total focus principles that enable SEAL units to accomplish the most challenging combat missions
- How teams change when leaders decide to take Extreme Ownership

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11) Run to Win by @Schriock1 and @creynoldsnc

What you’ll learn:

- Why you need to change rules that don't work for you
- How to run your race, not someone else’s

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12) The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt

What you'll learn:

- How to create goals focused on continuous improvement

I just added this one to my list. It will be the next book I read. 👏

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Hopefully you found a few new additions to add to your list.

Thanks to these fantastic people for helping with the curation:

@RohunJauhar
@wes_kao
@landforce
@amandanat
@fortworthchris
@MichellCClark
@EricJorgenson
@kimballscott
@PDXStephenG
@Austen