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TOP 10 BUSINESS BOOKS EVERY MANAGER SHOULD READ Edward O’Leary, Abtrac What does it take to become a successful leader? How do you manage, motivate and gain the respect from your team? It’s clear there is no shortage of business books to help inspire and develop your leadership skills so we’ve put together the top 10 every manager should read.
1. How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie This one of the first best-selling self-help books ever published. It has sold over 30 million copies worldwide and went on to be named #19 on Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential books in 2011. As relevant as ever, Dale Carnegie’s principles endure, and will help you achieve your maximum potential in the complex and competitive modern age. Learn the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment. This timeless best seller is definitely
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3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for 25 years. It has transformed the lives of World Leaders and CEOs, educators and parents - in short, millions of people of all ages and occupations. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centred approach for
2. Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller – Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century by Napoleon Hill
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the text concerns increased income. The author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work, to do and be anything they can imagine. The book was first published during the Great Depression and by 2015
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problems. With penetrating insights a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity – principles that give us the security to adapt to change, and the wisdom and power to take change creates.
4. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of “outliers”- and asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?
