Gerhard Richter, Lesende, SFMOMA
Among the essentials on the Serve to Lead bookshelf for 21st Century Leaders:
Classics
A Manual for Living, Epictetus
The Stoic Philosophy of Seneca: Essays and Letters
Essays and Lectures, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great Leaders
An Autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt
Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age, Arthur Herman
Churchill: A Study in Greatness, Geoffrey Best
Churchill: A Study in Failure: 1900-1939, Robert Rhodes James
Winston’s War: Churchill, 1940-45, Max Hastings
Great Contemporaries: Churchill Reflects on FDR, Hitler, Kipling, Chaplin, Balfour, and Other Giants of His Age, Winston S. Churchill
Management
Chocolate Wars; The 150-Year War Between the World’s Greatest Chocolate Makers, Deborah Cadbury
The Puritan Gift: Reclaiming the American Dream Amidst Global Financial Chaos, Kenneth Hopper & William Hopper
Mary Parker Follett: Prophet of Management, Pauline Graham, ed.
The Essential Drucker, Peter Drucker
Servant Leadership, Robert Greenleaf
The Little BIG Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence, Tom Peters
The Essential Bennis, Warren Bennis
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life Without Losing its Soul, Howard Schultz
The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public, Lynn Stout
Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works, A.G. Lafley & Roger L. Martin
Communication
Ogilvy on Advertising, David Ogilvy
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Robert Cialdini
Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences, Nancy Duarte
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, Garr Reynolds
To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others, Daniel H. Pink
APE–Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur: How to Publish a Book, Guy Kawasaki & Shawn Welch
Leaders and Artists
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, Mason Currey
Ernest Hemingway on Writing, Larry W. Phillips, ed.
The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, Steven Pressfield
The Courage to Create, Rollo May
The Spooky Art, Norman Mailer
Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott
On Writing, Stephen King
The Courage to Write, Ralph Keyes
The Treehouse, Naomi Wolf
How to Write, RIchard Rhodes
Write Away, Elizabeth George
On Writing, Editing, and Publishing, Second Edition, Jacques Barzun [especially essay, "A Writer's Discipline"]
A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration, Michael Shapiro, ed.
Travel Writing, Don George, ed., Lonely Planet
Personal Development
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck
Entrepreneurial Life
The Millionaire Next Door: The Suprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy, Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko
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