Ask HN: What are the most inspiring books on leadership?

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by tzz • 13 years ago

6 7 13 years ago

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After watching Jack Dorsey's Startup School video[1], I thought about what are some of good books to read on leadership.

What are some of the leadership books that inspired you or strongly suggest to read?

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEQawgkCMOU

pg• 13 years ago

How to Win Friends and Influence People (but buy an edition printed before Carnegie died; more recent versions have been rewritten by other people)

nabm• 13 years ago

Great book. There's also a good BBC interview with Warren Buffett talking about the original Dale Carnegie courses.

lbr• 13 years ago

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

daveyoon• 13 years ago

"Bismarck: A Life" by J. Steinberg. An object lesson in overweening use of power and personality. But lessons for effective leadership nevertheless.

avni000• 13 years ago

Change by Design by Tim Brown

ahsanhilal• 13 years ago

"The Score takes Care of Itself" - Bill Walsh

Jack Dorsey talked about it in Startup School and I highly recommend it as well.

cafard• 13 years ago

Herbert Simon's Models of My Life is in general interesting and has some very good sections on leadership, mostly in the research and academic world. I don't know that I would call it inspiring.

Ask HN: What are the most inspiring books on leadership?

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