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Congratulations on making it to the end of the course. We hope you have found it interesting and it will help you in your self development. In closing please find a list of books with great leadership material.

Recommended Leadership Books

1. How to Win Friends and Influence People

by Dale Carnegie
A timeless classic on communication, persuasion, and building strong human relationships. Carnegie offers simple, practical principles for making people feel valued, earning trust, and resolving conflict—skills every leader needs.

Best for: Relationship-building, influencing with empathy, everyday communication.

 

2. Leaders Eat Last

by Simon Sinek
Sinek explores how great leaders create environments of trust and safety where people feel empowered to collaborate and thrive. Drawing from biology, psychology, and real-world case studies, this book teaches servant leadership and how to lead with purpose.

Best for: Building trust, team culture, leading with empathy

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3. Dare to Lead

by Brené Brown
A powerful book about vulnerability, courage, and emotional intelligence in leadership. Brown argues that brave leaders must lean into difficult conversations, build trust through openness, and lead with heart as well as strategy.

Best for: Emotional intelligence, courageous conversations, human-centered leadership.

 

4. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

by Patrick Lencioni
Told through a fictional narrative, this book identifies the five common breakdowns that undermine team performance: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results. Lencioni also provides a practical model for overcoming them.

Best for: Team leadership, diagnosing and fixing group challenges.

 

5. Start with Why

by Simon Sinek
A compelling look at how great leaders and organizations inspire others by first clarifying and communicating their “why”—their core purpose. This book encourages leaders to lead from values and inspire intrinsic motivation.

Best for: Visionary leadership, motivation, purpose-driven culture.

 

6. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen R. Covey
A holistic framework for personal and professional growth. Covey’s habits promote proactivity, goal-setting, empathetic communication, and continuous renewal—all deeply relevant to leadership development.

Best for: Personal leadership, time management, self-mastery.

 

7. Radical Candor

by Kim Scott
A practical guide for giving feedback that is both caring and direct. Scott teaches how to build a culture of open communication by “challenging directly while caring personally”—especially important in high-performance teams.

Best for: Feedback, communication, accountability in teams.

 

8. Good to Great

by Jim Collins
Based on years of research into what makes companies go from good to exceptional, Collins identifies key principles like Level 5 Leadership, the Hedgehog Concept, and getting the right people on the bus. A leadership must-read for anyone aiming to drive long-term excellence.

Best for: Strategic leadership, long-term growth, leading change

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