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Feel free to click on any of these books for a short note on what Jim and Jan think about these books. If they are on this page it is one of our favorites and they’ve been mentioned on the show.  Many have been written by our current and/or future guests.  Click through to learn more about what we like.

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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

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Leading on the Edge: Extraordinary Stories and Leadership Insights from The World’s Most Extreme Workplace

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The Littlest Green Beret

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The Battle for Human Nature: Science, Morality and Modern Life

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Why We Work

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Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing

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The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

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Permission to Screw Up: How I Learned to Lead by Doing (Almost) Everything Wrong

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Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap

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The Creative Mindset: Mastering the Six Skills That Empower Innovation

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The Innovation Code: The Creative Power of Constructive Conflict

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Respect Trumps Harmony: Why being liked is overrated and constructive conflict gets results

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The Insider’s Guide To Culture Change

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Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life

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Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them

Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them

Coaching with Heart: Taoist Wisdom to Inspire, Empower, and Lead in Sports & Life

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Win the Day: Building and Sustain a Championship Culture

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The Big Nine: How The Tech Titans & Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity

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Leadership: The Warrior’s Art

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Winning Now, Winning Later: How Companies Can Succeed in the Short Term While Investing for the Long Term

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Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization

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Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking Into Breakthrough Growth

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Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything

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Influence PEOPLE: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical

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The Renaissance Campaign: A Problem-Solving Formula for Your Biggest Challenges

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Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk

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You — According to Them: Uncovering the blind spots that impact your reputation and your career

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Leadership Unchained: Defy Conventional Wisdom for Breakthrough Performance

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No Time for Spectators: The Lessons that Mattered Most from West Point to the West Wing

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All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Master the Most Important Skill for Success

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The Infinite Game

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It’s Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

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How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath & Donald Clifton

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Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

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