Doescher Advisors Book List

The following are books we have read and have categorized to make it easier for you to find something you may enjoy. We would not necessarily recommend every book to every person. If you are interested, we offer a complimentary one-on-one session where we can tailor our suggestions to your interests and needs.

 

CEO/PRESIDENTS/ENTREPRENEUR/
FOUNDERS/INVENTORS

1. Crucial Conversations, Patterson, Grenny, McMillan & Switzler
2. Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, Liz Wiseman
3. Leading with the Heart, Mike Krzyzewski
4. Next Generation Leader, Andy Stanley
5. The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership, Steven Sample
6. Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?, Louis Gerstner
7. Tough Choices, Carly Fiorina
8. Winning, Jack Welch
9. Enough, John Bogle
10. Loving Monday, John Beckett
11. Mastering Monday, John Beckett
12. Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Verne Harnish
13. Leadership is an Art, Max DePree
14. Leadership and the New Science, Margaret Wheatley
15. The Congruent Life, Michael Thompson
16. Servant Leadership, Robert Greenleaf
17. Understanding Leadership, Tom Marshall
18. Senior Leadership Teams, Ruth Wageman
19. The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker
20. The Peter Principle, Laurence Peters
21. The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes & Barry Posner
22. The Romance of Tata Steel, R.M. Lala
23. Dr. Deming, Rafael Aguayo
24. Even Happier: A Gratitude Journal, Tal Ben-Shahar
25. Onward, Howard Schultz
26. Succession Transition, Bill Hermann & Gordon Krater
27. From Values to Action, Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr.
28. Disciplined Dreaming, Josh Linkner
29. Start with Why, Simon Sinek
30. Ownership Thinking, Brad Hams
31. American Icon, Bryce Hoffman
32. Like A Virgin, Richard Branson
33. Zero To One, Peter Thiel
34. Elon Musk, Renaissance Man
35. Right Away, All At Once, Greg Brenneman
36. Tribal Leadership, Logan, King & Fischer-Wright
37. The Deal Maker, Axel Madsen
38. The Coaching Questions, Mike Tattersall
39. Elon Musk, Ashlee Vance
40. Setting the Table, Danny Meyer
41. Principles, Ray Dalio
42. Servant Leadership in Action, Ken Blanchard & Renee Broadwell
43. Shoe Dog, Phil Knight
44. Strategize To Win, Carla Harris
45. Ninja Future, Gary Shapiro
46. Delivering Happiness, Tony Hsieh
47. Make The Noise Go Away – The Power of An Effective Second in Command, Larry Linne
48. Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson
49. Spiritual Leadership, Oswald Sanders
50. iWoz, Steve Wozniak
51. Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek
52. Riding Shotgun – The Role of the COO, Bennett & Miles
53. High Performance Habits, Brendon Burchard
54. The Carpenter, Jon Gordon
55. Kochland, Christopher Leonard
56. The Everything Store, Brad Stone
57. Dapper Dan, Daniel Day

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL

1. When Professionals Have to Lead, Thomas DeLong, John Gabarro & Robert Lees
2. Managing the Professional Service Firm, David Maister
3. What Leaders Really Do, John Kotter
4. HBR on Leadership, Harvard Business Review
5. The Trusted Advisor, David Maister

GREAT RECESSION/FINANCIAL CRISIS

1. On the Brink, Henry Paulson, Jr.
2. The Big Short, Michael Lewis
3. Too Big to Fail, Andrew Sorkin
4. Overhaul, Steven Rattner
5. Car Guys vs. Bean Counters, Bob Lutz
6. Factory Man, James E. Harbour
7. This Time Is Different, Reinhart & Rogoff
8. The Smartest Guys In The Room, Bethany McLean & Peter Elkins
9. Final Accounting: Ambition, Greed & The Fall of Arthur Andersen, Barbara Toffler

CAPITALISM/FREE MARKET/ECONOMICS

1. When We Are Free, Timothy Nash
2. Make It In America, Andrew Liveris
3. The Capitalist Comeback, Andrew Puzder
4. Fair Shot, Chris Hughes
5. The Coming Jobs War, Jim Clifton
6. Aftershock, Robert Reich
7. Eat The Rich, P.J. O’Rourke
8. The Road to Serfdom, F. A. Hayek
9. The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
10. The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, Michael Novak
11. Why Nations Fail, Acemoglu & Robinson
12. Big Is Beautiful, Atkinson && Lind
13. The Great Deformation, David A. Stockman
14. The Coming Jobs War, Jim Clifton
15. Nudge, Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein

WEALTH MANAGEMENT/BUDGETING/INVESTING

1. Wealth: Is It Worth It?, Truett Cathy
2. Thou Shall Prosper, Daniel Lapin
3. The Billionaire Who Wasn’t, Conor O’Cleary
4. The Treasure Principle, Randy Alcorn
5. Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
6. Rich Habits, Thomas Corley
7. Change Your Habits, Change Your Life, Tom Corley
8. The Millionaire Next Door, Stanley & Danko

BRAIN/PSYCHOLOGY/ASSESSMENTS/FEEDBACK

1. Quiet: The Power of Introverts, Susan Cain
2. The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck
3. Daring Greatly, Dr. Brene Brown
4. Crucial accountability, Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan
5. Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
6. Narcissistic Leader, Michael Maccoby
7. Strengths Leadership, Tom Rath
8. Radical Candor, Kim Scott
9. Understanding Yourself, William Menninger
10. First, Break All the Rules, Marcus Buckingham
11. Now, Discover Your Strengths, Donald Clifton & Marcus Buckingham
12. Mindset-The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck
13. Talent is Overrated, Geoff Colvin
14. Getting to Yes – Negotiating Agreement w/o Giving In, Bill Ury
15. Standout, Marcus Buckingham
16. The Enneagram – A Christian Perspective, Richard Rohr
17. Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Bradberry & Greaves
18. Thanks for the Feedback, Stone & Heen
19. 8 Keys To Eliminating Passive – Aggressiveness, Andrea Brandt
20. The Man in the Mirror, Patrick Morley
21. What Got You Here Won’t Get you There, Marshall Goldsmith
22. Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in your Life, Linda Martinez
23. An Enneagram Journey To Self-Discovery, Cron & Stabile
24. Overcoming Passive-Aggression, Murphy & Oberlin
25. Switch On Your Brain, Dr. Caroline Leaf
26. Master Your Brain, Phillip Adcock
27. Emotional Intelligence, Dr. David Walton
28. Difficult Conversations, Stone, Patton, Heen
29. The Speed of Trust, Stephen M.R. Covey
30. Interpersonal Neurobiology, Daniel Siegel
31. God Help Me! These People Are Driving Me Nuts!, Gregory Popcak
32. The Happiness Equation, Neil Pasricha
33. Business Chemistry, Kim Christfort & Suzanne Vickberg
34. Unworried, Dr. Gregory Popcak
35. Fully Human, Susan Packard

STRATEGY/EXECUTION/CULTURE

1. Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne
2. The New Leader’s 100 – Day Action Plan, Bradt, Check & Pedraza
3. American Drive: How Manufacturing Will Save Our Country, Dick Dauch
4. Remarkable, Dr. Randy Ross & David Salyers
5. Work Rules – Insights from Inside Google, Laszlo Bock
6. Rocket Fuel, Gino Wickman & Mark Winters
7. Execution, Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
8. The Great Game of Business, Jack Stack
9. The Culture Solution, Matthew Kelly
10. Margin, Richard Swenson, M.D.
11. The Profit Zone, Adrian Slywotzky
12. Competitive Strategy, Michael Porter
13. Islands of Profit In a Sea of Red Ink, Jonathan Byrnes
14. Love Works, Joel Manby
15. Lead with LUV, Ken Blanchard & Colleen Barrett
16. Traction, Gino Wickman
17. The 80/20 Principle, Richard Koch
18. The 4 Disciplines of Execution, McChesney, Covey, Huling
19. The Dream Manager, Matthew Kelly
20. The War At Work, Seth Mattison & Joshua Medcalf
21. Creative Confidence, David & Tom Kelley

SALES/MARKETING

1. How To Win Friends & Influence People, Dale Carnegie
2. How I Raised Myself From Failure To Successes in Selling, Frank Bettger
3. Marketing Myopia (HBR article), Theodore Levitt
4. Kotler on Marketing, Philip Kotler
5. Clients for Life, Jagdish Sheth & Andrew Sobel
6. Purple Cow, Seth Godin
7. The Ultimate Sales Machine, Chet Holmes
8. The Hunter, David Farbman
9. The Challenger Sale, Matthew Dixon & Brent Adamson
10. The New Strategic Selling, Robert Miller & Stephen Heiman
11. Hope Is Not A Strategy, Rick Page
12. You Can’t Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar, David Sandler
13. It’s Not What You Sell, It’s What You Stand For, Roy Spence, Jr.
14. The Asking Formula, John Baker
15. Raving Fans!, Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles
16. Positively Outrageous Service, T. Scott Gross
17. The Definitive Book of Body Language, Allan & Barbara Pease
18. Never Split The Difference, Chris Voss
19. Sales Management Simplified, Mike Weinberg

WOMEN EXECUTIVES

1. Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg
2. Option B, Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
3. The Confidence Code, Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
4. Gifted to Lead: The Art of Leading as a Woman in the Church, Nancy Beach

PRESIDENTS AND GOVERNMENT & MILITARY LEADERS

1. Sacred Honor: Colin Powell, David Roth
2. Abraham Lincoln: The Spiritual Growth of a Public Man, Elton Trueblood
3. Abraham Lincoln: A Spiritual Biography, Elton Trueblood
4. Lincoln on Leadership, Donald Phillips
5. God’s Leader for a Nation: Abraham Lincoln, David Collins
6. Washington’s Secret War, Thomas Fleming
7. 1776, David McCullough
8. John Adams, David McCullough
9. When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan, Peggy Noonan
10. Thirteen Days, Robert F. Kennedy
11. Eyewitness to Power, David Gergen
12. Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
13. The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark
14. No Higher Honor, Condoleezza Rice
15. The Forgotten Man, Amity Schlaes
16. It Worked for Me, Colin Powell
17. Special Trust, Robert McFarlane
18. Leadership, Rudolph Giuliani
19. The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli
20. The Art of War, Sun Tzu
21. Iliad, Homer
22. Trump: The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump
23. Killing Reagan, Bill O’Reilly
24. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O’Reilly
25. Turn the Ship Around, David Marquet
26. Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
27. A Pope and A President, Paul Kengor
28. Rules For Radicals, Saul Alinsky
29. The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis
30. Like War, Singer & Brooking
31. Win Bigly, Scott Adams
32. Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell
33. Fearless (Adam Brown), Eric Blehm
34. Elite, Nick Hays
35. Try Common Sense, Philip Howard
36. Decision Points, George W. Bush
37. Fear, Trump in the White House, Bob Woodward
38. Six Days of War, Michael B. Oren

CHRISTIAN LEADERS

1. The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren
2. Discover Your Giftedness, Mels Carbonell
3. Courageous Leadership, Bill Hybels
4. Your Work Matters to God, Doug Sherman & William Hendricks
5. Calling Christian Leaders, John Stott
6. The Workaholic and His Family, Frank Minirth, Paul Meier, Frank Wichern, Bill Brewer & States Skipper
7. The Servant Leader, Ken Blanchard & Phil Hodges
8. Leadership by the Book, Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels & Phil Hodges
9. The Dream Giver, Bruce Wilkinson
10. The Life You’ve Always Wanted, John Ortberg
11. Descending Into Greatness, Bill Hybels
12. The Leadership Secrets of Jesus, Mike Murdock
13. World Shapers – A Treasury of Quotes from Great Missionaries, Vinita Hampton & Carol Plueddmann
14. Men in Leadership: One Minute Bible, Bob Briner
15. Choosing to Cheat, Andy Stanley
16. Moses: A Man of Selfless Dedication, Chuck Swindoll
17. Joseph: A Man of Integrity and Forgiveness, Chuck Swindoll
18. David: A Man of Passion and Destiny, Chuck Swindoll
19. Taking the Lead, Dr. Ron Jenson
20. The Call, Os Guinness
21. Martin Luther King Jr., Marshall Frady
22. A Simple Path, Mother Teresa
23. Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs, Bill Hybels
24. The Principle of the Path, Andy Stanley
25. Spiritual Leadership, Henry & Richard Blackaby
26. EntreLeadership, Dave Ramsey
27. Action Trumps Everything, Charles Kiefer
28. Wealth: Is It Worth It?, Truett Cathy
29. Ordering Your Private World, Gordon MacDonald
30. Heroic Leadership, Chris Lowery
31. simplify., Bill Hybels
32. Teach Us to Number Our Days, David Roper
33. A Beautiful Mess, Danielle Strickland
34. Present over Perfect, Shauna Niequist
35. Stay the Course, Choco De Jesus
36. God Will Use This For Good, Max Lucado
37. Resisting Happiness, Matthew Kelly
38. Heaven Starts Now, Father John Ricardo
39. Seven Prayers, Stormie Omartian
40. Rainbow Man, Richard Rockman, Jr.
41. Choosing A Life That Matters, Dennis Rainey
42. The Light Entrusted to You, Dr. John Wood
43. Defending The Free Market, The Rev. Robert Sirico
44. Hope in the Dark, Craig Groeschel
45. The Last Arrow, Erwin McManus
46. The Hole in Our Gospel, Richard Stearns

SPORTS TEAM COACHES

1. Bo’s Lasting Lessons, Bo Schembechler & John Bacon
2. Tom Landry, Tom Landry & Gregg Lewis
3. Quiet Strength, Tony Dungy & Nathan Whitaker
4. From Ashes to Glory, Bill McCartney & Dave Diles
5. The Lombardi Rules, Vince Lombardi Jr.
6. The Miracle of St. Anthony, Adrian Wojnarowski
7. Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, John Wooden & Jay Carty
8. Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance, Tony Dungy & Nathan Whitaker
9. The Score Takes Care of Itself, Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison & Craig Walsh
10. Season of Life, Jeffrey Marx
11. The Long Snapper, Jeffrey Marx
12. The Mentor Leader, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell & Nathan Whitaker
13. Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez, John Bacon
14. Destination Unstoppable, Maureen Electa Monte
15. Imperfect: An Improbable Life, Jim Abbott and Tim Brown
16. Motivated to Dream Big, Linnell Jones-McKenney
17. Bleachers, John Grisham
18. Legacy (All Blacks Rugby Team), James Kerr
19. Winning Every Day, Lou Holtz
20. Just Show Up, Cal Ripken, Jr.

BILL GEORGE

1. Authentic Leadership, Bill George
2. True North, Bill George

JIM COLLINS

1. Built to Last, Jim Collins
2. Good to Great, Jim Collins
3. How the Mighty Fall, Jim Collins
4. Great By Choice, Jim Collins

PATRICK LENCIONI

1. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni
2. The Five Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencioni
3. The Three Signs of a Miserable Job, Patrick Lencioni
4. Death by Meeting, Patrick Lencioni
5. The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni
6. Making Meetings Work, John Tropman
7. Getting Naked, Patrick Lencioni

TOM PETERS

1. In Search of Excellence, Tom Peters
2. A Passion for Excellence, Tom Peters
3. Thriving on Chaos, Tom Peters

DANIEL PINK

1. Drive, Daniel Pink
2. To Sell Is Human, Daniel Pink
3. Free Agent Nation – The Future of Working for Yourself, Daniel Pink

HENRY CLOUD

1. Necessary Endings, Henry Cloud
2. Integrity, Henry Cloud
3. The One-Life Solution, Henry Cloud
4. The Power of the Other, Henry Cloud

JOHN MAXWELL

1. The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, John Maxwell
2. Attitude 101, John Maxwell
3. Intentional Living, John Maxwell
4. The Power of Your Potential, John Maxwell
5. Developing the Leader Within You 2.0, John Maxwell

OTHER BUSINESS BOOKS

1. The Starfish and the Spider, Ori Brafman & Rod Beckstrom
2. Morph: The Texture of Leadership, Ron Martoia
3. Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson & Kenneth Blanchard
4. Blur, Stan Davis & Christopher Meyer
5. Claiming Your Place at the Fire, Richard Leider & David Shapiro
6. Finding a Job You Can Love, Ralph Mattson & Arthur Miller Jr.
7. Second Acts, Stephen Pollan & Mark Levine
8. The 4-Hour Workweek, Timothy Ferriss
9. A Whack on the Side of the Head, Roger von Oech
10. Power Up Your Profits, Troy Waugh
11. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell
12. The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
13. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman
14. Cradle to Cradle, McDonough & Braungart
15. Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
16. Switch, Dan & Chip Heath
17. Liars Poker, Michael Lewis
18. Made to Stick, Chip & Dan Heath
19. Socialnomics, Erik Qualman
20. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
21. Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Cali Ressler
22. Making Ripples, Mike Breaux
23. The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathan Haidt
24. The E Myth Manager, Michael Gerber
25. American Wheels Chinese Roads, Michael J. Dunne
26. The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
27. Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner
28. The Israel Test, George Gilder
29. Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey Moore
30. Tribes, Seth Godin
31. The Art of Choosing, Sheena Iyengar
32. Anxiety Free, Robert Leahy
33. Bridge Builder, Walther Leisler Kiep
34. Fire Your Excuses, Bill Dyment & Marcus Dayhoff
35. Start With No, Jim Camp
36. Reckless Endangerment, Morgensen & Rosner
37. David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell
38. The Other Side of Innovation, Vijay Govindarajan & Chris Trimble
39. Give and Take, Adam Grant
40. Getting Things Done, David Allen
41. The Go-Giver, Burg & Mann
42. The Road To Reinvention, Josh Linkner
43. Rookie Smarts, Liz Wiseman
44. Creativity, Inc., Ed Catmull
45. The No A__Hole Rule, Robert Sutton
46. Humble Inquiry, Edgar Schein
47. The Art of Why, Steve Lucenbach
48. The Lean Manager, Michael &Freddy Balle
49. Built in Detroit, Bob Morris
50. Seizing The White Space, Mark Johnson
51. Good Boss, Bad Boss, Robert Sutton
52. Conscious Business, Fred Kofman
53. Winning From Within, Erica Ariel Fox
54. The Behavior Gap, Carl Richards
55. Business Adventures, John Brooks
56. the Culture Map, Erin Meyer
57. Grit, The Power of Passion & Perseverance, Angela Duckworth
58. Playbook-For Your Extraordinary Life, Elaine Seat
59. Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
60. Your Money or Your Life, Robin & Dominguez
61. Remembering Flint Michigan, Gary Flinn
62. Good Work, E.F. Schumacher
63. Mastering Bitcoin for Dummies, Alan Norman
64. Fish! Tales, Lundin, Christenson, Paul & Strand
65. Mastering Civility,Christine Porath
66. The Slight Edge, Jeff Olson
67. The Charge, Brendon Burchard
68. The School of Greatness, Lewis Howes
69. Open-Book Management, John Case
70. Scaling Up, Verne Harnish
71. Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely
72. Change to Strange, Daniel Cable
73. Storytelling as Best Practice, Andy Goodman
74. Alive At Work, Daniel Cable
75. How I Turned $1,000 into Five Million in Real Estate, William Nickerson
76. Average Is Over, Tyler Cowen
77. The Undoing Project, Michael Lewis
78. Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics & Biases, Tversky & Kahneman
79. Freakonomics, Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
80. Built To Sell, John Warrillow
81. Don’t Just Give It Away, Renata Rafferty
82. Driven By Difference, David Livermore
83. Managing a Private Foundation, Paul Rhoads
84. The Policy Governance Model, John Carver
85. The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, Dan Ariely
86. Profit First, Mike Michalowicz
87. Blind Spot, Mahzarin Banaji & Anthony Greenwald

OTHER BOOKS

1. Good to Great in God’s Eyes, Chip Ingram
2. The White Man’s Burden, William Easterly
3. Serving with Eyes Wide Open, David Livermore
4. Ministering Cross-Culturally, Lingenfelter and Mayers
5. How Churches and Leaders Can Get It, Craig Groeschel
6. A Resilient Life, Gordon MacDonald
7. Rediscovering God in America, Newt Gingrich
8. The Hole in Our Gospel, Richard Stearns
9. Whose Land? Whose Promise?, Gary Burge
10. My Business My Mission, Doug Seebeck/Timothy Stoner
11. Reboot!, Phil Burgess
12. Detroit (A Biography), Scott Martelle
13. When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett
14. The Peacemaker: Handling Conflict, Sande and Johnson
15. High Strung: Borg, McEnroe & the Untold Story, Stephen Tignor
16. The Seven Daughters of Eve, Bryan Sykes
17. Love Does, Bob Goff
18. Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now, Maya Angelou
19. reconcile, John Paul Lederach
20. The Noticer, Andy Andrews
21. Same Kind of Different As Me, Ron Hall
22. The Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown
23. Take Control of Your Aging, William Malarkey, M.D.
24. Antifragile, Nassim Talbe
25. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman
26. Government Zero, Michael Savage
27. Left to Tell, Immaculate Ilibagiza
28. Just Courage, Gary Haugen
29. Chase The Lion, Mark Batterson
30. Proof of Heaven, Eben Alexander, M.D.
31. More of the Holy Spirit, Sr. Ann Shields
32. When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold Kushner
33. The Talent Code, Daniel Coyle
34. The Magic, Rhonda Byrne
35. Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay, Daniel Mattson
36. Younger Next Year, Chris Crowley & Henry Lodge, M.D.
37. Spring Chicken – Stay Young Forever (Or Die Trying), Bill Gifford
38. The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand
39. Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age, Jeff Bercovici
40. The Sexual State, Jennifer Roback Morse
41. The Hero’s Journey, Joseph Campbell
42. The Final Quest, Rick Joyner
43. The New Jim Crowe, Michelle Alexander
44. Rediscover the Saints, Matthew Kelly
45. How To Be An Antiracist, Ibram Kendi
46. The Energy Bus
47. Catch – 67, Micah Goodman