As the title says looking to read a few books on Team Management, Management and leadership this year.

Thanks in advance for your input and suggestions.

Take a look at the books written by John C. Maxwell. He is one of my favorite authors on leadership.

Thanks for the replies. I have read a few by John C. Maxwell and I agree he is great. Been thinking about getting Good to Great as well.

Anatomy of Glory about Napoleon and the Imperial Guard.

Extreme Ownership- Jacko Willink and Leif Babin.

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Management 3.0, Mythical Man Month, Slack, Drive and the 5 Dysfunctions of a team
I watch this video with every new team I work with.

https://youtu.be/inftqUOLFaM

James Collins "Good To Great"

Edit: I May have an extra copy at the office, I will look on Monday. If I do I will get it to you. I will IM you if i do.

Machiavelli.  

The Open Organization*

*Yes i work there

The Mission, The Men, and Me

Management skills of
" Atilla The Hun"  great read informative.

good stuff here - thanks guys!

Robert K. Greenleaf - servant leadership

Crucial Conversaions- Patterson, Grenny, Mcillan, Switzler
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World- Ronald A. Heifetz 

Find the list of 30 books marine leaders should read.

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For my bachelor's we had to read a ton of leadership books.  My favorites were
--Leadership, a communication perspective (Hackman and Johnson).
--Practicing leadership, principles and application (Shriberg and Shriberg).
--Strengths based leadership (by Gallup)
--above mentioned servant leadership based on Greenleaf.

I also read "good to great" and did not think I was very helpful.

The Phoenix Project
The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team
Management 3.0

Just watched the youtube video above about the 5 dysfunctions of a team and got a lot out of it. Will definitely get the book and share that with my team. Thanks. Any other input is appreciated!

I have not read these ones yet, but a friend gave the following books strong recommendations:

The Phoenix Project by Kim, Behr, Spafford
Give and Take by Grant
Turn the Ship Around! by Marquet

As much as I hate these books. The best one I read was the OZ Principal.  A very good read and great insight into the Enron failure.

Team of Teams.

Mintzberg, et. al., Harvard Business Review on Leadership
Peter F. Drucker, The Effective Executive

I know this sounds odd, but years ago, there was a series of books on managing people written as if they were written by people like Ghengis Khan, or Atilla the Hun.  The books used history, but were really interesting culturally as well as about how to lead people.  You really can't conquer as well as Ghengis Khan or Atilla did without being very good at leading organizations.

Also, in Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", Sun Tzu was asked by the emperor how to lead.  Sun Tzu said that the biggest problem with leaders is that they don't make their expectations, rewards, or punishments very clear.  The emperor asked what he meant, so Sun Tzu said he would demonstrate.

Sun Tzu gathered 100 of the emperor's concubines together, and separated them into groups of ten.  He then selected one from each group of ten, and brought them forward.  He told them that the following instructions are very important, and to listen carefully.  Sun Tzu then told them that they were to return to their groups and tell the rest of the group that when the drum sounds, face right, and when the horn sounds face left.  The concubines giggled, and twittered, and Sun Tzu asked if there were any questions about his instructions, and there were no questions.

The concubines went back to their groups, the drum sounded, and there was no response, the horn sounded, and again there was no response.  Sun Tzu then told the emperor to pay close attention.  He brought the ten concubines who received the instructions forward again, and had them all beheaded.  The emperor was appalled, but Sun Tzu asked for his patience.  

Again, Sun Tzu brought forward another ten concubines, and repeated the instructions.  The concubines were asked if there were any questions, and there no questions.....there was also no giggling or twittering.  The concubines were sent back to the other eight of their group.

The drum sounded and all concubines immediately faced right, the horn sounded and all concubines immediately faced left.  Sun Tzu then told the emperor that the it is the fault of the generals and other leaders to give clear instructions with regard to expectations, rewards and punishments that causes so much confusion.  Now the emperor understood.

The Art of War, and A Book of Five Rings (By Miyamoto Musashi) are not just about war or sword fighting.  They are about life lessons and how to succeed....they are mandatory reading for many major asian companies because the lessons apply not only to fighting, but to business, leadership, and life in general.

Business and leadership are merely warfare without shooting.