Overview
Alex Pollock, management consultant and former Director of EHS with the Dow Chemical Co., shares his picks on books for personal development and leadership.
Reading List
Recommended Reading for Career Development
By Alex Pollock
Personal Development
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
By Stephen Covey
Emotional Intelligence 2.0
By Travis Bradberry
Strengths Finder 2.0
By Tom Rath
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
By Marshall Goldsmith
Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if You Lose It
By Marshall Goldsmith
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working
By Tony Schwartz
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
By Daniel Pink
Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements
By Tom Rath and James K.Harter
Follow This Path: How the World’s Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential
By Curt Hoffman and Gabriel Gonzalez-Molina
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
By Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ
By Daniel Goleman
Leadership
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
By Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Bringing Out the Best in People
By Aubrey Daniels
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Stories for New Leaders at All Levels
By Michael Watkins
The Leader of the Future: New Visions, Strategies and Practices for the Next Era
By Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith and Richard Beckhard
Bad Leadership: What it Is, How it Happens, Why it Matters
By Barbara Kellerman
DeRailed: Five Lessons Learned From Catastrophic Failures of Leadership
By Tim Irwin and Patrick Lencioni
12 Elements of Great Managing
By Rodd Wagner and James Harter
Leading Leaders: How to Manage Smart, Talented, Rich and Powerful People
By Jeswald Sabacuse
Flight of the Buffalo
By James Belasco and Ralph Stayer
Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead
By Charlene Li
The Power of Servant Leadership
By Robert Greenleaf, Larry C. Spears and Peter B Vaill
Leading at a Higher Level
By Ken Blanchard
Courageous Leadership
By Bill Hybels
The War for Talent
By Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones and Beth Axelrod
Stop Whining and Start Winning: Recharging People, Re-igniting Passion and Pumping Up Profits
By Frank Pacetta and Roger Gittines
Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values and Defining Moments Shape Leaders
By Warren Bennis and Robert J. Thomas
About the Author
Alex Pollock is a management consultant with Equipping You, LLC. Before that, he worked for more than 32 years with The Dow Chemical Co., providing strategic EHS, sustainability, change management, public affairs and community relations expertise.
