Next to actually performing specific tasks or having a mentor, reading a great book can accelerate your leadership quickly. You’re able to be mentored from afar by bright minds and experts in their fields. They’ve captured their wisdom so you don’t have to make the same mistakes they did.
Because I know the value of reading, I bring you a great list of leadership books or books leaders can benefit from. These range from your traditional non-fiction
business books to anime or graphic novels.
This month, we’re going to focus on the traditional book style. Let’s take a look at what books you should be reading.
5 Books For Leaders To Read In March 2025
1. Balanced Accountability: Create a Culture of Ownership by Hernani Alves:
What would your organization look like if you had balanced accountability? In Balanced Accountability, Hernani Alves shares his 3 Ps of accountability.
What are those three Ps? I’m not going to share them with you. You have to read the book to find out!
Once you find out, the 3 Ps will take your organization and accountability to the next level.
2. The Rising Leader Handbook: Turning High Achievers Into Effective Leaders by Mark J Silverman:
Too many leaders survive and don’t thrive. They come to the office, do their duties, and leave… mostly feeling unaccomplished, underappreciated, or frustrated.
In The Rising Leader, Mark Silverman shares four perspectives that can change your leadership. He helps you understand how to
- Lead up
- Lead across
- Lead your team
- Lead yourself
As you work through his book, you’ll discover tips, tricks, and tactics that you may not have known about or overlooked. His book will help you unlock the hidden leadership potential waiting on the other side!
3. The Wisdom of Walt: Leadership Lessons from the Happiest Place on Earth by Jeffrey A. Barnes:
Walt Disney had a crazy dream. He wanted to build the happiest place on earth for kids and parents to go to.
Know what he did? He created Disneyland! And we get to enjoy his success.
But what did it take to get there?
That’s what Jeffrey Barnes explores in the book. He gives you snippets of what Disneyland was and what its become. He also shares how you can apply Disney’s wisdom to your organization. Don’t miss this book!
4. There’s Got to Be a Better Way: How to Deliver Results and Get Rid of the Stuff That Gets in the Way of Real Work by Nelson P. Repenning:
The title says it all. It’s a thought we’ve all had as leaders… there’s got to be a better way.
Author Nelson Repenning explores those other options in this book. He helps you understand how you can find the better way.
Repenning believes leaders have to close the gap between what’s promised and what’s delivered. You do this by getting every part of the organization to work together in concert.
5. She Thinks Like a Boss : Leadership: 9 Essential Skills for New Female Leaders in Business and the Workplace. How to Influence Teams Effectively and Combat Imposter Syndrome by Jemma Roedel:
What does it take to be a woman and a leader in an organization? Many women find it a struggle to express themselves during meetings, feeling frustrated because they can’t speak up, or that they’ve been overlooked.
Jemma Roedel is here to help with her book She Thinks Like A Boss. She wants to help women who are new leaders, who find it difficult to deal with employees, or they lack confidence.
