Resources for the
Self-Made Business Owner
SAGE ADVICE FROM THE LUCKY GUY
Resources by Tom Doescher
I spent five decades in business — from my early days as a staff accountant to senior partner at Plante Moran, eventually founding Doescher Advisors. and now arguably my proudest moment working in the business my very own son brought to life.
Along the way I accumulated more than I ever expected: great clients, remarkable colleagues, and mentors who changed my life. Writing these books has been my way of paying that forward.
If you've read my blog, you know I try to tell it straight. These books and resources are no different. Each book in the Sage Advice from the Lucky Guy series covers a different part of the journey — business, leadership, mentoring, faith, and a few chapters I never saw coming.
All books are available on Amazon. Click any title below to order your copy.
I hope these books, posts, & other media prove to be a valuable resource for you and your business.
Business Books
Field manuals and frameworks I wish I'd had earlier in my career
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Sage Business Advice From a Lucky Guy
I wrote this one during COVID-19, which gave me more time to think than I was used to. It pulls together over 240 of my blog posts — with some embellishment — and includes a special tribute to the six mentors who shaped my career. If you've been reading The Advisor's Corner, this is the collection you've been waiting for.
If you're new here, it's the best place to start.
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Hunter Extraordinaire
I've spent a lot of time around great business developers, and I've noticed they all do certain things that most people don't. This book is my attempt to put those habits and instincts into a practical field manual.
Helpful for people who are just getting started in business development and want a real head start.
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Reboot Your Mind for a Healthier Workplace
Over my career I've seen the best and the worst of team behavior — and I can tell you that most business problems aren't really business problems. This book tackles the most common issues that quietly sabotage organizations.
It's part practical business advice, part psychology, and entirely based on things I've lived through firsthand.
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Build Your Own Dream Team
I've studied the world's most successful teams for a long time, and the patterns are surprisingly consistent. This book summarizes what I found and puts it into a format you can actually use.
A resource for building a team from the ground up or trying to get more out of the one you already have.
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Business Partner With My Spouse? Are You Kidding? - A Love Story
This is the story of becoming a business partner with my long time wife.
Mentoring Books
Field manuals and frameworks I wish I'd had earlier in my career
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Frank and Me
DescriptThis book includes some of my favorite memories of Frank S. Moran, who was the co-founder of Plante Moran and my mentor until his death in 1997.
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The Ultimate Mentor
This book includes some of my favorite memories of Ken Kunkel, my Plante Moran Team Partner and Mentor starting in 1970 and continuing to this day.
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My Spiritual Mentor
This book honors my spiritual mentor, Roger VanNoord, who continues to mentor me and other businessmen. It also includes highlights of my faith journey.
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Our Mission Trips and Mission Mentors
This book honors our Mission Trip Mentors and also provides stories and pictures from over 30 Mission Team that we led around the world.
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Harley and the Old Man
This book tells the story of my mentoring a 12-year-old living at Whaley Children’s Center in Flint Michigan
Other Books
Field manuals and frameworks I wish I'd had earlier in my career
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The Last Life Marathon
This book chronicles Barbara & my transition from Plante Moran and Bloomfield Hills to Doescher Advisors and Flint.
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My Journey to Discover the History About Black Racial Injustics in America
This book chronicles my epiphany related to the treatment of Black Americas which has led to our activities in our new hometown of Flint.
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Common Sense Ain't So Common
This is my memories of my father, Al Doescher.
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Not Your Average Joe
This is the story of Joey Doescher from age 7 to 38 years old.
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The Drill Sergeant
My U.S. Army Reserves story.
Podcast Clips
The following are segments from an interview of Tom by Romy Gingras of Gingras Global for her business which is focused on advising social enterprises. Each of the segments focus on a specific subject and are approximately 5 minutes in length. Hope these audio clips are encouraging and helpful to our clients and friends. Listen to the full podcast episode by clicking here, or download the clips below.
On September 18, 2012, Tom was interviewed by Dan Mountney at Kensington Community Church about finances:
Food for Thought Articles
Let Us Give Thanks: One Year In, and Still Counting Our Blessings
Announcing the “Sandbox ‘Hunters’ Game Plan” Blog Series
Advisor or Coach? Maybe the Best Leaders Need Both.
Pearls of Wisdom from a Pair of Coaches to Business Leaders
Getting Everyone on the Same Page
Levels of Leaders: Is he or she a leader?
Business Lessons Learned from a Successful Coach
Build Your Own Dream Team
Leadership Team Checklist
I Make My Money During Bad Times
What’s Luck Got to Do With It?
What You Can Learn From A Family Business
Execution, Execution, Execution
Level 5 Leaders Are “Really Good” at Crucial Conversations
Perspective Helps…
Top Three Books Read in 2011
Can Old Dogs Learn New Tricks?
Was Steve Jobs a Great — or Even a Good — Leader?
Is the Problem Time Management or Sticking to Your Priorities?
Thoughts, Essays, Articles & Presentations
Thoughts for the Next Season
Thoughts for the Next Season Page
These are some thoughts and suggestions to consider in your next season. We welcome feedback and other suggestions. Our goal is to assist people maximize their gifts to help others.
Presentations
Essays & Articles
Tom’s Book List for Leaders
Click the buttons below by topic to see that section of the book list.
CEO | President | Entrepreneur | Founder | Inventor
Crucial Conversations, Patterson, Grenny, McMillan & Switzler
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, Liz Wiseman
Leading with the Heart, Mike Krzyzewski
Next Generation Leader, Andy Stanley
The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership, Steven Sample
Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?, Louis Gerstner
Tough Choices, Carly Fiorina
Winning, Jack Welch
Enough, John Bogle
Loving Monday, John Beckett
Mastering Monday, John Beckett
Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Verne Harnish
Leadership is an Art, Max DePree
Leadership and the New Science, Margaret Wheatley
The Congruent Life, Michael Thompson
Servant Leadership, Robert Greenleaf
Understanding Leadership, Tom Marshall
Senior Leadership Teams, Ruth Wageman
The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker
The Peter Principle, Laurence Peters
The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes & Barry Posner
The Romance of Tata Steel, R.M. Lala
Dr. Deming, Rafael Aguayo
Even Happier: A Gratitude Journal, Tal Ben-Shahar
Onward, Howard Schultz
Succession Transition, Bill Hermann & Gordon Krater
From Values to Action, Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr.
Disciplined Dreaming, Josh Linkner
Start with Why, Simon Sinek
Ownership Thinking, Brad Hams
American Icon, Bryce Hoffman
Like A Virgin, Richard Branson
Zero To One, Peter Thiel
Elon Musk, Renaissance Man
Right Away, All At Once, Greg Brenneman
Tribal Leadership, Logan, King & Fischer-Wright
The Deal Maker, Axel Madsen
The Coaching Questions, Mike Tattersall
Elon Musk, Ashlee Vance
Setting the Table, Danny Meyer
Principles, Ray Dalio
Servant Leadership in Action, Ken Blanchard & Renee Broadwell
Shoe Dog, Phil Knight
Ninja Future, Gary Shapiro
Delivering Happiness, Tony Hsieh
Make The Noise Go Away – The Power of An Effective Second in Command, Larry Linne
Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson
Spiritual Leadership, Oswald Sanders
iWoz, Steve Wozniak
Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek
Riding Shotgun – The Role of the COO, Bennett & Miles
High Performance Habits, Brendon Burchard
The Carpenter, Jon Gordon
Kochland, Christopher Leonard
The Everything Store, Brad Stone
Dapper Dan, Daniel Day
Winners Dream, Bill McDermott
The Life of Charles Stewart Mott, Edward Renehan
The Infinite Game, Simon Sinek
Winners Dream, Bill McDermott
The Life of Charles Stewart Mott, Edward Renehan
The Infinite Game, Simon SinekLeadership Lessons From The Covid-19 Crisis, Rachel Feintzeig
No Rules Rules – Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention, Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer,
Dare Mighty Things, TM Smith
The Code Breaker (Jennifer Douda), Walter Isaacson
The Double Helix (Discovery of DNA), James D. Watson
CEO Excellence, Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller & Vikram Malhotra
The Choice to Show Up: Who I Am Matters, Mark Freier
The Transformation Factor, J. Frank Harrison III
The Ride of a Lifetime, Robert Iger
The Snowball Warren Buffet, Alice Schroeder
Flamin’ Hot, Richard Montanez
Excellence Wins, Horst Schulze
Chief Joy Officer, Richard Sheridan, Menlo Innovations
Believe It, Jamie Kern Lima
Agency, Eric Brown & Taylor Jones
Racing with Roger Penske, Sigur Whitaker
After The Wind, Lou Kasischke
Harvard Business School
When Professionals Have to Lead, Thomas DeLong, John Gabarro & Robert Lees
Managing the Professional Service Firm, David Maister
What Leaders Really Do, John Kotter
HBR on Leadership, Harvard Business Review
The Trusted Advisor, David Maister
Rebel Talent, Francesca Gino
Humanocracy, Gary Hamel & Michele Zanini
Bowling Alone, Robert D. Putman
The Happiness Files, Arthur C. Brooks
The Innovator’s DNA, Dyer, Gregersen & Clayton Christensen
Great Recession | Financial Crisis
On the Brink, Henry Paulson, Jr.
The Big Short, Michael Lewis
Too Big to Fail, Andrew Sorkin
Overhaul, Steven Rattner
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters, Bob Lutz
Factory Man, James E. Harbour
This Time Is Different, Reinhart & Rogoff
The Smartest Guys In The Room, Bethany McLean &Peter Elkins
Final Accounting: Ambition, Greed & The Fall of Arthur Andersen, Barbara Toffler
Wealth Management | Budgeting | Investing
Wealth: Is It Worth It?, Truett Cathy
Thou Shall Prosper, Daniel Lapin
The Billionaire Who Wasn’t, Conor O’Cleary
The Treasure Principle, Randy Alcorn
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
Rich Habits, Thomas Corley
Change Your Habits, Change Your Life, Tom Corley
The Millionaire Next Door, Stanley & Danko
My Philosophy for Successful Living, Jim Rohn
Beyond Wealth, Alexander Green
Your Money or Your Life, Robin & Dominguez
The Richest Man in Babylon, George Clason
How I Turned $1,000 into Five Million in Real Estate, William Nickerson
The Soul of Money, Lynne Twist
Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki
Happy Money, Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton
The Art of Spending Money, Morgan Housel
Uncluttered Faith, Joshua Becker
Capitalism | Free Market | Economics
When We Are Free, Timothy Nash
Make It In America, Andrew Liveris
The Capitalist Comeback, Andrew Puzder
Fair Shot, Chris Hughes
The Coming Jobs War, Jim Clifton
Aftershock, Robert Reich
Eat The Rich, P.J. O’Rourke
The Road to Serfdom, F. A. Hayek
The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
Built in Detroit, Bob Morris
The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, Michael Novak
Why Nations Fail, Acemoglu & Robinson
Government Zero, Michael Savage
Antifragile, Nassim Taleb
Big Is Beautiful, Atkinson && Lind
The Great Deformation, David A. Stockman
The Coming Jobs War, Jim Clifton
Nudge, Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein
The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Rule of Law, Tom Bingham
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins
The Ethics of Money Production, Jorg Guido Hulsmann
Love Your Enemies, Arthur C. Brooks
Political Visions & Illusions, David Koyzis
Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy, Warren Mosler
Socialnomics, Erik Qualman
Good Jobs Strategy, Zeynep Ton
The Power Elite, C. Wright Mills
Barons, Austin Frerick
Prosperity in the Age of Decline, Brian & Alan Beaulieu
Jewish History & Stories
Whose Land? Whose Promise? Gary Burge
Catch – 67, Micah Goodman
The Words of My Father, Yousef Bashir
Jewish Literacy, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Not In God’s Name, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, Yossi Klein Halevi
The Lean Startup, Eric Ries
The Israel Test, George Gilder
the little liar, Mitch Albom
The Happiest Man on Earth, Eddie Jaku
Team | Brain | Psychology | Assessments | Feedback
Quiet: The Power of Introverts, Susan Cain
The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck
Daring Greatly, Dr. Brene Brown
Crucial accountability, Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, McMillan
Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
Narcissistic Leader, Michael Maccoby
Strengths Leadership, Tom Rath
Radical Candor, Kim Scott
Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson & Kenneth Blanchard
The No A__Hole Rule, Robert Sutton
Good Boss, Bad Boss, Robert Sutton
Understanding Yourself, William Menninger
First, Break All the Rules, Marcus Buckingham
Now, Discover Your Strengths, Donald Clifton & Marcus Buckingham
Mindset-The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck
Talent is Overrated, Geoff Colvin
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman
Getting to Yes – Negotiating Agreement w/o Giving In, Bill Ury
Standout, Marcus Buckingham
The Enneagram – A Christian Perspective, Richard Rohr
Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Bradberry & Greaves
Thanks for the Feedback, Stone & Heen
8 Keys To Eliminating Passive – Aggressiveness, Andrea Brandt
The Man in the Mirror, Patrick Morley
What Got You Here Won’t Get you There, Marshall Goldsmith
Freeing Yourself from the Narcissist in your Life, Linda Martinez
The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathan Haidt
An Enneagram Journey To Self-Discovery, Cron & Stabile
Overcoming Passive-Aggression, Murphy & Oberlin
Switch On Your Brain, Dr. Caroline Leaf
Switch, Dan & Chip Heath
Made to Stick, Chip & Dan Heath
Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, Dan Ariely
Winning From Within, Erica Ariel Fox
Master Your Brain, Phillip Adcock
Emotional Intelligence, Dr. David Walton
Difficult Conversations, Stone, Patton, Heen
The Speed of Trust, Stephen M.R. Covey
Interpersonal Neurobiology, Daniel Siegel
God Help Me! These People Are Driving Me Nuts!, Gregory Popcak
The Happiness Equation, Neil Pasricha
Business Chemistry, Kim Christfort & Suzanne Vickberg
Unworried, Dr. Gregory Popcak
Fully Human, Susan Packard
Presence, Amy Cuddy
As A Man Thinketh, James Allen
Leading with Gratitude, Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton
The Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale
Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
Habits of a Happy Brain – Retrain Your Brain, Loretta Graziano Breuning
Relational Intelligence, Dr. Dharius Daniels
Change to Strange, Daniel Cable
Alive At Work, Daniel Cable
Giving the Gift of a Career, Bill Hermann
Winning The War In Your Mind, Craig Groeschel
12 Rules For Life, Jordan Peterson
Together, The Healing Power of Human Connection, Dr. Vivek Murthy
Courage To Connect, Mark Ostach
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, James Thurber
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
Anxiety Free, Robert Leahy
The Comfort Crisis, Michael Easter
The Happiness Trap, Russ Harris
The Purpose Linked Organization, Alaina Love & Marc Cugnon
Leading with Gratitude, Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton
It’s Not the How or the What but the Who, Claudio Fernandez-Araoz
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Dale Carnegie
Soundtracks, Jon Acuff
Own Your Past Change Your Future, Dr. John Delony
The Awesome Human Project, Nataly Kogan
Flow – The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyl
Trust & Inspire, Stephen M.R. Covey
The Answer To Anxiety, Joyce Meyer
Culture Shock, Jim Clifton & Jim Harter
Against Empathy, Paul Bloom
Toxic Positivity, Whitney Goodman
Winning The Mental Game, Dr. Amber Selking
My Stroke of Insight, Dr. Jill Bolton Taylor
The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt
American Girls, Nancy Jo Sales
Hello Fears, Michelle Poler
The Noonday Demon, Andrew Solomon
Right Kind of Wrong, Amy Edmondson
Good Foreman Bad Foreman, Nic Bittle
Visual Thinking, Temple Grandin
Who, Geoff Smart & Randy Street
Shatterproof, Tasha Eurich
Beneath The Armor, Bernadette Atanga, M.D.
Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke, M.D.
The Amazing Generation, Jonathan Haidt & Catherine Price
My Age of Anxiety, Scott Stossel
Make Possibilities Happen, Grace Hawthorne
Strategy | Execution | Culture
Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kim & Renee Mauborgne
The New Leader’s 100 – Day Action Plan, Bradt, Check & Pedraza
American Drive: How Manufacturing Will Save Our Country, Dick Dauch
Remarkable, Dr. Randy Ross & David Salyers
Blur, Stan Davis & Christopher Meyer
Work Rules – Insights from Inside Google, Laszlo Bock
Rocket Fuel, Gino Wickman & Mark Winters
Execution, Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
The Great Game of Business, Jack Stack
The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
Hot, Flat, and Crowded, Thomas L. Friedman
The Culture Solution, Matthew Kelly
Margin, Richard Swenson, M.D.
The Profit Zone, Adrian Slywotzky
Creativity, Inc., Ed Catmull
Competitive Strategy, Michael Porter
Islands of Profit In a Sea of Red Ink, Jonathan Byrnes
Give and Take, Adam Grant
Love Works, Joel Manby
Lead with LUV, Ken Blanchard & Colleen Barrett
Traction, Gino Wickman
The 80/20 Principle, Richard Koch
The 4 Disciplines of Execution, McChesney, Covey, Huling
The Dream Manager, Matthew Kelly
The War At Work, Seth Mattison & Joshua Medcalf
Creative Confidence, David & Tom Kelley
The Art of Innovation, Tom Kelley
Open-Book Management, John Case
Scaling Up, Verne Harnish
The Art of Why, Steve Lucenbach
A Message to Garcia, Elbert Hubbard
Profit First, Mike Michalowicz
Microtrends Squared, Mark Penn
Originals – How Non-Conformists Move the World, Adam Grant
Right Away All At Once, Greg Brenneman
The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg
The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz
The Execution Culture, Christopher Elias & Mark Freier
Choose Your Customer, Jonathan Byrnes and John Wass
Let Your Life Speak, Parker Palmer
Power Up Your Profits, Troy Waugh
Getting Things Done, David Allen
Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics & Biases, Tversky & Kahneman
Freakonomics, Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Who Not How, Dan Sullivan & Dr. Benjamin Hardy
Smarter Faster Better, Charles Duhigg
The Generosity Habit, Matthew Kelly
GET A GRIP, Gino Wickman
Double Double – How to Double Revenue & Profit, Cameron Herold
A Great Place to Work For All, Michael Bush
Small Giants, Bo Burlingham
Range – Generalists Triumph in Specialized World, David Epstein
Chasing Failure, Ryan Leak
The Juggling Act, Pat Gelsinger
Atomic Habits, James Clear
Beginner’s Pluck, Liz Forkin Bohannon
Leveling Up, Ryan Leak
Lessons from the Mouse, Dennis Snow
Leadership – Theory & Practice, Peter Northhouse
When Giants Stumble, Robert Sobel
Tradition Meets Transformation, Laurie Harbor & Scott Walton
The Good Life Method, Meghan Sullivan & Paul Blaschke
Do What You Love, Kate Volman
Crucial Decisions, Irving Janis
All You Have to Do Is Ask, Wayne Baker
On The Shortness of Life, Seneca
Love + Work, Marcus Buckingham
Clients for Life, Jagdish Sheth & Andrew Sobel
Double Double, Cameron Herold
The Story Edge, Kindra Hall
The Power of Reverse Mentoring, Garry Peterson
There’s No Such thing as Right and Wrong, Matthew D. Anderson
The One Thing, Gary Keller
A Minute To Think, Juliet Funt
How Leaders Lose Their Way, Peter Greer & Jill Heisey
Data, O’Donnell, Kalemis & Stanley
Finish-Give Yourself The Gift Of Done, Jon Acuff
Sales | Marketing
How To Win Friends & Influence People, Dale Carnegie
How I Raised Myself From Failure To Successes in Selling, Frank Bettger
Marketing Myopia (HBR article), Theodore Levitt
Kotler on Marketing, Philip Kotler
Clients for Life, Jagdish Sheth & Andrew Sobel
Purple Cow, Seth Godin
The Ultimate Sales Machine, Chet Holmes
The Hunter, David Farbman
The Challenger Sale, Matthew Dixon & Brent Adamson
The New Strategic Selling, Robert Miller & Stephen Heiman
Hope Is Not A Strategy, Rick Page
You Can’t Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar, David Sandler
Grit, The Power of Passion & Perseverance, Angela Duckworth
It’s Not What You Sell, It’s What You Stand For, Roy Spence, Jr.
The Asking Formula, John Baker
Built To Sell, John Warrillow
Raving Fans! Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles
Positively Outrageous Service, T. Scott Gross
Start With No, Jim Camp
The Definitive Book of Body Language, Allan & Barbara Pease
Never Split The Difference, Chris Voss
Sales Management Simplified, Mike Weinberg
Building A Story Brand, Donald Miller
Pre-Suasion, Robert Cialdini
They Ask You Answer, Marcus Sheridan
Don’t Ride a Dinosaur, Jeff Antaya
There Is No F In Sales, Simon Leslie
The Best Sales Book Ever, Connie Podesta & Meridith Powell
3 Months To NO. 1, Will Coombe
On Writing Well, William Zinsser
The Visual Sale, Marcus Sheridan & Tyler Lessard
Customers For Life, Carl Sewell
Win Every Argument, Mehdi Hasan
New Sales. Simplified., Mike Weinberg
Eat Their Lunch, Anthony Iannarino
Give to Grow, Mo Bunnell
Fanatical Prospecting, Jeb Blount
They Buy Your Because, Gerry O’Brion
Cues – Charismatic Communication, Vanessa Van Edwards
The Story of Mass Marketing in America, Richard S. Tedlow
Cross-Selling Success, Ford Harding
The Activator Advantage, Dixon, Channer, Freeman & McKenna
Demand-Side Sales, Bob Moesta
Unreasonable Hospitality, Will Guidara
Presidents | Government | Military Leaders
Sacred Honor: Colin Powell, David Roth
Abraham Lincoln: The Spiritual Growth of a Public Man, Elton Trueblood
Abraham Lincoln: A Spiritual Biography, Elton Trueblood
Lincoln on Leadership, Donald Phillips
God’s Leader for a Nation: Abraham Lincoln, David Collins
Washington’s Secret War, Thomas Fleming
1776, David McCullough
John Adams, David McCullough
When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan, Peggy Noonan
Thirteen Days, Robert F. Kennedy
Eyewitness to Power, David Gergen
Rediscovering God in America, Newt Gingrich
Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark
No Higher Honor, Condoleezza Rice
The Forgotten Man, Amity Schlaes
It Worked for Me, Colin Powell
Special Trust, Robert McFarlane
Leadership, Rudolph Giuliani
The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli
The Art of War, Sun Tzu
Iliad, Homer
Trump: The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump
Killing Reagan, Bill O’Reilly
Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O’Reilly
Turn the Ship Around, David Marquet
Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
A Pope and A President, Paul Kengor
Rules For Radicals, Saul Alinsky
Like War, Singer & Brooking
Win Bigly, Scott Adams
Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell
Fearless (Adam Brown), Eric Blehm
Elite, Nick Hays
Try Common Sense, Philip Howard
Decision Points, George W. Bush
Fear, Trump in the White House, Bob Woodward
Six Days of War, Michael B. Oren
Churchill Walking With Destiny, Andrew Roberts
Leadership in Turbulent Times – Lessons from Presidents, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Front Burner – Al Qaeda’s Attack on the USS Cole, Commander Lippold, USN
Schindler’s Gift, Kevin Roberts
Deep Under Cover, Jack Barsky
How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, Andy Andrews
American Nations, Colin Woodard
A Promised Land, Barack Obama
Red Notice, Bill Browder
Fool’s Errand, Scott Horton
Risk, General Stanley McChrystal
Perfectly Wounded, Mike Day
Make Your Bed, Admiral William H. McRaven
The President Is Missing, Bill Clinton & James Patterson
From the White House to the White Cross, Peggy Stanton
The Sheriff of Ramadi, Dick Couch
God’s Hand on America, Michael Medved
Surf When You Can, Brett Crozier
Sea Stories, Admiral William McRaven
Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
Eleanor, David Michaelis
Under His Wings, Austin C. Brooks
Provoked, Scott Horton
The White Man’s Burden, William Easterly
Resolute, Benjamin Hall
Bitten, Secret History of Lyme Disease, Kris Newby
An Epic of the American West, Hampton Sides
The Zimmermann Telegram, Barbara Tuchman
Span of Control, Lieutenant Carey Lohrenz
Silopi, Brad Beyer
The Revolution, Ron Paul
The Real Anthony Fauci, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Christian Leaders
The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren
Discover Your Giftedness, Mels Carbonell
Courageous Leadership, Bill Hybels
Your Work Matters to God, Doug Sherman & William Hendricks
Calling Christian Leaders, John Stott
The Workaholic and His Family, Frank Minirth, Paul Meier, Frank Wichern, Bill Brewer & States Skipper
The Servant Leader, Ken Blanchard & Phil Hodges
Leadership by the Book, Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels & Phil Hodges
The Dream Giver, Bruce Wilkinson
The Life You’ve Always Wanted, John Ortberg
Descending Into Greatness, Bill Hybels
The Leadership Secrets of Jesus, Mike Murdock
World Shapers – A Treasury of Quotes from Great Missionaries, Vinita Hampton & Carol Plueddmann
Men in Leadership: One Minute Bible, Bob Briner
Choosing to Cheat, Andy Stanley
Moses: A Man of Selfless Dedication, Chuck Swindoll
Joseph: A Man of Integrity and Forgiveness, Chuck Swindoll
David: A Man of Passion and Destiny, Chuck Swindoll
Taking the Lead, Dr. Ron Jenson
The Call, Os Guinness
Martin Luther King Jr., Marshall Frady
A Simple Path, Mother Teresa
Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs, Bill Hybels
The Principle of the Path, Andy Stanley
Spiritual Leadership, Henry & Richard Blackaby
EntreLeadership, Dave Ramsey
Action Trumps Everything, Charles Kiefer
Wealth: Is It Worth It?, Truett Cathy
Ordering Your Private World, Gordon MacDonald
Heroic Leadership, Chris Lowery
simplify., Bill Hybels
Teach Us to Number Our Days, David Roper
A Beautiful Mess, Danielle Strickland
Present over Perfect, Shauna Niequist
Stay the Course, Choco De Jesus
God Will Use This For Good, Max Lucado
Resisting Happiness, Matthew Kelly
Heaven Starts Now, Father John Ricardo
Seven Prayers, Stormie Omartian
Rainbow Man, Richard Rockman, Jr.
Choosing A Life That Matters, Dennis Rainey
The Light Entrusted to You, Dr. John Wood
Defending The Free Market, The Rev. Robert Sirico
Hope in the Dark, Craig Groeschel
The Hole in Our Gospel, Richard Stearns
The True Saint Nicholas, William Bennett
Rees Howells Intercessor, Norman Grubb
What I Wish I Knew In My 20s, Brad Olsen
Do Something Beautiful for God, Mother Teresa
I Heard God Laugh, Matthew Kelly
The Final Quest, Rick Joyner
Messengers of God, Elie Wiesel
The Catholic Spring, Sam Wise
The Crusades, An Epitome, Susanna Throop
His Truth Is Marching On – John Lewis and the Power of Hope, Jon Meacham
The Hidden Value of a Man, Gary Smalley & John Trent
Kingdom Man, Tony Evans
Reading While Black, Esau McCaulley
Listening For God, Teresa Tomeo
Spirit Wars, Kris Vallotton
Manual For Spiritual Warfare, Paul Thigpen
When God Becomes Real, Brian Johnson (Bethel, Redding)
The Wisdom of Fulton Sheen, Matthew Kelly
Rediscover the Saints, Matthew Kelly
Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay, Daniel Mattson
The Truth About Clergy Sexual Abuse, Bill Donohue
Prison Journal, Volume 3: The High Court Frees An Innocent Man, Cardinal George Pell
Life is Messy, Matthew Kelly
The Wisdom of Sundays, Oprah Winfrey
Good to Great in God’s Eyes, Chip Ingram
How Churches and Leaders Can Get It, Craig Groeschel
The Book of Joy, Desmond Tutu, Dalai Lama & Douglas Abrams
Holy Moments, Matthew Kelly
From Wild Man to Wise Man, Richard Rohr
Lead Like IT Matters, Craig Groeschel
The Journey To Ultimate Friendship, Michael Timmis
Abide In Christ, Andrew Murray
Entering His Presence, Rabbi Kirt Schneider
All My Knotted-Up Life (A Memoir), Beth Moore
The Spiral of Life, Loren Siffring
How to Stay Married, Harrison Scott Key
The Power To Change, Craig Groeschel
Loren’s Musings, Dr. Loren Siffring
Disobedient God, Albert Tate
JONI-An Unforgettable Story, Joni Eareckson Tada
The Mature Man, David DeWitt
God’s Revolution, Eberhard Arnold
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, Peter Scazzero
The Power of a Clear Conscience, Erwin Lutzer, Moody Pastor
The Chronicles of Narnia Book 2, C.S. Lewis
Think Ahead, Craig Groeschel
Unoffendable, Brant Hansen
What Was I Thinking, David Ashcraft
The College Scam, Charlie Kirk
Healing The Masculine Soul, Gordon Dalbey
Female Executives
Option B, Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg
The Confidence Code, Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
Gifted to Lead: The Art of Leading as a Woman in the Church, Nancy Beach
Strategize To Win, Carla Harris
Expect To Win, Carla Harris
Careless People, Sarah Wynn-Williams
Unspeakable Things, Brooke Nevils
Artificial Intelligence [AI]
The Ai.-Driven Leader, Geoff Woods
Culpability, Bruce Holsinger
Sustainable and Affordable Mobility for All, Chris Borroni-Bird
Missions
Serving with Eyes Wide Open, David Livermore
Ministering Cross-Culturally, Lingenfelter and Mayers
The Hole in Our Gospel, Richard Stearns
My Business My Mission, Doug Seebeck/Timothy Stoner
Love Does, Bob Goff
Left to Tell, Immaculate Ilibagiza
Sports Team Coaches
Bo’s Lasting Lessons, Bo Schembechler & John Bacon
Tom Landry, Tom Landry & Gregg Lewis
Quiet Strength, Tony Dungy & Nathan Whitaker
From Ashes to Glory, Bill McCartney & Dave Diles
The Lombardi Rules, Vince Lombardi Jr.
The Miracle of St. Anthony, Adrian Wojnarowski
Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, John Wooden & Jay Carty
Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance, Tony Dungy & Nathan Whitaker
The Score Takes Care of Itself, Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison & Craig Walsh
Season of Life, Jeffrey Marx
The Long Snapper, Jeffrey Marx
The Mentor Leader, Tony Dungy, Jim Caldwell & Nathan Whitaker
Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez, John Bacon
Destination Unstoppable, Maureen Electa Monte
Imperfect: An Improbable Life, Jim Abbott and Tim Brown
Motivated to Dream Big, Linnell Jones-McKenney
Bleachers, John Grisham
High Strung: Borg, McEnroe & the Untold Story, Stephen Tignor
Legacy (All Blacks Rugby Team), James Kerr
Winning Every Day, Lou Holtz
Just Show Up, Cal Ripken, Jr.
Taking The Lead, Dave Alpern
The Captain Class, Sam Walker
The Matheny Manifesto, Mike Matheny
Stay Sane In An Insane World, Greg Harden
Knight – My Story, Bobby Knight
The Conqueror’s Way, Jeremy Barkey
The Civil War, John Feinstein
How Good Do You Want To Be? Nick Saban
Next Season
Claiming Your Place at the Fire, Richard Leider & David Shapiro
Reboot!, Phil Burgess
Fire Your Excuses, Bill Dyment & Marcus Dayhoff
Take Control of Your Aging, William Malarkey, M.D.
The Hero’s Farewell, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Purpose and a Paycheck, Chris Farrell
Overcoming Arthritis, David Brownstein
Arthritis 101, Arthritis Foundation
The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
The Last Arrow, Erwin McManus
Second Acts, Stephen Pollan & Mark Levine
Younger Next Year, Chris Crowley & Henry Lodge, M.D.
Spring Chicken – Stay Young Forever (Or Die Trying), Bill Gifford
Gratitude, Oliver Sacks
The Next Chapter of Your Life, Douglas Pagels
The Best Is Yet To Come, Lorene Hanley Duquin
When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
Life Force, Tony Robbins
Walking the Way of the Cross for Caregivers, Michelle Laque Johnson
The Fourth Quarter of Your Life, Matthew Kelly & Allen Hunt
The Good Life, Robert Waldinger, MD & Marc Schulz, PhD
When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
From Scratch, Tembi Locke
Jim Collins
Built to Last
Good to Great
How the Mighty Fall
Great By Choice
Beyond Entrepreneurship (BE) 2.0
Michael Lewis
Liars Poker
The Undoing Project
The Fifth Risk
The Big Short
The Blind Side
Henry Cloud
Boundaries
Necessary Endings
Integrity
The One-Life Solution
The Power of the Other
Trust in Life and Business
Why I Believe
Daniel Pink
Drive
To Sell Is Human
Free Agent Nation – The Future of Working for Yourself
When, The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Patrick Lencioni
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
The Five Temptations of a CEO
The Three Signs of a Miserable Job
Death by Meeting
The Advantage
Making Meetings Work, John Tropman
Getting Naked
The Motive
Tom Peters
In Search of Excellence
A Passion for Excellence
Thriving on Chaos
John Maxwell
The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
Attitude 101
Intentional Living
The Power of Your Potential
Developing the Leader Within You
Bill George
Authentic Leadership
True North
Other Business Books
The Starfish and the Spider, Ori Brafman & Rod Beckstrom
Morph: The Texture of Leadership, Ron Martoia
Finding a Job You Can Love, Ralph Mattson & Arthur Miller Jr.
The 4-Hour Workweek, Timothy Ferriss
A Whack on the Side of the Head, Roger von Oech
Cradle to Cradle, McDonough & Braungart
Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It, Cali Ressler
Making Ripples, Mike Breaux
The E Myth Manager, Michael Gerber
American Wheels Chinese Roads, Michael J. Dunne
Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner
Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey Moore
Tribes, Seth Godin
The Art of Choosing, Sheena Iyengar
Bridge Builder, Walther Leisler Kiep
Reckless Endangerment, Morgensen & Rosner
David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell
The Other Side of Innovation, Vijay Govindarajan & Chris Trimble
The Go-Giver, Burg & Mann
The Road To Reinvention, Josh Linkner
Rookie Smarts, Liz Wiseman
Humble Inquiry, Edgar Schein
The Lean Manager, Michael &Freddy Balle
Seizing The White Space, Mark Johnson
Conscious Business, Fred Kofman
The Behavior Gap, Carl Richards
Business Adventures, John Brooks
the Culture Map, Erin Meyer
Playbook-For Your Extraordinary Life, Elaine Seat
Remembering Flint Michigan, Gary Flinn
Good Work, E.F. Schumacher
Mastering Bitcoin for Dummies, Alan Norman
Fish! Tales, Lundin, Christenson, Paul & Strand
Mastering Civility,Christine Porath
The Slight Edge, Jeff Olson
The Charge, Brendon Burchard
The School of Greatness, Lewis Howes
Storytelling as Best Practice, Andy Goodman
Average Is Over, Tyler Cowen
Don’t Just Give It Away, Renata Rafferty
Driven By Difference, David Livermore
Managing a Private Foundation, Paul Rhoads
The Policy Governance Model, John Carver
Blind Spot, Mahzarin Banaji & Anthony Greenwald
Licensed To Lie, Sidney Powell
The Elements of Style, William Strunk & E.B. White
Scary Smart, Mo Gawdat
Blockbusters, Anita Elberse
The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene
The Fire Within, Chef Steve Mengel
Black Racial Injustice
The New Jim Crowe, Michelle Alexander
Love in the Driest Season, Neely Tucker
Wouldn’t Take Nothing For My Journey Now, Maya Angelou
Same Kind of Different As Me, Ron Hall
The Bluest Eyes, Toni Morrison
The Color of Water, James McBride
Kingdom Man, Tony Evans
Just Courage, Gary Haugen
How to Be An Antiracist, Ibram Kendi
Reading While Black, Esau McCaulley
Left To Tell, Immaculee Ilibagiza
White Fragility, Robin Diangelo
Kingdom Beyond Color, Leonard Lovett
His Truth Is Marching On, Jon Meacham
A Promised Land, Barack Obama
Faces At The Bottom of The Well, Derrick Bell
Family Properties, Beryl Satter
Heroes of the Faith – Frederick Douglass
The Ground Breaking – An American City (Tulsa), Scott Ellsworth
The Upswing, Robert Putnam
Tattoos on the Heart, Gregory Boyle
Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Amy Jacques-Garvey
Welcoming Justice, John Perkins
One Blood, John Perkins
Go Together, Shola Richards
The 1619 Project – A Brief History
The White Man’s Burden, William Easterly
Writing My Wrongs, Shaka Senghor
The Poisoned City, Anna Clark
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley
Reclaiming Your Community, Majora Carter
The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones
Caste – The Origins of Our Discontent, Isabel Wilkerson
Dark Alliance, Gary Webb
Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
Criminal (In)Justice, Rafael Mangual
The State of Black America, W.B. Allen
Agency, Ian Rowe
Faces at The Bottom of The Well, Derrick Bell
Dopefiend, Donald Goines
Eraced, John Amanchukwu
Anti-Racist Leadership, James D. White & Krista White
Hidden Figures, Margot Lee Shetterly
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Dr. Joy Degruy
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder
You’ve Been Chosen, Cynt Marshall
Turnaround – How America’s Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic, William Bratton
The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw
Blackout, Candance Owens
These Truths, Jill Lepore
Black Picket Fences, Mary Pattillo
Black Working Class Folk, Blair LM Kelley
Ready To Rise, Jo Saxton
Invisible Child, Andrea Elliott
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent & Young, Zayd Ayers Dohrn
El Paso, Jazmine Ulloa
Fiction
A Cold Day In Paradise – Alex McKnight, Steve Hamilton
Winter of the Wolf Moon – Alex McKnight, Steve Hamilton
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, John LeCarre
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
The Hunting Wind – Alex McKnight, Steve Hamilton
The Boys from Biloxi, John Grisham
North of Nowhere, Steve Hamilton
Blood Is the Sky, Steve Hamilton
Ice Run, Steve Hamilton
A Stolen Season, Steve Hamilton
Misery Bay, Steve Hamilton
Die A Stranger, Steve Hamilton
Let It Burn, Steve Hamilton
Dead Man Running, Steve Hamilton
Night Work, Steve Hamilton
The Women, Kristan Hannah
Postmortem, Patricia Cornwell
The Lock Artist, Steve Hamilton
Body of Evidence, Patricia Cornwell
All That Remains, Patricia Cornwell
Cruel and Unusual, Patricia Cornwell
The Body Farm, Patricia Cornwell
Climbing in Heels, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
The Collectors, David Baldacci
The Charm School, Nelson DeMille
Twice, Mitch Albom
Theo of Golden, Allen Levi
Finding Chika, Mitch Albom
Chasing Fireflies, Charles Martin
Where the River Ends, Charles Martin
Other Books
A Resilient Life, Gordon MacDonald
Detroit (A Biography), Scott Martelle
When Helping Hurts, Steve Corbett
The Peacemaker: Handling Conflict, Sande and Johnson
The Seven Daughters of Eve, Bryan Sykes
reconcile, John Paul Lederach
The Noticer, Andy Andrews
The Boys in the Boat, Daniel James Brown
Just Courage, Gary Haugen
Chase The Lion, Mark Batterson
Proof of Heaven, Eben Alexander, M.D.
More of the Holy Spirit, Sr. Ann Shields
When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Harold Kushner
The Talent Code, Daniel Coyle
The Magic, Rhonda Byrne
The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand
Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age, Jeff Bercovici
The Sexual State, Jennifer Roback Morse
The Hero’s Journey, Joseph Campbell
The Energy Bus
Positively 4th Street – The Lives of Joan Baez & Bob Dylan, David Hajdu
The Kindness Diaries, Leon Logthetis
The Tenth Man, Graham Greene
Blackberry Winter, Margaret Mead
The Road to Character, David Brooks
Oscar and The Lady in Pink, Eric-Emmauel Schmitt
Finite and Infinite Games, James Carse
Beyond Order, Jordan B. Peterson
Still Here – Elaine Stritch, Alexandra Jacobs
The Empowered Wife – 6 Intimacy Skills, Laura Doyle
The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa
Your Good Body, Jennifer Taylor Wagner
We Should Not Be Friends, Will Schwalbe
I Never Knew That About Colorado, Abbott Fay
The High Sierra, Kim Stanley Robinson