Below is a list of books that Matt recommends for a variety of topics.

• Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob by Bob Delaney
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

• 17 Reasons Your Company Is Not Investment Grade & What To Do About It by Zane Tarence
• Built to Sell by John Warrillow
• Burn The Boats by Matt Higgins
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Integrity Selling by Ron Willingham
• Setting the Table by Danny Meyer
• Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
• Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch
• The 4 Disciplines of Execution by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Huling
• The Founder’s Dilemmas by Noam Wasserman
• Topgrading by Bradford Smart
• Traction by Gino Wickman
• Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara

• Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
• Making Sense of God by Timothy Keller
• The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
• The Reason for God by Timothy Keller
• Two Chairs by Bob Beaudine

• American Generalship by Edgar Puryear
• Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
• George Washington’s Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade
• Reckless Endangerment by Gretchen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner
• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

• CEO Excellence by Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller and Vikram Malhotra
• Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler
• Culture by Design by David Friedman
• Excellence Wins by Horst Schulze
• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
• Fierce Conversations by Susan Craig Scott
• How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins
• It’s Your Ship by Capt Michael Abrashoff
• Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
• Legacy by James Kerr (Teambuilding)
• Primal Leadership: The Art of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
• Rebound: From Pain to Passion – Leadership Lessons Learned by Matt Doherty
• Shackleton’s Way by Margot Morrell (Hiring/Team building)
• Skill with People by Les Giblin
• Start with Why by Simon Sinek
• The Cubs Way by Tom Verducci
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
• The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John D. Mann
• The Power of a Positive Team by Jon Gordon
• The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh
• Toughness by Jay Bilas
• Turn the Ship Around by L. David Marquet
• Up Close and All In by John Mack
• What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith

• 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John Maxwell
• Art of War by Sun Tzu
• CEO Excellence by Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller and Vikram Malhotra
• Change the Culture, Change the Game by Roger Connors
• Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler
• Culture by Design by David Friedman
• Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
• Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink
• Excellence Wins by Horst Schulze
• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
• Fierce Conversations by Susan Craig Scott
• Good Listen by Joe Pardvila
• How Successful People Lead by John Maxwell
• How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins
• Impact Players by Liz Wiseman
• Influence by Robert Cialdini
• It’s Your Ship by Capt Michael Abrashoff
• Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
• Leadership by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• Legacy by James Kerr (Teambuilding)
• Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
• No More Feedback by Carol Sanford
• Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini
• Primal Leadership: The Art of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
• Raise Your Game by Alan Stein
• Range by David Epstein
• Rebound: From Pain to Passion – Leadership Lessons Learned by Matt Doherty
• Shackleton’s Way by Margot Morrell (Hiring/Team building)
• Skill with People by Les Giblin
• Start with Why by Simon Sinek
• Swing Your Sword by Mike Leach
• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
• The Carpenter by Jon Gordon
• The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier
• The Connector Manager by Jaime Roca and Sari Wilde
• The Cubs Way by Tom Verducci
• The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
• The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
• The Game Plan by Bill Polian
• The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John D. Mann
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
• The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
• The Power of a Positive Team by Jon Gordon
• The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh
• The Soul of a Team by Nathan Whitaker and Tony Dungy
• The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom
• Toughness by Jay Bilas
• True North by Bill George
• Turn the Ship Around by L. David Marquet
• Up Close and All In by John Mack
• What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
• What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz
• Winning by Jack Welch and Suzy Welch

• Controligarchs by Seamus Bruner
• Letter to the American Church by Eric Metaxas
• The Amateur by Edward Klien
• The Naked Communist by W. Cleon Skosen

• Black Market by Merl Code
• Not a Game by Kent Babb
• Showtime by Jeff Pearlman
• The Wizard of Odds by Charley Rosen
• Total Competition by Ross Brown and Adam Parr
• War Room by Michael Holley

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