REAL Reading List
Deepening our thinking around leadership starts with who and what we are reading, helping us to develop our confidence and our competence, both individually and collectively.
Hannah is regularly asked to share a recommended reading list. This page is a work in progress and will evolve – please review it, share it and engage with it by suggesting additional authors and alternative texts for us to include so that the REAL Reading List is co-created and a helpful supporting resource for you and your team.
We have added Amazon affiliate links for quick reference so you can read reviews, but we encourage you to order/ purchase from your local independent bookstore. Bookshop.org is an excellent resource to purchase from independent bookstores. View list on Bookshop.org.
- Adegoke, Yomi and Uviebinene, Elizabeth. Slay in Your Lane
- Bates, Laura. Girl Up
- Beard, Mary. Women and Power
- Berry, Jill. Making the Leap
- Brown, Brene. Dare to Lead
- Brown, Brene. The Gifts of Imperfection
- Brown, Brene. Rising Strong
- Brown, Jennifer. How to Be an Inclusive Leader
- Browne, Angela. Lighting the Way
- Chapman, Madeline. A New Kind of Leader
- Cialdini, Robert. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
- Coughlin, Deborah. Outspoken
- Covey, Stephen. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Criado Perez, Caroline. Invisible Women
- Curtis, Scarlett. Feminists Don’t Wear Pink
- Daskal, Lolly. The Leadership Gap
- David, Susan. Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change and Thrive in Work and Life
- Gillard, Julia and Okonjo-Iweala, Ngozi. Women and Leadership
- Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence
- Goyder, Caroline. Gravitas
- Grosop, Viv. How to Own the Room
- Grosop, Viv. Lift as Your Climb
- Huffington, Arianna. On Becoming Fearless
- Huffington, Arianna. Thrive
- Johnson, Spencer. Who Moved My Cheese?
- Kay, Katty and Shipman, Claire. The Confidence Code
- Kerr, James. Legacy
- Kotter, John. Leading Change
- Kotter, John. My Iceberg is Melting
- Lencioni, Patrick. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
- Lovelace, Amanda. The Princess Saves Herself in This One
- McConnon, Shay and McConnon, Margaret. Managing conflict in the workplace: How to Develop Trust and Understanding and Manage Disagreements
- Mohr, Tara. Playing Big
- Moran, Caitlin. How to be a Woman
- Murphy, Kate. You’re Not Listening
- Ngozi Adichie, Chimamanda. We Should All Be Feminists
- Obama, Michelle. Becoming
- Osagie, Diana. Courageous Leadership
- Peters, Steve. Chimp Management
- Portas, Mary. Work Like a Woman
- Rhimes, Shonda. The Year of Yes
- Sandberg, Sheryl. Lean In
- Sarpong, June. Diversify
- Sarpong, June. The Power of Women
- Scarlett, Hilary. Neuroscience for Organizational Change
- Scott, Kim. Radical Candor
- Scott, Susan. Fierce Conversations
- Sinek, Simon. Leaders Eat Last
- Sinek, Simon. Start With Why
- Sweeney. Charlotte and Bothwick, Fleur. Inclusive Leadership
- Syed, Matthew. Rebel Ideas
- Tracy, Brian. Eat That Frog
- West, Michael. Effective Teamwork
- Willett, Alan. Leading the Unleadable: How to Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, and Other Difficult People