Reading List
Command Team Reading List
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.” -- Harry S. Truman, U.S. President 1945-1953
Col. Reed's Recommendations
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Team of Rivals: the political genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Lean In: Women, work, and the will to lead by Sheryl Sandberg
The Hero Code: Lessons learned from lives well lived by Admiral William H. McRaven
Elizabeth I CEO: strategic lessons from the leader who built an empire by Alan Axelrod
Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times by Donald T. Phillips
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Leading Change by John P. Kotter
Positively Pooh: Timeless wisdom from Pooh by A.A. Milne
Leadership Skills: Developing volunteers for organizational success by Emily Kittle Morrison
American Generalship: Character Is Everything: The Art of Command by Edgar F. Puryear Jr.
Ernest Shackleton - Exploring Leadership by Nancy F. Koehn
Lt. Col. Bob Thompson's Recommendations
Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times by Donald T. Phillips
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine by Gen. David Petraeus
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