What we are reading at Harris Communications

Jim Collins has often said leaders and thinkers get their best ideas by reading outside their primary field and at Harris Communications we agree with that mindset. Below is a list of some of our favorites, many are outside the genre of management books, all have helped us gain new insight and deeper understanding in developing people.

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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins

B

The Imperfect Board Member: Discovering the Seven Disciplines of Governance Excellence

 Jim Brown

Leading at a Higher Level

Ken Blanchard

The Secret

Rhonda Byrnen Blanchard

C

Prince of Tides

Pat Conroy

The Leadership Pipeline

Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James

Built to Last

Jim Collins

Good to Great

Jim Collins

D

You’ve got to be Believed to be Heard

Bert Decker

The Effective Executive 

Peter F. Drucker

Teach Business English

Sylvie Donna

F

Man's Search for Meaning

 Viktor E. Frankl, Harold S. Kushner and Ilse Lasch

The Art of Loving (Fiftieth Anniversary Edition)

 Erich Fromm, Marion Pauck

On What Cannot Be Said: Apophatic

 William Franke (Editor)

K

What to Listen For in Jazz

Barry Kernfeld

The Wisdom of Teams

Jon Katzenbach

The General Managers 

John P. Kotter

Blue Ocean Strategy

W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne

L

The Role of Self in Teacher Development

Richard Lipka

M

The Starbucks Experience

Joseph Michelli

The Four Arguments of the Elimination of Television

Jerry Mander

A Question of Balance

Keith Malaird

Plain Speaking

Merle Miller

S

An Actor Prepares

Co Stanislavski

Competency and the Learning Organization

Donald Shandler

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny

Robin S. Sharma

T

Shibumi

Trevanian

W

Conversations with God

Neale Donald Walsch