Business Books You Have to Read

Written in the beginning of the 20th century, How to Win Friends & Influence People is a book that is still relevant today. Dale Carnegie perfectly explained how social skills can improve your personal and business life. While the times were definitely different when this book came out, the core principles remained the same. Treating people with respect, and actually listening to what they have to say is still the best way to establish healthy relationships, and yield best results.

The lessons from this book in terms of business, can be applied at any level. Carnegie's advice comes useful whether you are a CEO of a large corporation, or a clerk at a store. Making connections and networking is still one of the main factors in the business world, and this book can tell you how to improve your skills in this area. 

Leadership is still one of the most important factors that can greatly impact the success of any enterprise. Without proper leadership there is no cohesion, which is often times one of the main reasons for poor performance of a company. Patrick Lencioni's book describes just how important leadership is, and goes into some common problems leaders face in their effort to achieve efficient and effective teamwork. 

This book can be very useful to anyone in a leadership position, whether they are a small business owner, a new and inexperienced entrepreneur, or a high level manager of a large corporation. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable is a great troubleshooting guide that can help you get your team on the right track. 

In modern day and age, everybody is looking for that shortcut, a secret, that would launch their company to great heights. This is not what Good to Great has to offer. You won't find a silver bullet that will solve all of your problems, but what you will find is an interesting set of conclusions Jim Collins and his team of researchers discovered during their research to find what makes great companies, great. 

Good to Great offers an insight into decision making and strategies that some of the largest corporations in the world use, which could be applied to your business and actually make a difference. 

There are numerous books written on the topic of leadership and how it impacts the success of a company. The One Thing You Need to Know by Marcus Buckingham offers a new and refreshing approach to the problem of leadership, and includes some interesting and unintuitive conclusions that might be new for a lot of readers. Buckingham's arguments, and line of thinking will challenge you to see things from a different perspective, which could be beneficial to anyone interested in this subject. 

Buckingham also touches the subject of personal success, and what role it plays in becoming a good leader. He is a younger author, but the information he gathered in his book is definitely worth reading. 

Steven Covey is a well known author whose book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change is favored by many of the most successful people in the world. In his work, Covey explains what are the seven habits some of the most influential and powerful people have, and how you can develop these habits yourself. He states that first thing that needs to happen is a complete paradigm shift, that would change the way you perceive people and situations both in your personal and professional life. 

Covey's book has been around for several decades now, and his advice has been put to the test numerous times. The information in this book is genuine, and could help you achieve your goals more efficiently, ultimately allowing you to become a more successful person.