August 2025 Book List
The Founder's Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth By James Allen & Chris Zook
Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment: find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new customers....
The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field by Mike Michalowicz
Each year Americans start one million new businesses, nearly 80 percent of which fail within the first five years. Under such pressure to stay alive—let alone grow—it’s easy for entrepreneurs to get caught up in a never-ending cycle of “sell it—do it, sell it—do it” that leaves them exhausted, frustrated, and unable to get ahead no matter how hard they try....
Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business by Patrick Lencioni
A straightforward framework for creating engaging and exciting business meetings...
Love and Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life by Marcus Buckingham
You've long been told to "Do what you love." Sounds simple, but the real challenge is how to do this in a world not set up to help you...
Financial Intelligence, Revised Edition: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean by Karen Berman, Joe Knight, and John Case
Accessible, jargon-free, and filled with entertaining stories of real companies, Financial Intelligence gives nonfinancial managers the confidence to understand the nuance beyond the numbers--to help bring everyday work to a new level...
