The following list was created to fit onto one page and provide a well rounded leadership reading introduction.  By no means intended to be exhaustive or create subject matter experts in all things.  If I missed one of your favorites or something you believe to be essential reading, please comment and tell me as I am constantly reading to expand my repertoire.

Leadership Overview

• The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim & Renee Maugborne
• Lincoln on Leadership by Donald Phillips
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• Business Adventures by John Brooks
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo

Time Management

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• Procrastinate on Purpose by Rory Vaden
• Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni
• The 12 Week Year by Brian Moran
• The Organized Mind by Daniel Levitin
• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Decision Making

• How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
• The Silent Language by Edward Hall

Operations Management

• The Toyota Way
• The Goal by Eli Goldratt
• The Granularity of Growth by Patrick Viguerie

Product Development

• The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
• Well Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love by Jon Kolko
• Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk

Non-Traditional

• Leaving a Legacy by David Bentall
• The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House by Bob Woodward
• All the Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings by George H.W. Bush
• The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
• Partners in Command by Joseph T Glatthaar
• Richard III by William Shakespeare
• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould