As you have probably guessed, I am a bit of a leadership and coaching nerd. I am a sucker for a good book on leadership, coaching or well-being. So I thought
The other week we were talking about books we have and I suggested we all list what books we have so we can share the books we love. This morning I have just been through the books I have at home and on my Kindle (I have quite a few books in the office that I need to add) . I have shared the list on our Teams channel then I thought some of you might want to know as well. So I thought I would share here too. Now I am not a librarian so books from the same authors are scattered in the list. I have ordered them according to how I see the subject matter and as they come of my bookshelf. So if you like things in order I apologise, my brain would hurt too much if I tried to do that.
Leadership Books
Atlas of the Heart- Brene Brown
Dare to Lead- Brene Brown
Leaders Eat Last – Simon Sinek
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
Critical Thinking An Introduction- Fischer
The Infinite Game- Simon Sinek
Rebel Ideas- Matthew Syed
Start With Why- Simon SInek
Outliers – Malcom Gladwell
Rising Strong – Brene Brown
Bounce – Matthew Syed
Turn The Ship Around- L David Marquet
The Chimp Paradox – Prof Steve Peter’s
Compassionate Leadership – Michael West
Understanding Organisations – Charles Handy
Humankind Rutger Bregman
Managing Transitions – William Bridges
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Steven Covey
Life Entrepreneurs – Christopher Gergen and Gregg Vanourek
Essentialism – Greg McKeown
Daring Greatly – Brene Brown
Restorative Just Culture in Practice – Sidney Dekker, Amanda Oates, Joseph Rafferty
Facing Our Futures – Nikolas Badminton
Stop Blaming, Create a Restorative Culture – Sidney Dekker
Quiet, The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking – Susan Cain
Atomic Habits – James Clear
Four Thousand Weeks, Time Management for Mortals – Oliver Burkeman
The Karpman Drama Triangle Explained – Chris West
How to Be An Antiracist – Ibram X Kendi
Factfulness – Hans Rosling
How to Develop Your Personal Mission Statement- Steven Covey
Black Box Thinking – Matthew Syed
Well-Being Books
Fear Less- Dr Pippa Grange
Emotional Agility- Dr Susan David
SUMO- Paul McGee
Emotional First Aid- Guy Winch
How to Be Human- Ruby Wax
Sane New World – Ruby Wax
Burnout – Emily and Amelia Nagoski
Flow, The Psychology of Happiness – Mihaly Csikszentmihayi
How Not to Worry – Paul McGee
What Can You Change and What You Can’t – Martin Seligman
Flourish – Martin Seligman
Mindfulness In Eight Weeks – Michael Chaskalson
Coaching Books
Time to Think- Nancy Kline
The Reflecting Glass- Lucy West and Mike Milan
The Power of Negative Ideas- Todd Kashdan and Robert Biswas-Diener
The Coaching Manual – Julie Starr
Coaching Skills (A Handbook) – Jenny Rogers
The Neuroscience of Leadership Coaching – Patricia Bossons, Patricia Riddell, and Denis Sartain
Supervision in The Helping Professions – Peter Hawkins and Aisling McMahon
Caring Enough to Hear and Be Heard – David Augsburger
Relational Team Coaching – Erik De Haan and Dorothee Stoffels
The Coaches Handbook – Jonathan Passmore
Acceptance Commitment Coaching – Jon Hill and Joe Oliver
The Heart of Laser Focused Coaching – Marion Franklin
Coaching The Team At Work – David Clutterbuck
Systemic Coaching – Peter Hawkins and Eve Turner
Positive Provocation – Robert Biwas-Diener
Full Spectrum Supervision – Edna Murdoch and Jackie Arnold
Challenging Coaching – John Blakey and Ian Day
Cognitive Behavioural Coaching – Michael Neenan and Windy Dryden
Coaching, Mentoring and Organisational Consultancy – Peter Hawkins and Nick Smith
Coaching Understood – Elaine Cox
Coaching For Performance – Sir John Whitmore
Connected Coaching 
✅ I loved how you spotlighted books that support both leadership and personal evolution — Atomic Habits stood out to me too. I read it, but I didn’t fully put its teachings into action until I took a free execution quiz through Archetype6 and discovered I’m a Builder. That insight transformed how I craft routines.
Here are 3 key takeaways I wouldn’t have grasped otherwise:
One thing I’ve been thinking about: how do you layer leadership habits (like daily check-ins or feedback loops) into your routine without making them feel like extra work?
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