Books like Forged in Crisis

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin · Biography

Doris Kearns Goodwin's account of Abraham Lincoln's formation of his cabinet — which included his three main rivals for the 1860 Republican nomination: William Seward, Salmon Chase, and Edward Bates — is one of the most widely discussed leadership books of the twenty-first century and one of the most readable biographies of the Lincoln era.

Both dig into leadership.

02

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing · History

In 1914, Ernest Shackleton led twenty-seven men into the Weddell Sea on a ship called the Endurance with the goal of crossing Antarctica on foot.

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand · Biography

Unbroken follows Louis Zamperini from his juvenile delinquency in Depression-era California to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he ran the 5,000 meters at nineteen and briefly caught Hitler's attention.

Both dig into resilience.

04

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela · Memoir

Nelson Mandela's autobiography traces his life from a rural Xhosa childhood in the Transkei to his release from prison in 1990 after twenty-seven years of incarceration, and ends with his election as South Africa's first democratically chosen president in 1994.

Both dig into leadership.

05

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl · Psychology

Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's account of his years as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and the psychological theory he developed from that experience.

Both dig into resilience.

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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson · History

Erik Larson's The Splendid and the Vile covers Winston Churchill's first year as British Prime Minister — from May 1940, when he replaced Neville Chamberlain three days after Germany's invasion of the Low Countries, through May 1941.

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07

On Becoming a Leader

Warren Bennis · Business

On Becoming a Leader is Warren Bennis's argument that leadership is not a set of techniques to be mastered but a continuous process of self-discovery — and that the most important leadership development work is inner rather than outer.

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

John C. Maxwell · Business

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is John C.

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09

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz · Business

The Hard Thing About Hard Things is Ben Horowitz's account of what it actually feels like to run a company through crisis.

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The Ideal Team Player

Patrick Lencioni · Business

The Ideal Team Player is Patrick Lencioni's business fable about the three qualities that distinguish people who thrive in team environments from those who undermine them.

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The Leadership Challenge

James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner · Business

The Leadership Challenge is James Kouzes and Barry Posner's evidence-based framework for what leaders actually do when they're at their best, drawn from decades of survey research and thousands of case studies.

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The Score Takes Care of Itself

Bill Walsh · Business

The Score Takes Care of Itself is the account of Bill Walsh's leadership philosophy, assembled from his writings and interviews by Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh after Walsh's death in 2007.

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