 | High Altitude Leadership: What the World's Most Forbidding Peaks Teach Us About Success (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) by Chris Warner
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $13.30 If you are going to be a success, you have know how to thrive in the face of the great dangers that every leader will face. Inside this book you will find the combined wisdom of a lifetime of guiding expeditions, building a business, leading teams and the hard core science of human development that makes all the crazy stories make sense.
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 | The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
Buy new: $11.10 / Used from: $2.22 This is the first great business book I read. For years we had a quote from the book posted on our office wall. "Work on your business, not in it." Anyone starting a business had better start with this book. And after you finish reading it, put it back in your "to read" pile so you can re-read it again and again.
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 | Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack by Donna Fenn
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $2.72 I am constantly seeking inspiration from a diverse group of peers. In these pages you will meet the types of business leaders you should emulate.
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 | Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big by Bo Burlingham
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $3.99 There is a fork in the road: should you be big and great (with all the complexities) or simply great. This book re-affirms that being small and great may be the best of all possible worlds.
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 | Building Business Value: How to Command a Premium Price for Your Midsized Company by Martin O'Neill
Buy new: $17.21 / Used from: $22.60 A practical guide to maximizing your personal wealth through the management of your business. Follow Marty's advice and your company will be even more rewarding to own.
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 | No Man's Land: What to Do When Your Company Is Too Big to Be Small but Too Small to Be Big by Doug Tatum
Buy new: $9.51 / Used from: $2.80 Another brilliant blue print for building your business, especially when you find out that you are more successful then you ever dreamed.
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 | The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg
Buy new: $12.97 / Used from: $3.47 A fast and inspirational read. This book is the kind you give to an employee who needs a little nudging to move closer to their potential.
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 | Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business: 10 Tools You Can Use Monday Morning by Ram Charan
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $0.01 A good primer, not just for you, but for your team. Ram Charan explains the fundamentals of business in a way that everyone can understand and learn from.
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 | What the CEO Wants You to Know : How Your Company Really Works by Ram Charan
Buy new: $14.28 / Used from: $0.90 In case you are having difficulty knowing what to ask of your employees (uhhmmm..would you mind helping me make some money?).
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 | Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company by James Collins
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $7.69 Personally, I think this is Collin's best book. It is more practical for small to mid sized companies and skips some of the simplistic platitudes of Good to Great. (Sorry Jim, I know you are a better rock climber than me). If you really want to read the best thing Collins has written see his contributions to the book Upward Bound, which also has a chapter from me.
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 | Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness by Jeffrey Gitomer
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $3.97 What is better than a short business book? And what business skill is more important than sales?
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 | Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $7.14 Learn from the master.
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 | Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond by Paco Underhill
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.33 Great insight into how your customers interact with your store and your staff. Our team found tons of valuable ideas by reading between the lines.
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