Bill Hybels is the senior pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and runs the annual Global Leadership Summit, which the STwSS leadership team has been attending for the last few years. Hybels’ book list is a good starting point for developing your own leadership.

• Carly Fiorina, Tough Choices, Nicholas Brealey, 2006
• Juan Williams, Enough, Three Rivers, 2006
• Ram Charan, Leaders at All Levels, Jossey Bass, 2008
• Rob Goffee & Gareth Jones, Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?, HBS, 2006
• Dov Frohman, Leadership the Hard Way, Jossey Bass, 2008
• Jack Welch, Winning, HarperCollins, 2005
• Craig Groeschel, It, Zondervan, 2008
• Sharon Daloz Parks, Leadership Can Be Taught, HBS, 2005
• Dan Ciampa, Taking Advice, HBS, 2006
• Anthony Bell, Great Leadership, Davies-Black, 2006
• Bill Welter & Jean Egmon, The Prepared Mind of a Leader, Jossey Bass, 2006
• Michael Useem, The Go Point, Three Rivers, 2006
• Ronald E. Riggio, Ira Chaleff & Jean Lipman-Blumen, The Art of Followership, Jossey Bass, 2008
• Bill George, True North, Jossey Bass, 2007—review
• Andy Stanley, The Next Generation Leader, Multnomah, 2003
• John Maxwell, The 360° Leader, Nelson Thomas, 2005
• David Weiss, Vince Molinaro & Liane Davey, Leadership Solutions, Wiley, 2007
• James M. Kilts, Doing What Matters, Crown, 2007
• Michael Ray, The Highest Goal, Berrett-Koehler, 2004
• Noel M. Tichy & Warren G. Bennis, Judgement, Portfolio, 2007
• Ram Charan, Know-How, Random House, 2007
• Gus Lee, Courage, the Backbone of Leadership, Jossey Bass, 2006
• Bill George, Authentic Leadership, Jossey Bass, 2003
• Henry Cloud, Integrity, Zondervan, 2006
• Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan, Execution, Random House, 2002
• Ruth Wageman, Debra A. Nunes, James A. Burruss & J. Richard Hackman, Senior Leadership Teams, HBS, 2008
• David S. Weiss & Vince Molinaro, The Leadership Gap, Wiley, 2005

Bill Hybels is too modest to include his own books in his reading list. You might like also to consider:

• Bill Hybels, Courageous Leadership, Zondervan, 2002
• Bill Hybels, Holy Discontent, Zondervan, 2007
• Bill Hybels, Axiom, Zondervan, 2008

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