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Who are the most noteworthy leaders in business? What is the secret of their success? And what can we learn from them?

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A Class With Drucker

William A. Cohen

AMACOM, 2007

(6)

A Higher Standard of Leadership

Keshavan Nair

Berrett-Koehler, 1997

(6)

Alan Shrugged

Jerome Tuccille

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002

(7)

Alexander The Great’s Art of Strategy

Partha Bose

Gotham Books, 2003

(9)

Barack Obama

John K. Wilson

Paradigm, 2007

(7)

Better, Stronger, Faster
 

Brad Rosser

Infinite Ideas, 2009

(8)

Big Shots: Business the Richard Branson Way

Des Dearlove

Capstone, 2002

(6)

Billy, Alfred, and General Motors
 

William Pelfrey

AMACOM, 2006

(8)

Buffett
 

Roger Lowenstein

Random House, 2008

(9)

Bush At War
 

Bob Woodward

Simon & Schuster, 2002

(9)

Business Beyond the Box

John O'Keeffe

Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 1999

(6)

Carnegie
 

Peter Krass

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002

(8)

Churchill
 

Roy Jenkins

FSG, 2001

(9)

Clausewitz on Strategy

Christopher Bassford et al.

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001

(8)

Co-Leaders
 

Warren Bennis and David A. Heenan

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999

(9)

Commodore

Edward J. Renehan Jr.

Basic Books, 2007

(8)

Common Purpose

Joel Kurtzman

Jossey-Bass, 2010

(7)

Confessions of an Accidental Businessman

James A. Autry

Berrett-Koehler, 1996

(7)

Delivering Happiness
 

Tony Hsieh

Business Plus, 2010

(8)

Derailed
 

Tim Irwin

Nelson Publishers, 2009

(8)

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