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The Secrets of CEOS: 150 Global Chief Executives Lift the Lid on Business, Life and LeadershipThe Secrets of CEOS: 150 Global Chief Executives Lift the Lid on Business, Life and Leadership by Steve Tappin
Buy new: £11.94 / Used from: £10.67
What CEOs really think of business life and leadership - in their own words
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don'tGood to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins
Buy new: £13.89 / Used from: £12.28
Meticulous research gives you confidence that Collins may have identified some of the elements of building a great business
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary CompaniesBuilt to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James C. Collins
Buy new: £14.11 / Used from: £11.00
Detailed analysis of what might have allowed enduring companies to persist as they have
Screw it, Let's Do it: Lessons in Life and BusinessScrew it, Let's Do it: Lessons in Life and Business by Sir Richard Branson
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01
Inspiring stuff from a man who's built an empire simply by having fun
Competing for the FutureCompeting for the Future by Gary Hamel
Buy new: £7.41 / Used from: £0.35
Still essential reading for all strategists
Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for EverythingGlobality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything by Harold L. Sirkin
Buy used from: £2.95
We are all now competing with everyone from everywhere for everything
China Shakes The World: The Rise of a Hungry NationChina Shakes The World: The Rise of a Hungry Nation by James Kynge
Buy used from: £0.78
Engaging introduction to what China means commercially for the rest of us
India UnboundIndia Unbound by Gurcharan Das
Buy used from: £7.86
Fascinating economic history of 20th century India
The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest ManufacturerThe Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey Liker
Buy new: £11.96 / Used from: £8.00
The classic work on Toyota
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly ImprobableThe Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Buy new: £5.37 / Used from: £2.97
Worth a look
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingFreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
Buy new: £4.95 / Used from: £1.89
A useful reminder of the power - and pitfalls - of statistics
CEO: The Low Down on the Top Job (Financial Times Series)CEO: The Low Down on the Top Job (Financial Times Series) by Kevin Kelly
Buy new: £14.00 / Used from: £13.11
The first hand account of what it takes to be CEO