| Title | Author | Who’s Reading It | Why They’re Reading It |
| The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho | Idan Shpizear, CEO, 911 Restoration | “I try to read this every year or two [because] it’s an incredible story that really drives to the heart of the idea that life is about the journey and not simply the destination.” |
| David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants | Malcolm Gladwell | Faisal Husain, Co-Founder and CEO, Synechron | “I love the way this book challenges you to think differently.” |
| Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future | Ashlee Vance | Cindy Whitehead, CEO, Sprout Pharmaceuticals | “There is always something to learn from the game-changing entrepreneurs.” |
| Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less | Greg McKeown | Carla O’Dell, CEO, American Productivity & Quality Center. | “I wish I lived this!” |
| The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership | Sally Helgesen | Margot Micallef, Founder and CEO, Gabriella’s Kitchen | “This quarter-century-old tome, which I first read more than a decade ago, is part of my “leadership tune-up.” |
| Give and Take | Adam Grant | Carla O’Dell, CEO, American Productivity & Quality Center | “He provides a unique perspective based on research about why and how ‘good guys’ can finish first.” |
| How We Got To Now | Steven Johnson | C.J. Joyner, CEO, Triose | “I’ve always been curious about people’s perception of culture, the differences in generations and new trends, and what seems to drive people.” |
| It’s Not the Now or the What, But the Who | Claudio Fernandez-Araoz | C.J. Joyner, CEO, Triose | People are what truly make a difference” in the workplace, he said. “This book reinforces that philosophy.” |
| Marketing To Millennials: Reach the Largest and Most Influential Generation of Consumers Ever | Jeff Fromm and Christie Garton | Stew Leonard, Jr., head of Stew Leonard’s | “My four daughters are all in their twenties and I’m interested in how to turn this next generation into Stew Leonard’s shoppers.” |
| Ogilvy on Advertising | David Ogilvy | Thomas Holt, Founder, Babbel | “The most sought-after wizard in the business, to return to some of the basics of marketing.” |
| Purple Cow: Transform Your Business By Being Remarkable | Seth Godin | Cindy Whitehead, CEO, Sprout Pharmaceuticals | Though this was published originally in 2007, “Every year I re-read this book that became a personal favorite on the importance of choosing to stand out in a sea of sameness.” |
| The Responsible Company | Yvon Couinard and Vincent Stanley | Eileen Mockus, CEO, Chief Coyuchi | “An encouragement to keep focusing on a better way to run a business that factors in more than the numbers.” |
| Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much | Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir | Tracy Benson, CEO, On the Same Page | It is “helping me fully grasp the power of that perspective – and the dangers of the opposite.” |
| Steve Jobs: Thinking Differently | Patricia Lakin | Faisal Husain, Co-Founder and CEO, Synechron | It “expresses a strong message that one should never take anything or anyone for granted, especially while running a business.” |
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