Bill Hybels’ Leadership Book List

Bill Hybels is the senior pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and runs the annual Global Leadership Summit, which I have been attending for the last few years with the leadership team from my church. Hybels’ book list is a good starting point for developing your own leadership, in a church, business or whatever setting.

• 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 C. 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

I have made a start and read a few of these books, so you may find some reviews on this site in due course. Are there any books you would add to the list?