These books may prove useful as you take stock of your approach to leadership, identify your goals and plan how to achieve them. They are mostly widely available in high street bookshops and on-line.

The New Leaders

Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee

Exploring the consequences of emotional intelligence for leaders and organisations, the authors unveil scientific evidence that links success or failure 'primal leadership' and argues that a leader's emotions are contagious and must resonate energy and enthusiasm if an organisation is to thrive.

Thriving in Mind

Katherine Benziger

Simply put, the Benziger model explains how the way in which we use our brain enhances or diminishes our success, our joy and our health.

Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman

With new insights into the brain architecture underlying emotion and rationality, Goleman shows precisely how emotional intelligence can be nurtured and strengthened in all of us.

Intelligent Leadership: Creating a Passion for Change

Alan Hooper & John Potter

This book provides an innovative analysis for those managing teams of what makes a leader today, focusing on emotional intelligence and leadership as a psychological commitment.

Achieve Twice as Much in Half the Time

Dr. Harry Alder

Discover how to solve problems quickly using your subconscious – chunk tasks together to increase effectiveness – increase your creativity, improve your concentration. Includes goals and goal-setting, motivation, self-beliefs and their effects, taking control of your feelings, thinking and planning, and creative problem solving.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is recognised as one of the most influential books ever written. In this seminal work, Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems.

Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope, and Compassion

Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee

Building on the principles they laid out in their 2002 bestseller, Primal Leadership (co-authored with Daniel Goleman), Boyatzis and McKee explain how managers and executives can employ mindfulness, hope and compassion to create-and maintain-exceptional business success.

The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey

Kenneth Blanchard

How management can effectively rid themselves of 'monkeys' -- other people's responsibilities that cling to them and prevent them managing efficiently. This book explains in simple-minded if abstract terms how to achieve a balance between supervision and delegation for reduced tension and improved productivity in the work-place.

The Plastic Mind

Sharon Begley

This book shows us how nothing about our brains is set in stone and explores whether it is really possible to change the structure and function of the brain, and in so doing alter how we think and feel.

Mind Sculpture: Unleashing Your Brain’s Potential

Ian Robertson

Discover how your brain is physically changed by what you do and think. How education moulds your brain, growing new connections between brain cells, building brain power, and proving it's not all down to genetics.

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

Marshall B. Rosenberg

An enlightening look at how peaceful communication can create compassionate connections with family, friends, and other acquaintances. The book uses stories, examples, and sample dialogues to provide solutions to communication problems both at home and in the workplace. Certainly useful in a team management context.

What Colour is Your Parachute?

Richard Bolles

A practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers. This book helps you to think freely, and find the job that’s right for you.