Recommended Reads

Throughout UNSTUCK and UNSTUCK.com, we have tried to bake in the insight, theory, data, and work of great thinkers-so that you don't have to dig through the theory to get the result. That said, we have compiled the following "Recommended Reads" that we feel are worth your time and attention.

Please check back periodically — as we update this page from time to time based on what we're reading.

Books are listed alphabetically by author name and can be found on bookstores or for purchase online.

  • David Allen, Getting Things Done

  • Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, Built to Last

  • Jay Conger, Winning Em' Over

  • Peter Drucker, The Practice of Management

  • Louis Gerstner Jr., Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround

  • Seth Godin, Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

  • J. Richard Hackman, ed., Groups That Work (And Those That Don't)

  • Frank LaFasto and Carl E. Larson, When Teams Work Best

  • Mary Munter, Guide to Managerial Communication

  • David Nadler, Organizational Architecture : Designs for Changing Organizations

  • Marty Neumeier, The Brand Gap

  • David Packard, The HP Way

  • Everett Rogers and Rekha Agarwala-Rogers, Communication in Organizations

  • Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline

  • Ivan Steiner, Group Process and Productivity

  • Leigh Thompson, Making the Team

  • Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

  • Jack Welch, Jack: Straight from the Gut