NOAA Corps Recommended Leadership Reading List
This reading list is designed to offer NOAA Corps officers recommended books related to leadership. This is not an all-inclusive list. The goal is to provide a starting point or expand existing knowledge and skills.
Selections from VADM Hann:
- The Road to Character
by David Brooks - Dare to Lead
by Brene Brown - Leadership in Turbulent Times
by Doris Kearns Goodwin - Stillness is the Key
by Ryan Holiday - Meditations: The Annotated Edition
by Marcus Aurelius - Phosphorescence: A Memoir of Finding Joy When Your World Goes Dark
by Julia Baird
Leading Self and Core Organizational Values:
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
by Stephen R. Covey - Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
by Roger Fisher - Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
by Simon Sinek - Can't Hurt Me
by David Goggins - How Full Is Your Bucket?
by Tom Rath
Leading Others:
- Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer
by Margot Morrell - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
by Patrick Lencioni - First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
by Marcus Buckingham - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
by Carol Dweck - It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
by Capt D. Michael Abrashoff
Leading Performance and Change:
- Leading Change: An Action Plan from the World's Foremost Expert on Business Leadership
by John P. Kotter - The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader
by John Maxwell - The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell
by Oren Harari - Shut Up and Lead: A Communicator's Guide to Quiet Leadership
by M.J.Clark - Take the Reins!: 7 Secrets to Inspired Leadership
by Shari Jaeger Goodwin
Leading Organizations:
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by Jim Collins - Leading at The Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition
by Dennis N. T. Perkins - Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
by Sheryl Sandberg - Stealth Coaching Everyday Conversations for Extraordinary Results
by Rob Kramer - Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership: Inspiration & Wisdom for Challenging Times
by Donald Phillips
Organizational heritage and the meaning of our work:
- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing - Matthew spanaine Maury, Father of Oceanography: A Biography, 1806-1873
by John Grady - The Complete Art of War
by Sun Tzu - The Founding Fathers on Leadership: Classic Teamwork in Changing Times
by Donald T. Philips - Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character
by ADM. James Stavridis
Situating NOAA in the modern world:
- The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy
by Scott E. Page - Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
by Mark Kurlansky - Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman - Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
by Jim Mattis and Bing West - The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
Promoting a Diverse and Inclusive Environment:
- See the DE&I Recommended Reading List linked here.
Recommendations from the fleet:
A selection from calls for reading list recommendations that seem to be particularly important to Officers.- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
by Jocko Willink - Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders
by L. David Marquet - Leaders Eat Last
by Simon Sinek - Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
by Angela Duckworth - My Own Words
by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
