What We’re Reading: 2025 Book Recommendations
by Julie Lancaster View Bio
A look at the books inspiring our thinking, leadership, and growth this year.
Julie Lancaster’s Picks
A mix of creativity, focus, communication, and purpose-driven leadership.
- Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life — Matthew Dicks
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World — Cal Newport
- The Let Them Theory — Mel Robbins
- Supercommunicators — Charles Duhigg
- Hidden Potential — Adam Grant
- The Infinite Game — Simon Sinek
- Beyond Words: How Our Stories and Strategies Inspire Leadership Action — Julie Lancaster
Jeff Kennedy’s Picks
Leadership lessons from sports legends, corporate pioneers, and high-performance cultures.
- Leading with the Heart — Mike Krzyzewski
- Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion — Pete Carroll
- Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World — John Hope Bryant
- Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? — Louis V. Gerstner
- Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary — Joel Kurtzman
- The Articulate Executive — Granville N. Toogood
- The FBI Way: Inside the Bureau’s Code of Excellence — Frank Figliuzzi
Judy Tincher’s Picks
Curiosity, motivation, parenting wisdom, and cross-generational leadership.
- The Explorer’s Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map — Alex Hutchinson
- 10-25: The Science of Motivating Young People — David Yeager
- Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be — Dr. Becky Kennedy
- Gentelligence: The Revolutionary Approach to Leading an Intergenerational Workforce — Megan Gerhardt
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