What Leaders are Reading

What Leaders are Reading

Source: Public Accounting Report

Eleanor Baker, managing principal, Baker Newman Noyes, Portland, Maine

Leadership read:

  • “Who Moved My Cheese,” by Spencer Johnson

Recent read:

  • “Lean In,” by Sheryl Sandberg

Gregory C. Burbach, managing partner, Honkamp Krueger & Co., Dubuque, Iowa 

Leadership read:

  • “The Go-Giver,” by Bob Burg and John David Mann

Michael Steinl, managing partner, Smith & Gesteland , Madison, Wisconsin

Leadership read:

  • “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” by Dale Carnegie

On the firm read list:

  • “At the Crossroads: The Remarkable CPA Firm that Nearly Crashed, then Soared,” by Gale Crosley and Debbie Stover

Current read:

  • “How to Win Customers and Keep Them for Life,” by Michael LeBoeuf

Allan Peiser, managing partner, Goldin Peiser & Peiser, Dallas

Leadership reads:

  • The “E-Myth,” by Michael Gerber

  • “Leadership,” by Rudy Giuliani

Recommended read:

  • “Never Eat Alone,” by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz

Harvey N. Wallace, managing partner, Brown Smith Wallace, St. Louis

Leadership read:

  • “Good to Great,” by Jim Collins

Seth McDaniel, managing partner, Frazier & Deeter, Atlanta

Leadership reads:

  • “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” by Robert Fulghum

  • “The Leadership Challenge,” by Jim M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

David Goldner, managing partner, Gross Mendelsohn, Baltimore

Leadership read:

  • “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” by Stephen Covey

For the complete article, read "Firm Leaders Prepare to Dig into Their Summer 'To Read' Lists"

From Public Accounting Report, June 2014, http://www.cchgroup.com.