A skill includes at least two things - a body of knowledge and practice.  At Greenfield Development Group we do executive coaching for more than 36 skills of leadership.  People are always asking us for books that we recommend.  This project is always a work in progress.

For level one leaders - team leaders and supervisors - our bibliography includes many books that are relevant to scripting, coaching and documenting, of course.

For level two leaders - functional managers - our recommended reading includes works that emphasize skills that require more finesse like team building, resolving conflict and influencing people.

For level three leaders - strategy leaders - our suggested reading list features books that look at such challenges as innovation, rewarding success and strategy execution.

For level four leaders -enterprise leaders - our recommended readings emphasize skills like visioning, remaining highly visible, and shaping the human side of the business.

We are always looking for recommendations.  If you have a book that you think we should add to our listings please let us know by commenting below.