This summer we share our holiday reading list – collated by the REAL. Leadership team and community. If you would add any other books to this list please email us at getreal@realleadership.consulting.

Kind Folks Finish First by Sam Jacobs/Kerry Linsenbigler – why being a good person and earning money aren’t mutually exclusive.

Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger – why hard work, dedication and vision are the only things that work 100% of the time for 100% of the things worth achieving.

Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg – how to unlock the secret language of connection, how to improve your understanding of other and how to improve how others understand you.

Get Real. Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be by Steve Charlton – sorry we couldn’t resist a little self-promotion!

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson – not a new publication but worth another read to see how many of his leadership principles have stood the test of time.

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson – charting the journey from huble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet – but is he a genius or a jerk – should all leaders be a “little more like Musk” sometimes?

Why should anyone be led by you by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones – what it takes to be an authentic leader.

Seven Steps to Improve your People Skills by Neil Mullarkey – a simple but extremely effective guide to improving how you deal with people in any situation

Endurance by Alfred Lansing – a thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded.

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