21 Essential Books For Small Business Leaders
Broader Views of Intelligence
- Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ – Daniel Goleman
Business Leadership
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable – Patrick Lencioni
- Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators – Patrick Lencioni
- Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization – Dave Logan, John King, Halee Fischer-Wright
- Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor – Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O’Toole
Business Basics
- The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It – Michael E. Gerber
- Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business – Gino Wickman (to be read after The E-Myth)
- Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) – Verne Harnish (to be read after Traction)
Business Tools
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition – Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Laura Roppe
Disruptive Thinking
- The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich – Timothy Ferriss
Happiness
- The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work – Shawn Achor
Happy Workplaces
Inspired Businesses
- Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great) – Jim Collins
- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t – Jim Collins
Life Planning
- Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life – Bill Burnett, Dave Evans
Making Decisions
- Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
Marketing Basics
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Personal Growth
Personal Integrity
Product Launch
- Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers – Geoffrey A. Moore
What Motivates People
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us – Daniel H. Pink

Sarah Sinicki
Partner at Team 80 LLC
Sarah Sinicki is a Partner and Director of Business Development with Team 80 in Colorado where she is able to apply her 20 years of experience to tailor an accounting solution for a business owner no matter what industry they might be in.