According records compiled by 800-CEO-READ, here are the best-selling business books CEOs were reading in December, 2012:
1. "Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results,
Reduce Your Hours" by Robert C. Pozen; HarperBusiness, 304 pages ($27.99)
2. "Selling with Noble Purpose: How to Drive
Revenue and Do Work That Makes You Proud" by Lisa Earle McLeod; John Wiley
& Sons, 231 pages ($22.95)
3. "Story of Purpose: The Path to Creating a
Brighter Brand, a Greater Company, and a Lasting Legacy" by Joey Reiman,
John Wiley & Sons, 238 pages ($27.95)
4. "The $10 Trillion Prize: Captivating the Newly
Affluent in China and India" by Michael J. Silverstein, Abheek Singhi,
Carol Liao, David Michael and Simon Targett; Harvard Business Review Press, 336
pages ($30)
5. "Start at the End: How Companies Can Grow
Bigger and Faster by Reversing Their Business Plan" by Dave Lavinsky; John
Wiley & Sons, 240 pages ($22.95)
6. "Four Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your
Wildly Important Goals" by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey and Jim Huling;
Free Press, 352 pages ($28)
7. "Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work,
and Team with Positive Energy" by Jon Gordon; John Wiley & Sons, 192
pages ($21.95)
8. "Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck
- Why Some Thrive Despite Them All" by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen;
HarperBusiness, 320 pages ($29.99)
9. "Positive Dog: A Story about the Power of
Positivity" by Jon Gordon; John Wiley & Sons, 128 pages ($16.95)
10. "Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire
Everyone to Take Action" by Simon Sinek; Portfolio, 256 pages ($15)
11. "Blah Blah Blah: What to Do When Words Don't
Work" by Dan Roam; Portfolio, 368 pages ($29.95)
12. "Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving
Your Skills" by Daniel Coyle; Bantam, 160 pages ($18)
13. "Train Your Brain for Success: Read Smarter,
Remember More, and Break Your Own Records" by Roger Seip; John Wiley &
Sons, 238 pages ($24.95)
14. "The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable
on Real Success in Business and in Life" by Robin Sharma; Free Press, 224
pages ($15)
15. "Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation
Strategies for Reasonable People" by G. Richard Shell; Penguin Books, 320
pages ($17)
16. "Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps
Everything Else in Business" by Patrick Lencioni; Jossey-Bass, 240 pages
($27.95)
17. "The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a
Powerful Business Idea" by Bob Burg and John David Mann; Portfolio, 144
pages ($21.95)
18. "Beating the Global Odds: Successful
Decision-Making in a Confused and Troubled World" by Paul A. Laudicina;
John Wiley & Sons, 206 pages ($34.95)
19. "From Values to Action: The Four Principles
of Values-Based Leadership" by Harry M. Jansen Kraemer; Jossey-Bass, 224
pages ($27.95)
20. "The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking
of the Modern World" by Daniel Yergin; Penguin Press, 816 pages ($37.95)
21. "The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion
to Sell Your Ideas" by G. Richard Shell and Mario Moussa; Penguin Books,
320 pages ($16)
22. "Icarus Deception: How High Will You
Fly?" by Seth Godin; Portfolio, 256 pages ($24.95)
23. "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and
Others Die" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath; Random House, 291 pages ($26)
24. "Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google,
Social Media, and Blogs" by Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah; John Wiley
& Sons, 256 pages ($24.95)
25. "It Worked for Me: In Life and
Leadership" by Colin Powell and Tony Koltz; Harper, 304 pages ($27.99)
