Reading is essential to growing yourself and the teams you lead. Whether through a paperback book, a hardcover book, or an audiobook, reading allows you access to leadership thoughts and ideas from some of the best and brightest minds around the world.
It’s customary for me to share 5 great leadership books at the end of every month. I want you to consider picking up one, two, or all five of these great books.
They will change your thinking and the course of your life. If you let them.
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5 Great Leadership Books To Read In June 2025
GOLD IN YOUR BACKYARD: Lessons in Life, Leadership and the Power of a Dream by Ron Rubin:
Not only is GOLD IN YOUR BACKYARD a great read, it’s a beautiful book. Ron Rubin took over The Republic Of Tea when it was a fledgling organization. He’s now helped build it into an industry leader. An organization that people respect.
But The Republic Of Tea isn’t the only organization Rubin raised to greatness. He repeated the feat when he bought a Sonoma County winery. He transformed it into the River Road Family Vineyards and Winery.
Rubin shares his insights into building great businesses in GOLD IN YOUR BACKYARD. You’ll find tons of inspiration and wisdom in the book. Don’t miss out.
The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman:
I loved listening to The Half-life of Facts. Samuel Arbesman makes remarkable claims about how facts have a half-life we have to be aware of.
Arbesman informs us that the facts we hold onto as gospel are often outdated, replaced, or even wrong. He shares examples of how the periodic table you may have memorized now contains more chemical elements or the reclassification of Pluto from a planet to whatever it is these days.
It’s a fascinating look at why we must be willing to challenge what we believe we know.
Order the book and challenge your thinking.
Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire by Dan Martell:
Do you find yourself struggling to make time for everything you want to do? Dan Martell has a solution: Buy back your time.
It sounds like a strange proposition. How do you buy back your time? I won’t give that away. You’ll have to read Buy Back Your Time to understand just how this works.
Once you begin doing what Martell shares, you’ll find out how to do more high-value work so you have the freedom to do what you want.
Running the Gauntlet: Proven Strategies for High-Growth Leaders by Meg Thomas Crosby and Howard Cleveland:
Meg Thomas Crosby and Howard Cleveland have created a book for leaders of high-growth companies. They’ve changed the leadership framework that many people have followed before.
In Running The Gauntlet, Crosby and Cleveland will show you:
• How to predict and prepare for the challenges you’ll encounter as your company moves through four stages of growth.
• How to use key levers to proactively drive organizational growth, including sharpening focus, calibrating culture, strengthening leadership, and elevating talent.
• How to evolve your role as CEO as the organization becomes larger and more complex.
• How to avoid the pitfalls that derail growth.
Don’t Believe Everything You Think (Expanded Edition): Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering by Joseph Nguyen:
Many people struggle with anxiety, fear, doubt, and sabotage. The way they think gets them into trouble. Maybe you’re one of those people.
You want a way out but don’t know how to change your thinking. What if it wasn’t your thinking that needs to change, but what you believe?
Joseph Nguyen helps you understand that what you believe about what you think really impacts you. Let’s change what we believe.
