There are several well-designed books to help you gain management insights. Books are indeed a blessing to mankind. Following are a few of the must-read books you should read before or during your Management Course. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey How to Win Friends and Influence People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Dale Carnegie Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less by Robert Sutton & Huggy Lao It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff FIRST, BREAK ALL THE RULES: WHAT THE WORLD'S GREATEST MANAGERS DO DIFFERENTLY By Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman (Simon and Schuster, 1999) THE KNOWING-DOING GAP: HOW SMART COMPANIES TURN KNOWLEDGE INTO ACTION by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton (Harvard Business School Press, 1999) SIX THINKING HATS: AN ESSENTIAL APPROACH TO BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (REVISED AND UPDATED) By Edward De Bono (Back Bay Books, 1999) STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE: CHAPTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE By Alfred D. Chandler (MIT Press, 1962) Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders by L. David Marquet Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee