Earlier in the week, a old colleague of mine, pointed me to a list of business books that is maintained by Tom Kosnik
Professor in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford. His word document list of best books is constantly updated and contains literally over 100 books in 12 different reading areas:

1. Branding
2. Communication
3. Creativity, Individual Decision Making, & Individual Performance
4. Designing Systems that Summon the Spirit: (Strategy/Org Theory)
5. Facilitation, Group Process Management, Interactive Learning
6. Global Entrepreneurial Leadership
7. Global Entrepreneurial Marketing
8. Negotiation
9. Sales, Account Management, Business Development
10. Project Management and Leading Teams
11. Spiritual Practice: Books for Reflection and Self-Renewal
12. Women’s Issues and Diversity

The great thing about this list is that Kosnik breaks the books down into the best from each category as well as his personal top 25 books of all time (non fiction of course).

My friend also gave me a copy of the book How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less, which is on the top 25 list. Later that same day, my friend was giving an overview of himself to someone else and I timed he…30 seconds exactly. Finally, a Marketing person who understands the sales term “elevator pitch”! (Just kidding Rob!)