Collins, Jim. Good to Great—Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Harper Business, 2001). This book explores the inner chemistry of how companies can become great.
Perkins, Dennis N. T. Leading at the Edge (AMACOM, 2000). This account of Shackleton's Antarctic exploration offers an engaging metaphor of leadership as an expedition.
Peterson, Eugene. The Message—The Bible in Contemporary English (Navpress, 2002). This is a highly readable way to access timeless wisdom. Commentators observe that in hundreds of places in the Old and New Testaments the scriptures advise not to be afraid.
Wheatley, Margaret. Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World Second Edition (Berrett-Koehler, 1999). This book demonstrates the inherent orderliness of the universe and encourages organizations to follow self-organizing principles in their activities.