Recommended Reading
These Are the Books on Our Shelves. And The List Keeps Growing.
At Nolan Consulting Group, reading isn’t just something we recommend to clients. It’s something our whole team does. We believe that the best coaches are lifelong learners, and the best business owners are too. This list reflects just a few of the books that have shaped how we think, how we coach, and how we help contractors build better businesses. Pick one. Read it. Apply it. Then come back for the next one!
Recommended Reading
These Are the Books on Our Shelves. And The List Keeps Growing.
At Nolan Consulting Group, reading isn’t just something we recommend to clients. It’s something our whole team does. We believe that the best coaches are lifelong learners, and the best business owners are too. This list reflects just a few of the books that have shaped how we think, how we coach, and how we help contractors build better businesses. Pick one. Read it. Apply it. Then come back for the next one!
Business Foundations & Growth
- Organizational Muscle by Kevin Nolan
- Scaling Up by Verne Harnish
- Traction by Gino Wickman
- The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
- The Science of Scaling by Dr. Benjamin Hardy and Blake Erickson
Leadership & Culture
- The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni
- Who Not How by Dan Sullivan
- Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
- Culture Code by Dan Coyle
- Love + Work by Marcus Buckingham
- Hiring Talent by Tom Foster
- The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard
- Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman and Mark Winters
- The Experience Mindset by Tiffani Bova
- Ownership Thinking by Brad Hams
- Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working by Dan Heath
- Fish by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen
- Hiring for Attitude by Mark Murphy
- Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidaria
- The Culture Solution by Matthew Kelly
Financial Health
- Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
- Built to Sell by John Warrillow
Sales
- New Sales. Simplified. by Mike Weinberg
- Fanatical Prospecting by Jeb Blount and Mike Weinberg
- Hug Your Customers by Jack Mitchell
- Can’t Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar by David Sandler
- The Sales Coach’s Playbook by Bill Bartlett
- Business Relationships that Last by Ed Wallace
- Games People Play by Eric Berne
- I’m OK — You’re OK by Thomas Harris
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
- The Greatest Salesmen in the World by Og Mandino
Communication
- Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Joseph Grenny & Al Switzler
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
- QBQ: The Question Behind the Question by John Miller
- Radical Candor by Kim Scott
Personal Development
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
- Think Again by Adam Grant
- Resisting Happiness by Matthew Kelly
- The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks
- Strong Ground by Brené Brown