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6 books every CEO should read twice

Guy's personal picks — the books he returns to and recommends most often in peer group sessions and one-to-ones.

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Leadership · Purpose
Start With Why
Simon Sinek
You can't align a team — or recruit great people — without a clear why. This is the book to give every leader on your team before you tackle strategy.
Foundational
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Strategy · Growth
Good to Great
Jim Collins
The Level 5 Leadership and Hedgehog Concept chapters alone are worth the read. Collins answers the question every CEO asks: what separates good companies from truly great ones?
Classic
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Mindset · Performance
Mindset
Carol S. Dweck
Growth vs. fixed mindset isn't just personal development — it's the difference between a team that innovates and one that defends. The most important book on continuous improvement culture.
Foundational
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Lean · Operations
2 Second Lean
Paul Akers
The most accessible lean book for CEOs who aren't operations specialists. Akers shows that continuous improvement starts with fixing small things every day — and that culture starts at the top.
Practical
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Execution · Team
The Advantage
Patrick Lencioni
Organizational health — not strategy or finance — is the greatest competitive advantage. Bridges everything Vistage and Hoshin are built on: alignment, clarity, and execution that sticks.
Guy's Pick
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Business · Real World
What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School
Mark H. McCormack
The street-smart counterpart to every MBA. McCormack covers what actually drives business — reading people, negotiating, selling, and moving fast. Required reading for any CEO who learned the hard way.
Street Smart
Vistage Research

Articles worth reading this week

Vistage's research center publishes some of the best thinking on CEO leadership available. These three are worth your time.

Vistage Research
What the Best CEOs Do Differently — and Why It Works
There are leaders who stand out from their peers — and it's not their education or industry experience. It's their mindset, habits, and how they develop the people around them.
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Vistage Research
Why Every CEO Needs a Peer Advisory Group
The best decisions come from outside your company. This piece explains how peer advisory groups give CEOs the unbiased feedback, accountability, and diverse perspectives they can't get anywhere else.
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How CEOs Can Overcome Isolation and Improve Decision-Making
Effective CEOs don't accept isolation as the price of leadership. Here are the proven strategies for building the outside perspective that drives better decisions and stronger results.
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