Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen

This is a good, little book. Good in that it reviews four basic and powerful concepts about taking responsibility for your life. This book explains how a small business practices these ideas. 

The E-Myth Revisited
by Michael E. Gerber

Indicating that 40 percent of small businesses fail within their first year, Gerber, a small business expert, talks about how to be successful. In this revision of his 1986 book, he describes the "E-Myth," which basically states that a person with technical but few management skills can do well in business. Gerber describes developing a precise business system that produces consistent results because it has been tested and refined. He says that businesses thrive because of innovation, quantification, and orchestration.

Who Moved My Cheese? is masterful at helping people deal with a substantial, psychological roadblock-change. Who Moved My Cheese? tells the story of two mice (Sniff and Scurry) and two "little people" (Hem and Haw) trapped in a maze. Cheese is a metaphor for whatever you want in your life. For the mice, it's cheese. For the "little people," it could be success, happiness, or financial security.

Maister sets out to help professionals align their real-world actions with their true (espoused) values. His frame of reference throughout the book is the professional firm--law firms and others in the service sector.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey

Stephen Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is one of the most popular books ever. And there is a very good reason for this. 7 Habits is a very good book. While the ideas of the book are simple, many people overlook the simple and need to be reminded of it. If you follow his seven habits, you will experience a more fulfilling personal life.

The One Minute Manager
by Kenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson

This is an easy to read book giving advice on practical techniques but also shows results from behavioural studies as to why certain techniques are likely to work. For managers out there that believe that people are the most important resource then this is the book for you but I wouldn’t recommend that you use this book alone in your approach to management as there are many different approaches to people management. A combination of many is likely to be the best solution.

Built to Last
by James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras

This analysis of what makes great companies great has been hailed everywhere as an instant classic and one of the best business titles since In Search of Excellence. The authors, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras, spent six years in research, and they freely admit that their own preconceptions about business success were devastated by their actual findings--along with the preconceptions of virtually everyone else..