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29In this book, the author, Michael Watkins (Harvard Business School) introduces a road map for taking charge in the first 90 days of a new management position. With it, avoid common new-leader pitfalls, secure critical early wins, and establish yourself in your new role. HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE %u2013 AUTHOR DALE CARNIES%u201cHow to win friends and influence people%u201d is considered a perfect self-help book of all time. The book shares the most essential principles of social interaction and highly effective idea for dealing with people. It lets you understand people better, help you become more trustworthy, improves relationships, win others over, and influence behaviours through leadership.The book was first published in 1936 by Dale Carnies and has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide to date, and currently has been recognized all-time bestseller. This proved the author%u2019s principle as relevant today as 80 years ago. GOOD TO GREAT - AUTHOR JIM COLLINS%u201cGood to great%u201d is another book that we all should read %u2013 particularly, if you are a CEO/founder looking to grow your business. This book explains what it takes for ordinary companies to become great and outperform their competitors. In this book, the author describes debates he had with his research team on the nature of leadership in good to great companies.After investing more than a quarter-century in rigorous research, Jim wrote this book and published it in 2001. Since then, they have sold more than four million copies, and it is going far beyond the traditional audience of business books.DRIVE: THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATES US %u2013 AUTHOR DANIEL H. PINKDrive is a nonfiction book by Daniel Pink. It says that people%u2019s motivation is mostly intrinsic. The aspects of his motivation can be divided into three-parts autonomy, mastery, and purpose. In this book, the author made a discussion against traditional motivation models dominated by extrinsic factors like money. Drive explains that rewards and punishments are part of an old paradigm it doesn%u2019t work well in today%u2019s work environments. Many originations, cultures, and even families operate on an outdated operating system built around external reward and punishment. Motivation needs an upgrade.TRIBES: WE NEED YOU TO LEAD US %u2013 AUTHOR SETH GODINIf you could base your whole effort at business on just one author%u2019s books, then pick Seth Godin. Not because most of his books are bestsellers or because he has really good at predicting the future, although, it could be one to believe, but because his business is based on honesty, hard work, and a positive spirit with a drive to bring changes in the world.Tribes, the book turns you from a sleepwalker into a heretic, by giving you the advice to form your own tribe in business, explaining why they%u2019re the future of business, and showing you that you can be a leader too. This book is not different. Published almost a decade after publishing the book called Permission marketing by Seth. This book teaches you how the internet has made it possible for an ancient phenomenon %u2013 the development and growth of tribes %u2013 to take place anywhere in the world, all the time.