Ambition can mean building a company, leading a team, developing expertise, or creating new opportunities. These Business books explore different aspects of professional growth and the decisions that come with pursuing bigger goals. Their subjects range from leadership and strategy to personal effectiveness. Add these titles to your TBR when you’re ready to think bigger about your career.
HUMA: Human Leadership + Machine Enhanced
by Andreas von der Heydt
Release Date: June 23, 2026
Technology advances faster than most can absorb. The expectations placed on leaders have changed fundamentally. HUMA offers a practical, research-backed approach to developing the 10 Human Power Skills that leaders and all of us need to stay relevant in an AI-driven era. It shows how we can become better at being human and stay in the driver’s seat.
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Simplify: Do 50 Percent More with 50 Percent Less
by Jim VandeHei and others
Release Date: September 15, 2026
This urgent manual lets you take control of what is essential in a world where AI might simplify you out of a job. Maximize success by simplifying every aspect of your life. Ruthlessly distill what really matters to you, then clear the space to focus on what you do best.
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The Everywhere Millionaire
by Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick
Release Date: September 15, 2026
From two leading economists comes a groundbreaking new portrait of the hidden fortunes of Main Street business owners—ordinary Americans who built extraordinary wealth and are quietly rewriting the rules of money and power.
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The Forever Paycheck
by Jean Chatzky
Release Date: September 8, 2026
You’ve been saving for retirement for decades. But what happens when you get to the end of your earning years? How do you take the money you’ve amassed and not only make it last as long as you do, but do it in a way that brings you the most fulfillment and the least amount of stress? This is something that you simply cannot afford to get wrong.
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Outsmart Everyone
by Andrew Bustamante
Release Date: September 8, 2026
Information is the lifeblood of spycraft, and the key to unlocking opportunity, influence, and freedom in everyday life. But in a world of infinite newsfeeds and data sources and AI-generated search results, the most powerful person in the room isn’t the person with the most information, or even the best information. It’s the person who knows how to turn that information into knowledge.
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Revolutionary Leadership
by Kerry Mitchell Brown
Release Date: August 4, 2026
Revolutionary Leadership redefines what leadership looks like by honoring the distinctive, transformative approaches Black women have pioneered for generations. Drawing on foundational academic research, historical analysis, evidence-based consulting practice, and powerful personal narratives, this guide challenges outdated norms and offers actionable frameworks rooted in authenticity and equity.
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