The 9 most motivating best business books of 2022

There are hundreds of books for business beginners being published every year. Some of them just express the ideas from other books, some of them you should not even trust, but only a few of them are the real catch, which you should definitely spend your time on.

Storist experts made the list of best business leadership books of 2022, which will become your investments in the development of your business, of your team and yours.

Best books about business: releases of 2022

Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers by Chip Heath, Karla Starr 

The secret talent of any entrepreneur is the ability to work with numbers. Business is measured by numbers: income, outcome, number of employees, working hours and so on. Business reports consist of numbers and diagrams. With this book you will learn how to use numbers in order to interact with your colleagues and partners in a way, they will all understand you. It will motivate you to measure your business and your results. The book is 208 pages long.

The Metaverse: And How it Will Revolutionize Everything by Matthew Ball

What is the Metaverse and how the Internet will look like in future? Why does this term concern society so much and what will happen to Metaverses further on? Venture capitalist and analyst Matthew Ball answers these questions. The book will inspire those who want to develop digital businesses and be the first to get benefits. The book quickly became a bestseller, including Wall Street Journal Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller and Amazon: Editors’ Choice in Nonfiction. It is 352 pages long.

Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity by Frank Slootman

Frank Slootman is the CEO of Snowflake. The company is famous for carrying out the largest IPO in history of the IT industry, due to Frank Slootman’s work. Before that, he took public companies like ServiceNow and Data Domain, leading them to tremendous increase in profits. It is motivating, isn’t it?

In his book, Frank suggests what transformations a company needs for growth on a larger scale, without costly changes in business model or in structure of the business. This is a go-to book for anyone, who is ready to take his business to a new level. It is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Publishers Weekly Bestseller. The book is 208 pages long.

Emotion By Design: Creative Leadership Lessons from a Lifetime at Nike by Greg Hoffman

Nike’s former Chief Marketing Officer goes through his thirty years of experience in the company. He tells how to create a unique and signature brand style and how to increase profits using creative solutions. Great book for starting business, which will encourage a creative approach to business challenges right at the start. The book is 305 pages long.

Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen by Zoe Chance

Zoe Chance is a teacher and expert in interpersonal influence. She teaches the most popular course at Yale School of Management, which touches upon influencing and convincing. This is also the main topic of her new book Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen. There are practical recommendations, which will help you learn when to say no, how to recognize manipulators, how to understand people’s behavior and to be a charismatic person that everyone wants to trust. The book is 304 pages long.

Books published before 2022, but still hugely popular to this day.

There are books that remain popular for years, keeping on the same level with newly published hits. We have picked the best business books to read, which were in great demand in 2022.

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t  by Jim C. Collins

You might succeed one time with luck and risky moves, but how do you keep performing on a high level for years? Jim C. Collins tried to answer this question with his team, analyzing dozens of companies, which systematically made breakthroughs in business, reaching new heights again and again. You will learn patterns and mechanisms, which will lead a decent company towards becoming an outstanding leader of industry, despite all the competitors and crises. Inspiring future! The book is 407 pages long.

Good to Great by Jim Collins

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Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility by by Patty McCord

You probably have a Netflix subscription. Not only you, but also your friends and 203 million people around the world. In her book, Netflix Chief Talent Officer Patty McCord talks about creating a strong team, which will solve business tasks in a fun and smart way. The book will motivate you to learn what kind of team you need for your project and quickly find the right people. It is 180 pages long.

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

This book is a legend, which does not lose any of its popularity year after year. Time Magazine put it into The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books, and almost 15 million people have a copy of it on their shelf. It is the true definition of a best seller business book. It will help you to organize your schedule, become proactive, think about other people and set the goals in the right way. It will open up all your leadership abilities, which will bring your business to success. The book is 312 long.  

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

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Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater – one the most effective hedge funds. He started his journey in a tiny apartment and came all the way to being in both Top 100 Forbes’s Billionaires and Time Magazine’s Top 100: Most Influential People.   

In his book, he shares basic principles, which help you succeed both in business and in life. Many of them will surprise you, some might even shock you. Yet, Ray Dalio is the person to listen to. The book will be an inspiration to build your own system of values, which will never let you down. It is 231 pages long.

Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

Gain decision-making mastery and success via radical transparency and timeless principles application.

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