Staying current the important trends and activities taking place within and beyond your industry is critical to the functioning of a CXO. As a result, CXO Thoughts will use this space to chronicle exceptional business articles, books, and reports that are worthy of a CXO’s attention.

• Ferguson, Niall. "The War of the World". New York, New York. Penguin, 2007. 
• Tapscott, Don, and Williams, Anthony D. "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything". New York, New York. Penguin Group, 2006
• George, Bill, Simm, Petter, and Gergen, David. True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series). San Francisco, CA. Wiley Books, 2007.
• Charan, Ram. Know How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform From Those Who Don't. New York, NY. Crown books, 2007.
• Goldsmith, Marshall, Reiter, Peter. What Got You Herre Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful. New York, NY. Hyperion books, 2007.
• Neiman, Robert, and Robert Neiman. Execution Plain and Simple: Twelve Steps to   Achieving Any Goal on time and On Budget. New York: McGraw Hill Companies, 2004.
• Bossidy, Larry, Ram Charan, and Charles Burck.  Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. New York: Crown Business, 2002.
• Johnson, Allen. The Power Within: Five Disciplines of Personal Effectiveness. Utah: Executive Excellence Publishing, 2000.
• Rubino, Joe. The Power to Succeed: 30 Principles for Maximizing Your Personal Effectiveness. Massachusetts:Vision Works Publishing, 2000.
  Fotis, George W., and Betty Persico Fotis. Improving Personal Effectiveness: A Practical Guide to Nine Powerful People-Skills: Memo from a Modern Methuselah. Career Scope Publishing, 1996.
  Harrison, Mick.  Banana Thinking: Creative & Innovative Concepts for Personal Effectiveness. Tulsa, OK: Trade Life Books, 1996.
  Knee, Jonathan A. The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street. New York. Oxford University, 2006.
  Noonan, David. Aesop & The CEO. Nashville, TN. Thomas Nelson Inc., 2008.
  Prestowitz, Clyde. Three Billion New Capitalist: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to The East. New York, NY. Basic Books, 2005.
  Greene, Robert. The 33 Strategies of War. New York, NY. Penguin Books, 2006.
• Greene, Robert. The 48 Laws of Power. New York, NY. Penguin Books, 1998.
• Maxwell, John, C. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Nashville, TN.Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998.
• Roberts, Wess, PH.D. Leadership Secrets of Attila The Hun. New York, NY. Warner books, 1985.