The Ultimate

Booklist for
Trainers

by Trainers Toolbox

List of the best books about learning,

training, facilitation, coaching, creativity,
presentation skills, and leadership

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Learning Science and

Learning Basics
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• Elaine Biech: Training for Dummies

• Sharon L. Bowman: Training from the Back of the Room!
• Stanislas Dehaene: How We Learn
• Elaine Biech: The Art and Science of Training
• Melvin L. Silberman, Elaine Biech: Active Training
• Elaine Biech: 101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom
• Ken Nelson, David Ronka: Designing & Leading Life-Changing Workshops

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Neuroscience
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• Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson: The Elephant in the Brain

• Annie Murphy Paul: The Extended Mind
• Stella Collins: Neuroscience for Learning and Development
• Eric Jensen: Teaching with the Brain in Mind
• John Medina: Brain Rules
• Norman Doidge: The Brain that Changes Itself
• Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, Fast and Slow
• Eric P. Jensen, Liesl McConchie: Brain-Based Learning
• Loretta Graziano Breuning: Habits of a Happy Brain

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Training Design
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• Jeanine O’Neill-Blackwell: Engage

• Ruth C. Clark: Evidence-Based Training Methods
• Julie Dirksen: Design for How People Learn
• Harold D. Stolovitch, Erica J. Keeps: Telling Ain’t Training
• John Hattie: Visible Learning

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Training Delivery and

Facilitation
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• Michael Wilkinson: The Secrets of Facilitation

• Adam Kahane: Facilitating Breakthrough
• Roger Schwarz: The Skilled Facilitator
• Sam Killermann: Unlocking the Magic of Facilitation
• Games and Activities for Workshops
• Sharon L. Bowman, Dave Meier: The Ten-Minute Trainer
• Robert W. Pike: Creative Training Techniques Handbook
• Elaine Biech: Trainers Warehouse
• Elaine Biech: 101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom
• Loise Hart, Charlotte Waisman: The Leadership Training Activity Book
• CY Charney, Kathy Conway: The Trainers Tool Kit
• Tom Bourner: 101 Activities for Happiness Workshops
• Lenard Petit: The Michael Chekhov Handbook
• Arthur VanGundy: 101 Activities For Teaching Creativity And Problem Solving

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Presentation Skills
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• Nancy Duarte: Resonate

• Nancy Duarte: slide:ology
• Chip Heath, Dan Heath: Made to Stick
• Carmine Gallo: Talk Like TED
• Garr Reynolds: Presentation Zen
• Garr Reynolds: Presentation Zen Design
• Dan Roam: The Back of the Napkin
• Carmine Gallo: The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
• Scott Berkun: Confessions of a Public Speaker
• Roger Mavity, Stephen Bayley: Life’s a Pitch

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Coaching
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• Elaine Cox, Tatiana Bachkirova & David Clutterbuck: The Complete Handbook
of Coaching
• Sabine Dembkowski, Fiona Eldridge & Ian Hunter: The 7 steps of
Effective Executive Coaching
• Julie Starr: The Coaching Manual
• Laura Whitworth: Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives
• Joseph O’Connor: NLP Workbook
• Robert Biswas-Diener: Practicing Positive Psychology Coaching
• Stefan G. Buche: 344 Questions

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Storytelling
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• Joseph Campbell: The Hero’s Journey

• Kindra Hall: Stories That Stick
• John Truby: The Anatomy of Story
• Carmine Gallo: Talk like TED
• Nancy Duarte: DataStory
• Ed Catmull: Creativity Inc.

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Creativity
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• Bikablo Visual Dictionaries

• Brandy Agerback: The Graphic Facilitator's Guide
• Brandy Agerback: The Idea Shapers
• Lenard Petit: The Michael Chekhov Handbook: For the Actor
• Keith Johnstone: Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
• Elaine Biech: The Pfeiffer Annual
• Edward E. Scannell, John Newstrom: Games Trainers Play
• Elizabeth Gilbert: Big Magic
• David M. Kelley and Tom Kelley: Creative Confidence
• Steven Pressfield: The War of Art
• Julia Cameron: The Artist’s Way
• Nancy Duarte: Resonate
• Dan Roam: On the back of the napkin
• Robert Lucas: The Big Book of Flipcharts
• Nana Frank, Anne Madsen: Draw to Learn
• Willemien Brand: Visual Thinking

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Leadership
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• Frederic Laloux: Reinventing Organizations

• Patrick Lencioni: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
• James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner: The Leadership Challenge
• Simon Sinek: Start with Why
• Simon Sinek: Leaders Eat Last
• James C. Collins: Good to Great
• James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner, Elaine Biech: Leadership Challenge Activities Boo
• Marcus Buckingham: StandOut 2.0
• Stephen R. Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• James C. Hunter: The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership
• Robert K. Greenleaf: The Power of Servant-Leadership
• Viktor E. Frankl: Man’s Search For Meaning

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Communication
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• Joseph O’Connor: NLP Workbook

• Robert Cialdini: Influence
• Shirzad Chamine: Positive Intelligence
• Marshall Rosenberg: Non-violent Communication
• Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler: Crucial Conversations
• Dale Carnegie: How to Win Friends and Influence People

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