10 essential books for HR leaders in 2025

These 10 books for HR leaders, curated by our team of experts, will help you enhance workplace culture and inclusion, achieve new efficiencies, and unlock untapped potential for organizational success in 2025.

Our list features:

1. Artificial Intelligence for HR: Use AI to Support and Develop a Successful Workforce

By: Ben Eubanks

Synopsis: Artificial Intelligence for HR lays the foundation for HR leaders to not only understand the current AI landscape, but also where these technologies are going—and how they can leverage them to create efficiencies and elevate productivity.

Why we chose it: Time is of the essence—and this straightforward guide is packed with expert guidance, research, and frameworks HR leaders can apply right away.

2. Excellence in People Analytics: How to Use Workforce Data to Create Business Value

By: David Green and Jonathan Ferrar

Synopsis: Excellence in People Analytics pulls back the curtain on how leading companies create business value with their people data—and shares effective ways to gain an edge over the competition.

Why we chose it: This book empowers HR leaders with the skills to turn data-driven insights into strategies that boost employee experience and business metrics.

3. Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them

By: Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini

Synopsis: The key to unlocking employee creativity and initiative? Fostering a workplace that welcomes—and thrives on—change. Humanocracy shares the blueprint for overcoming tired bureaucracy and embracing the bold, entrepreneurial spirit your company needs—and employees crave.

Why we chose it: Tasked with designing workplaces of the future, HR leaders can rely on the decade of research and practical guidance this book provides.