The Top 100 Socially-Shared Leadership Blogs Of 2016 / 2017

Every year, CMOE sets out to find the top leadership blogs on the Internet. We rank the top leadership blogs by the total number of social-shares that each blog gets during the selected time period. This year we decided to collect data from June 1, 2016 through May 30, 2017 (just about 12 months).

We realize this method of ranking leadership blogs is not perfect, but we believe that it’s a fairly objective way to do it.

We also recognize that we may accidentally miss some great leadership blogs. We do our best to begin our data crunching with as many leadership blogs as we can find.

Please reach out to us if you have a leadership blog or know of one that you think should be considered in the future.

For those of you who are new on the list this year, feel free to place the badge on your website or blog or use it however you would like. We just ask that you link to this page as the source.

We hope the list is a useful resource to find some of the top leadership blogs and top leadership articles. Enjoy the 2016/2017 most socially-shared leadership blogs!

2016/2017 Results

Rank	Blog	# of Posts	Total Shares	FB Engagements	Google +1s	Tweets	LinkedIn Shares	Pins
1	https://michaelhyatt.com/	236	107,965	37,449	1,311	31,146	35,994	2,065
2	http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/	36	97,256	91,529	104	1,622	3,908	93
3	https://leadershipfreak.blog	282	85,257	15,720	1,479	14,813	50,446	2,799
4	https://www.hrbartender.com/	204	73,504	22,882	1,256	23,039	26,054	273
5	https://www.lollydaskal.com/	145	60,637	8,287	683	26,639	24,986	42
6	https://leaderchat.org/	200	59,437	9,232	910	10,435	38,374	486
7	http://www.skipprichard.com/	155	50,261	9,138	129	23,155	17,596	243
8	http://leadchangegroup.com/	264	40,866	6,169	594	19,022	14,536	545
9	http://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com/	343	36,112	4,337	1,359	7,701	21,548	1,167
10	http://switchandshift.com/	200	35,966	5,285	1,114	11,009	18,211	347
11	https://www.briantracy.com/blog	40	32,424	12,250	237	5,709	14,151	77
12	http://seapointcenter.com/	50	27,907	7,375	307	9,515	10,084	626
13	http://paulsohn.org/	54	27,196	11,739	129	1,194	13,842	292
14	https://www.thindifference.com/	152	23,680	3,842	378	11,671	7,424	365
15	https://marlagottschalk.wordpress.com/	18	22,255	249	35	165	21,793	13
16	http://www.billgeorge.org/	64	20,094	14,896	0	463	4,733	2
17	http://www.franksonnenbergonline.com/	49	20,070	2,633	185	7,565	3,299	6,388
18	https://leadingwithtrust.com/	49	18,738	1,937	151	3,928	12,577	145
19	https://www.ccl.org/blog/	56	17,671	4,329	63	842	12,384	53
20	https://www.tanveernaseer.com/	50	17,666	1,343	182	11,090	4,898	153
21	http://orrinwoodwardblog.com	29	13,746	9,615	120	866	3,007	138
22	http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com	56	13,465	2,401	369	3,541	6,927	227
23	http://www.thoughtleadersllc.com/	151	12,524	1,798	386	4,033	6,111	196
24	http://katenasser.com/	111	12,463	1,521	480	7,210	2,996	256
25	http://letsgrowleaders.com/	108	10,906	1,667	151	3,462	5,597	29
26	http://www.yourthoughtpartner.com/blog/	141	10,867	1,165	290	5,544	3,707	161
27	http://www.jmlalonde.com/	170	10,261	4,460	276	2,837	2,575	113
28	http://www.threestarleadership.com/	391	9,236	412	1	7,319	1,500	4
29	http://gordontredgold.com/	154	9,214	4,431	160	2,206	2,412	5
30	https://conantleadership.com/	30	8,709	1,949	55	1,125	5,567	13
31	http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/	168	8,258	1,327	275	4,293	2,287	76
32	http://hub.n2growth.com/	113	7,642	416	159	5,219	1,819	29
33	https://www.torbenrick.eu/blog	41	7,490	562	211	388	5,632	697
34	http://generalleadership.com/	71	7,114	1,375	411	3,143	2,158	27
35	http://takisathanassiou.com/	204	7,033	3,066	773	1,483	1,198	513
36	https://takeitpersonelly.com/	159	6,932	673	354	4,661	1,105	139
37	http://www.stevefarber.com/blog/	79	6,377	4,146	53	841	1,303	34
38	http://www.management-issues.com/	132	6,010	1,101	157	1,845	2,896	11
39	https://www.15five.com/blog/	66	5,780	1,195	133	1,107	3,315	30
40	http://www.adrianswinscoe.com/	82	4,967	425	82	1,255	3,202	3
41	http://www.successful-blog.com/	134	4,844	935	103	2,788	974	44
42	https://leadingincontext.com/	52	4,772	282	107	925	652	2,806
43	https://artpetty.com/	108	4,306	716	207	1,379	1,993	11
44	https://eblingroup.com/blog/	30	4,298	949	28	521	2,783	17
45	http://asmithblog.com/	167	4,170	1,204	225	1,748	758	235
46	http://www.edbatista.com/	63	3,935	1,350	64	1,341	1,159	21
47	http://blog.leecockerell.com/	44	3,730	1,141	4	135	2,449	1
48	http://inpowercoaching.com/	158	3,632	912	18	1,831	825	46
49	http://www.aspire-cs.com/	53	3,615	569	74	1,594	1,346	32
50	https://gothamculture.com/	71	3,615	1,200	30	801	1,582	2
51	http://blog.johnspence.com/	37	3,582	526	68	521	2,450	17
52	http://www.terrystarbucker.com/	28	3,238	795	47	797	1,579	20
53	http://randomactsofleadership.com/	22	3,183	568	81	1,220	1,289	25
54	http://johnmattone.com/	90	3,072	825	34	432	1,770	11
55	http://blog.startwithwhy.com/	2	3,011	526	3	169	2,311	2
56	https://www.decision-wise.com	71	2,832	383	83	216	2,139	11
57	http://michael-roberto.blogspot.com/	135	2,787	81	144	397	2,165	0
58	https://leadonpurposeblog.com/	52	2,510	1,240	48	381	841	0
59	https://www.kevinkruse.com/	41	2,440	407	3	69	1,959	2
60	https://cmoe.com/blog/	92	2,320	974	178	232	929	7
61	http://people-equation.com/	39	2,237	447	14	760	1,016	0
62	http://www.marksanborn.com/	63	2,208	416	19	750	1,021	2
63	http://consultgiana.com/	21	2,099	750	36	493	681	139
64	http://trailblazeinc.com/	53	2,073	177	68	1,277	393	158
65	http://www.burg.com/	14	1,929	736	62	482	528	121
66	https://ffbsccn.wordpress.com/	129	1,918	216	3	630	666	403
67	http://danhawkinsleadership.com/	7	1,794	1,378	11	91	314	0
68	http://chrisbrady.typepad.com/my_weblog/	12	1,793	1,502	39	178	73	1
69	https://www.christopheravery.com/blog/	37	1,706	153	13	592	948	0
70	http://blog.johnmaxwell.com/	8	1,664	803	45	111	704	1
71	http://www.workxo.com/blog/	101	1,608	210	54	440	901	3
72	http://onthejob.45things.com/	86	1,587	134	8	368	1,073	4
73	http://www.teamworkandleadership.com/	29	1,581	532	38	234	776	1
74	https://leadershipwatch-aadboot.com/	11	1,477	216	94	495	667	5
75	http://www.coachingtip.com/	97	1,407	417	99	707	179	0
76	http://www.leadershipiq.com/blogs/	96	1,316	295	17	103	894	7
77	http://themojocompany.com/	4	1,285	189	10	503	479	104
78	http://linked2leadership.com/	18	1,204	252	39	386	525	2
79	http://leadstar.us/	35	1,140	434	1	56	649	0
80	http://www.azzarellogroup.com/	34	1,138	513	3	91	531	0
81	http://germaneconsulting.com/	37	1,066	223	8	502	330	3
82	http://justcoachit.com/blog/	24	1,048	154	25	294	557	18
83	http://www.ginaabudi.com/	54	1,016	184	125	277	430	0
84	http://www.littlethingsmatter.com/blog/	3	988	911	5	22	49	1
85	http://www.ttmitchellconsulting.com/Mitchblog/	65	963	134	44	510	273	2
86	http://cherylcran.com/	27	948	527	12	67	342	0
87	http://www.juliewinklegiulioni.com/blog/	26	933	66	7	573	282	5
88	http://www.stepupleader.com/	36	932	78	34	695	125	0
89	http://www.sayitbetter.com/	17	913	69	3	147	693	1
90	http://tompeters.com/	29	893	203	4	681	3	2
91	http://smarttribesinstitute.com/	31	849	136	9	158	528	18
92	http://www.predictablesuccess.com/blog/	56	794	116	10	239	427	2
93	http://www.clemmergroup.com/blog/	65	783	104	62	353	264	0
94	http://www.suzimcalpine.com/	44	781	469	0	185	127	0
95	http://jonathanpearson.net/	30	772	415	5	182	66	104
96	http://danblackonleadership.info/	44	762	224	24	307	205	2
97	https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/human-capital-strategy-blog/	12	644	21	19	30	574	0
98	http://www.unfoldingleadership.com/blog/	12	634	240	86	184	111	13
99	http://www.georgeambler.com/	14	616	208	39	247	116	6
100	http://moementum.com/work-smart-blog/	26	607	131	7	120	348	1

Interesting stats about this year’s Top 100:

Most number of posts

Rank	Blog	# of Posts	Total Shares
28	http://www.threestarleadership.com/	391	9,236
9	http://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com/	343	36,112
3	https://leadershipfreak.blog	282	85,257
8	http://leadchangegroup.com/	264	40,866
1	https://michaelhyatt.com/	236	107,965
4	https://www.hrbartender.com/	204	73,504
35	http://takisathanassiou.com/	204	7,033
6	https://leaderchat.org/	200	59,437
10	http://switchandshift.com/	200	35,966
27	http://www.jmlalonde.com/	170	10,261

Least number of posts

Rank	Blog	# of Posts	Total Shares
55	http://blog.startwithwhy.com/	2	3,011
84	http://www.littlethingsmatter.com/blog/	3	988
77	http://themojocompany.com/	4	1,285
67	http://danhawkinsleadership.com/	7	1,794
70	http://blog.johnmaxwell.com/	8	1,664
74	https://leadershipwatch-aadboot.com/	11	1,477
68	http://chrisbrady.typepad.com/my_weblog/	12	1,793
97	https://www.therainmakergroupinc.com/human-capital-strategy-blog/	12	644
98	http://www.unfoldingleadership.com/blog/	12	634
65	http://www.burg.com/	14	1,929

Most engagements on Facebook (combines likes, shares, comments)

Rank	Blog	Total Shares	FB Engagements
2	http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/	97,256	91,529
1	https://michaelhyatt.com/	107,965	37,449
4	https://www.hrbartender.com/	73,504	22,882
3	https://leadershipfreak.blog	85,257	15,720
16	http://www.billgeorge.org/	20,094	14,896
11	https://www.briantracy.com/blog	32,424	12,250
13	http://paulsohn.org/	27,196	11,739
21	http://orrinwoodwardblog.com	13,746	9,615
6	https://leaderchat.org/	59,437	9,232
7	http://www.skipprichard.com/	50,261	9,138

Most shares on LinkedIn

Rank	Blog	Total Shares	LinkedIn Shares
3	https://leadershipfreak.blog	85,257	50,446
6	https://leaderchat.org/	59,437	38,374
1	https://michaelhyatt.com/	107,965	35,994
4	https://www.hrbartender.com/	73,504	26,054
5	https://www.lollydaskal.com/	60,637	24,986
15	https://marlagottschalk.wordpress.com/	22,255	21,793
9	http://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com/	36,112	21,548
10	http://switchandshift.com/	35,966	18,211
7	http://www.skipprichard.com/	50,261	17,596
8	http://leadchangegroup.com/	40,866	14,536

Most Google +1s

Rank	Blog	Total Shares	Google +1s
3	https://leadershipfreak.blog	85,257	1,479
9	http://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com/	36,112	1,359
1	https://michaelhyatt.com/	107,965	1,311
4	https://www.hrbartender.com/	73,504	1,256
10	http://switchandshift.com/	35,966	1,114
6	https://leaderchat.org/	59,437	910
35	http://takisathanassiou.com/	7,033	773
5	https://www.lollydaskal.com/	60,637	683
8	http://leadchangegroup.com/	40,866	594
24	http://katenasser.com/	12,463	480

Most shares on Pinterest

Rank	Blog	Total Shares	Pins
17	http://www.franksonnenbergonline.com/	20,070	6,388
42	https://leadingincontext.com/	4,772	2,806
3	https://leadershipfreak.blog	85,257	2,799
1	https://michaelhyatt.com/	107,965	2,065
9	http://peopledevelopmentmagazine.com/	36,112	1,167
33	https://www.torbenrick.eu/blog	7,490	697
12	http://seapointcenter.com/	27,907	626
8	http://leadchangegroup.com/	40,866	545
35	http://takisathanassiou.com/	7,033	513
6	https://leaderchat.org/	59,437	486

Most shares on Twitter

Rank	Blog	Total Shares	Tweets
1	https://michaelhyatt.com/	107,965	31,146
5	https://www.lollydaskal.com/	60,637	26,639
7	http://www.skipprichard.com/	50,261	23,155
4	https://www.hrbartender.com/	73,504	23,039
8	http://leadchangegroup.com/	40,866	19,022
3	https://leadershipfreak.blog	85,257	14,813
14	https://www.thindifference.com/	23,680	11,671
20	https://www.tanveernaseer.com/	17,666	11,090
10	http://switchandshift.com/	35,966	11,009
6	https://leaderchat.org/	59,437	10,435

Newcomers to the list:

Out of the 100 blogs that made the list in 2016/2017, these are the blogs that weren’t on the list in 2015.

Rank	Blog	Total Shares
19	https://www.ccl.org/blog/	17,671
26	http://www.yourthoughtpartner.com/blog/	10,867
37	http://www.stevefarber.com/blog/	6,377
39	https://www.15five.com/blog/	5,780
44	https://eblingroup.com/blog/	4,298
45	http://asmithblog.com/	4,170
50	https://gothamculture.com/	3,615
51	http://blog.johnspence.com/	3,582
54	http://johnmattone.com/	3,072
56	https://www.decision-wise.com	2,832
59	https://www.kevinkruse.com/	2,440
64	http://trailblazeinc.com/	2,073
65	http://www.burg.com/	1,929
68	http://chrisbrady.typepad.com/my_weblog/	1,793
71	http://www.workxo.com/blog/	1,608
76	http://www.leadershipiq.com/blogs/	1,316
79	http://leadstar.us/	1,140
86	http://cherylcran.com/	948
88	http://www.stepupleader.com/	932
89	http://www.sayitbetter.com/	913
91	http://smarttribesinstitute.com/	849
92	http://www.predictablesuccess.com/blog/	794
94	http://www.suzimcalpine.com/	781
95	http://jonathanpearson.net/	772

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