Recommended Reading List
Reference/Reading List on Leadership and Management
(Revised October 25, 2007)
"Are We Xommunicating Yet?" - Carl Mays
"The Age of Unreason" - Charles Handy
"The Art of Possiblility" - Rosamund Zander and Benjamin Zander
"Beyond the Hundredth Meridian" - Wallace Stegner
"The Change Masters" - Rosabeth Moss Kanter
"The Circle of Innovation" - Tom Peters
"Coaching—Evoking Excellence in Others" - James Flaherty
"Co-Active Coaching" - Laura Whitworth et al
"Crucial Confrontations" - Kerry Patterson et al
"Crucial Conversations" - Kerry Patterson et al
"Eight Habits of the Heart" - Clifton Taulbert
"The 8th Habit" - Stephen Covey
"The Emperor's Handbook" - Marcus Aureluis
"Encouraging the Heart" - James Kouzes and Barry Posner
"Enlightened Leadership" - Ed Oakley and Doug Krug
"Ethics for the New Millenium" - Dalai Lama
"Even Eagles Need a Push" - David McNally
"The Fifth Discipline" - Peter Senge
"First, Break All the Rules" - Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
First Things First" - Stephen Covey
"The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" - Patrick Lencioni
"Get Everyone in Your Boat Rowing in the Same Direction" - Bob Boylan
"Getting to Yes - Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In" - Roger Fisher and William Ury
"Good to Great" - Jim Collins
"Gung Ho - Turn on People in Any Organization" - Kenneth Blanchard
"Harvard Business Review on Leadership" - A bound compilation of papers published in Harvard Business Review
"The Heart Aroused" - David Whyte
"The Heart of an Executive" - Richard D. Phillips
"The Heart of Leadership—12 Practices of Courageous Leaders" - Robert E. Staub
"How to be a Star at Work" - Robert Kelley
"How We Choose to be Happy" - Rick Foster and Greg Hicks
"Influence Without Authority" - Alan Cohen and David Bradford
"The Invitation" - Oriah Mountain Dreamer
"John Kotter on What Leaders Really Do" - John Kotter
"Leader of the Future" - The Drucker Foundation (a compilation of papers)
"Leader to Leader" - The Drucker Foundation (a compilation of papers)
"Leadership and Self-Deception" - The Arbinger Institute
"The Leadership Challenge" - James Kouzes and Barry Posner
"Leadership is an Art" - Max DePree
"Leadership Jazz" - Max DePree
"Leading Change" - John Kotter
"Leading with Soul" - Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal
"Lincoln on Leadership" - Donald Phillips
"Living Your Best Life" - Laura Berman Fortgang
"Making Choices" - Peter Kreeft
"Managers as Mentors" - Chip R. Bell
"Managing in a Time of Great Change" - Peter Drucker
"Managing People is Like Herding Cats" - Warren Bennis
"The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" - Robin Sharma
"The New "Why Teams Don't Work" - Harvey Robbins & Michael Finley
"The 9 Natural Laws of Leadership" - Warren Blank
"On Becoming a Leader" - Warren Bennis
"On Leadership" - John W. Gardner
"The One-Minute Manager Meets the Monkey" - Kenneth Blanchard, William Oncken and Hal Burrows
"Organizing Genius" - Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman
"The Performance Factor - Unlocking the Secrets of Teamwork" - Pat MacMillan
"Primal Leadership" - Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, Annie McKee
"Principle Centered Leadership" - Stephen Covey
"Real Power - Business Lessons from the Tao Te Ching" - James A. Autry and Stephen Mitchell
"The Road Less Traveled" - M. Scott Peck
"Servant Leadership" - Robert Greenleaf
"The 7 Acts of Courage - Bold Leadership for a Wholehearted Life" - Robert E. Staub
"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" - Stephen Covey
"Simplify Your Work Life" - Elaine St. James
"Stand Up for Your Life" - Cheryl Richardson
"The Story Factor" - Annette Simmons
"Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership" - Joseph Jaworski
"The Tao of Leadership" - John Heider
"Thriving on Chaos" - Tom Peters
"The Tipping Point" - Malcolm Gladwell
"Tuesdays with Morrie" - Mitch Albom
The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader" - John Maxwell
"Who Moved my Cheese?" - Spencer Johnson
"Who Really Matters " - Art Kleiner
"The Wisdom of Teams" - John Katzenbach and Douglas Smith
"Zapp! The Lightening of Empowerment" - William Byham and Jeff Cox
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