Book List for Leaders to Read
Book List For Leaders
THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE by Rick Warren
THE FIVE TEMPTATIONS OF A CEO by Patrick Lencioni
THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM by Patrick Lencioni
THE FOUR OBSESSIONS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY ADMINISTRATOR by Patrick Lencioni
THE THREE SIGNS OF A MISERABLE JOB by Patrick Lencioni
GETTING THINGS DONE by David Allen
WOODEN, A LIFETIME OF OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON AND OFF THE COURT
COACH WOODEN ONE ON ONE by John Wooden and Jay Carty
WOODEN ON LEADERSHIP*****
THE ESSENTIAL WOODEN*****
YOU HAVEN’T TAUGHT UNTIL THEY HAVE LEARNED…John Wooden’s Teaching Principles & Practices by Swen Nater & Ronald Gallimore*****
INCH AND MILES by Coach Wooden for young children…..Pyramid of Success
TRAINING SOCCER CHAMPIONS by Anson Dorrance
>THE MAN WATCHING by Tim Crothers (Four years with Anson Dorrance)
QUIET STRENGTH by Tony Dungy
THE ART OF WAR by Sun Tzu……Edited by Samuel Griffith (Bob Knight Favorite)
EXECUTION by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
THE LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF BILLY GRAHAM by Myra and Shelley
LETTERS BY A MODERN MYSTIC by Frank C. Laubach
STARTING YOUR DAY RIGHT, Devotions for Each Morning of the Year by Joyce Meyer
PRAYER, A HOLY OCCUPATION by Oswald Chambers
THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD by brother Lawrence
MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST JOURNAL by Oswald Chambers*****
GOD CALLING JOURNAL edited by A. J. Russell……..Geared to women readers
THE SHACK by William P. Young……..This book will get to your inner being!
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THE JOURNEY by Billy Graham
WHEN THE GAME IS OVER IT ALL GOES BACK IN THE BOX by John Ortberg
>THE LAST LECTURE by Randy Pausch…...He says it all in his last lecture
GRACE FOR THE MOMENT DAILY BIBLE by Max Lucado (Great study Bible)
>GOOD TO GREAT by Jim Collins
BLEACHERS by John Grisham
MAKE THE BIG TIME WHERE YOU ARE by Frosty Westering (253/531-3672)
FIRST THINGS FIRST by Covey, Merrill, and Merrill
WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT THE HARVARDBUSINESSSCHOOL by Mark McCormack
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE by Mitch Albom
THE JESUS STYLE by Gayle Dean Erwin (Great on Team Work and Servant Leadership)
THE ART OF LIVING by Wilferd Peterson
LEADERSHIP PRAYERS by Richard Kriegbaum
THE ONLY NECESSARY THING....Living A Prayerful Life by Henri Nouwen, Edited by Wendy Wilson Greer The Crossroad Publishing Company
1001 MOTIVATION MESSAGES AND QUOTES FOR ATHLETES AND COACHES
By Bruce Brown, Coaches Choice, P. O. Box 1828, Monterey, CA93942
THE SERVANT....A Simple Story About The True Essence of Leadership by James C. Hunter
(A Coach John Wooden favorite)
THE ART OF LIVING…The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness by Epictetus
*****All of these books can offer something to the leader who wants to improve and develop his/her ability to bring out the best in people and teams. The one book not on the list that has stood the ultimate test of time is the BIBLE.
Don Meyer-Basketball Office, Northern State University, 1200 South Jay Street, Aberdeen, SD57401 e-mail address………