Leadership Resource List
Books
Death by Meeting: Patrick Lencione
This changed the way I look at meetings and how I run them. I would recommend this for anyone who has to attend or facilitate meetings. Meetings should be interactive, not passive, and they should be structured.
Principle Centered Leadership: Stephen Covey
I like all of Stephen Covey’s books. In this book Covey explains that the Seven Laws of Highly Effective People will result in personal and organizational transformation. He reminds us that personal and organizational success is hard work, requires unwavering commitment and long-term perspective, and is achievable only if we are prepared for a complete paradigm shift in our perspective.
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: John Maxwell
If you're just starting out as a leader, this book can provide you with a self-development roadmap to guide you as you work to master the leadership craft. If you've been practicing leadership for a while, this book will give you a refresher as well as new insights. Leadership can be learned, but the effort must be put forth to recognize your strengths and to work on your weaknesses. There are several self-quizzes and exercises in this book to help you achieve your potential in these 21 Laws.
Visioneering: Andy Stanley
For anyone with a vision, whether it is a professional or personal vision. This was an excellent book. “Vision,” writes Andy Stanley, “is a clear mental picture of what could be, fueled by the conviction that it should be.”
360 degree Leader: John Maxwell
This is one of the best and most practical books that I've every read on leadership. It discusses leading up (your boss) and leading across (fellow employees). Most books are on leading down (those who report to the boss), but only a very small portion of any organization is in that position.
Leading Change: John P. Kotter
This was a very insightful book for me on change. This is a constant in our business and it gave me tools to better prepare and manage change.
First, Break All the Rules: Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
This book offers specific techniques for helping people perform better on the job. "The point is to focus people toward performance," they write. "The manager is, and should be, totally responsible for this."
The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership: James Hunter
This is a great story. The true foundation of leadership is not power, but authority, which is built upon relationships, love, service, and sacrifice.They don't demand special talents; they are simply based on strengthening the bonds of respect, responsibility, and caring with the people around you.
The 5th Discipline: Peter Senge
This book gives you a framework, which is structured around "personal mastery," "mental models," "shared vision," and "team learning. An excellent book.
Good to Great: Jim Collins
Collins's crew combed through every company that has made the Fortune 500 (approximately 1,400) and found 11 that met their criteria. At the heart of the findings about these companies' stellar successes is what Collins calls the Hedgehog Concept, a product or service that leads a company to outshine all worldwide competitors, that drives a company's economic engine and that a company is passionate about.
How to Win Friends and Influence People: Dale Carnegie
Don’t criticize,condemn or complain. Give honest and sincere appreciation. Arouse in the other person an eager want. Be genuinely interested in other people. Smile. Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language. Be a good listener. Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.
The Common Denominator of Success: Albert E.N.Gray
The secret of success of every man/woman who has ever been successful – lies in the fact that he/she formed the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do.
Think and Grow Rich: Napoleon Hill
Whatever the mind of man/woman can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
The Secret: Rhonda Byrne
We all live by the law of attraction. Whatever is happening in your life whether good or bad, you have attracted into your life. The good news is that if you don’t like where you are currently you can change that by the thoughts and feelings you have on a daily basis.
The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle: Jim Rohn
To have more we must first become more. It is our personal philosophy that establishes our individual attitude. It is our attitude that determines both the quantity and the quality of our level of activity. That activity produces a final and proportionate result, and the result provides the lifestyle that we live.
Inspire! What Great Leaders Do: Lance Scretan
This is one of my favorites.
The Other 90%:
This book has been so helpful in mygrowth as a leader. It centers around the notion that we only utilize10% of our God given potential, 90% is untapped. There are 4 essentialkeystones to finding your untapped potential, Trust, Energy,Farsightedness and Nerve. This book goes to the heart of what really
matters most in leadership. I have read, re-read and read again.
Hardwiring Excellence by Quint Studer:
This book is written withHealthcare as its backdrop. It focuses on how we as leaders can makehealthcare a better place for our employees to work, our physicians topractice medicine and most importantly for our patients to receive care.We accomplish this by creating a culture of excellence through people,
service, quality finance and growth. A must read!
In Search of Excellence: Tom Peters
I have learned more about business improvement and leadership from Tom Peters than anyone else.
Re-Imagine! - Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age: Tom Peters
It is great! Our Administrators have been reading it over the last year
The Servant Leader: James Autrey
Encouraging the Heart:James Kovzes
Followership:Tom Atchison
The Heart of Leadership: Elizabeth Jeffries
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