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* Listings in yellow denote "must reads"

Recommended Readings that will provide some Examples of Theories and Ideas that we will discuss in the Program

Title Author Publisher Published
Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun Wess Roberts Warner Books 1987
Making A Leadership Change Thomas North Gilmore Jossey Bass 1988
On Becoming A Leader Warren Bennis Addison Wesley 1989
Organization Culture and Leadership Edgar H. Schein Jossey-Bass 1992
The Change Masters Rosabeth Moss Kanter Simon & Schuster 1983
The Leader’s Companion J. Thomas Wren Free Press 1995

 

Additional Selected Books, Readings & Concepts on Leadership

Title Author Publisher Published
Best Practices In Leadership Development Handbook Giber, Carter, Goldsmith Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer 2000
Danger in the Comfort Zone Judith Bardwick AMACOM 1991
Faculty at Work Blackburn & Lawrence Johns Hopkins University Press 1995
Good to Great Jim Collins Harper Collins Publishers 2001
Leaders Richard Nixon Warner Books 1982
Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge Warren Bennis, Burt Nanus Harper & Row Publishers 1985
Leadership In Organizations Gary A. Yukl Prentice Hall 1989
Lincoln Stories for Leaders Donald T. Phillips Summit Publishing Group 1997
Machiavelli On Modern Leadership Michael A. Ledeen St. Martins Press 1999
Management In Small Doses Russell Ackoff John Wiley & Sons 1986
Mintzberg On Management Henry Mintzberg Macmillian Publishers 1989
On Leadership John Gardner Macmillian Publishers 1990
Prisoners Of Leadership Manfred Kets deVries John Wiley & Sons 1989
Serious Creativity Edward DeBono Harper Collins Publisher 1993
Smart Leadership Anthony Vlaine American Mgmt Association 1999
Super Leadership Charles Manz, Henry Sims Prentice Hall Press 1989
The Leadership Factor John Kotter Macmillian Publishers 1988
The Managerial Mystique Abraham Zaleznik Harper & Row Publishers 1989
The New Realities Peter Drucker Harper & Row Publishers 1989
Tough Minder Leadership Joe Batten AMACOM 1989
Vision in Action Tregoe, Smith, Zimmerman, Tobia Simon & Schuster 1989
Why Leaders Can't Lead Warren Bennis Jossey-Bass 1989

 


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