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The Leader - A New Face for American Management
This book looks at real managers in various organizations and reveals the attitudes that result in increased satisfaction, thus creating a more efficient and productive workplace. (softbound)
Michael Maccoby, Copyright 1981; Ballantine Books
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The Leader - Developing the Skills & Personal Qualities You Need to Lead Effectively
This books provides tools necessary as an effective leader. Includes a personal self-assessment test and a leadership plan. (softbound)
Normand L. Frigon, Sr. and Harry K. Jackson, Jr., Copyright 1996, American Management Association
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The Leader's Change Handbook - An Essential Guide To Setting Direction and Taking Action
A Stunning Achievement in Change Management In October of 1997, the nation's top business theorists and practitioners
met at a conference cosponsored by USC's Leadership Institute and the Center for Effective Organizations. The group was challenged to present their
most advanced ideas regarding leadership and change management. This guide is the stunning result of their collective efforts. Charged with fascinating case studies, action strategies, and unbeatable advice, The Leader's Change Handbook features fresh works by Christopher Bartlett, Michael Beer, John Kotter, David Nadler, Ron Heifetz, Susan Mohrman, Bob Quinn and other distinguished contributors. What it offers is a uniquely coherent, cutting-edge approach to leading today?s organizations -- an approach only this elite group, working together toward a common vision, could offer.
Jay A. conger, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Edward E. Lawler III, Copyright 1999, JOSSEY-BASS
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The Leader in You - How to Win Friends, Influence People, and Succeed in a Changing World
This book uses insights from those in the corporate, entertainment, sports, academic, and political fields, in addition to impressive world leaders to produce a comprehensive guide to creative and enthusiastic leadership. (paperback)
Stuart R. Levine and Michael A. Crom, Copyright 1993; Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc; paperback printing May 1995; Pocket Books
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Leading At The Edge - Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition
Part adventure story, part leadership guide, this intriguing book examines Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition through the lens of business — to reveal a set of powerful strategies for corporate leaders.
In the chronicles of extraordinary adventures and against-the-odds survival, nothing compares to the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team of South Pole explorers. Stranded in the frozen sea for nearly two years, they endured extreme temperatures, hazardous ice, dwindling food, complete isolation, and perpetual blackness.
Yet, despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles, the group remained cohesive, congenial, and mercifully alive — a fact that speaks not just to luck but to an unparalleled feat in leadership.
Dennis N. Perkins, Margaret P. Holtman, Catherine McCarthy, Paul R. Kessler, Copyright 2000; AMACOM
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Leading at the Edge of Chaos - How to Create the Nimble Organization
This book is not about decision making; it is about execution. It is not about predicting change; it is about adapting to it at a moment's notice. Internationally renowned "Change Doctor" Daryl Conner defines the new roles that all leaders must assume in order to direct the changes that are crucial to their organizations' survival. He schools them in all of the essential components of the change process. And, most importantly, he arms them with action steps for instilling their companies with the nimbleness and resilience needed to survive and thrive in today's supervolatile markets.
Daryl R. Conner, Copyright 1998; Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Leading Change
Provides the vicarious experience and positive role models for leaders to emulate to use change in a positive sense. Identifies an eight-step process that every company must go through to achieve its goal, and shows where and how people-good people-often derail.
John P. Kotter, Copyright 1996; Harvard Business School Press
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Leading Quietly - An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing
Badaracco (business ethics, Harvard) observes that the most effective leaders are rarely public heroes or high-profile champions of causes. His study of "quiet leadership," carried out over four years, presents a series of stories describing quiet leaders at work and drawing practical lessons for executives and aspiring corporate leaders. The cases include a hospital CEO dealing with a case of sexual harassment; a bank president under pressure to remove underperforming but longtime employees; and a high-tech marketing rep who learned that his company was dumping obsolete equipment on its small customers.
Joseph L. Badaracco Jr., Copyright 2002; Harvard Business School Press
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Leading with a Heart - Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business and Life
This book shows you how to be successful in any leadership challenges you face. Coach K, head of the Duke University Basketball Program, reveals his personal principles for leadership, from dealing with adversity in life or on the basketball court, to taking responsibility for your actions, to learning how to trust your heartfelt instincts in times of trouble.
Mike Krzyzewski, Copyright 2000, Warner Books
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Learning to Lead - A Workbook on Becoming a Leader
Full of self-assessments and dozens of one-day skill-building exercises, this book helps in understanding and learning the joy of leadership. (softbound)
Warren Bennis and Joan Goldsmith, Copyright 1997; Addison-Wesley
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Leadership - The Inner Side of Greatness, A Philosophy for Leaders
Focusing on the personal side of business leadership, this book considers the basic nature of leadership and discusses how a personal commitment to excellence, when combined with virtues like wisdom and courage, can produce results and inspire others. The book encourages business leaders to bring meaning to their lives through the quality of their work.
Peter Koestenbaum
, Copyright 2002; Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Leadership - Quotations from the World's Greatest Motivators
A reference source of quotations from a broad spectrum of authors and topics related to leadership. (softbound)
Compiled by: Robert A. Fitton, Copyright 1997; Westview Press
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Leadership and the New Science - Discovering Order in a Chaotic World
This book provides an overview of some dramatic changes in scientific thought, such as chaos theory and quantum physics, and then applies those theories to organizations. What kind of organizations? Organizations of all sizes, shapes, and from different business.
Margaret J. Wheatley, Copyright 1999; Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Leadership Challenge
With an expanded research base of sixty thousand leaders and constituents, this new edition of The Leadership Challenge captures the continuing interest in leadership as a critical aspect of human organizations. It offers a broader scope for viewing leaders in every industry and all walks of life, including the education and nonprofit fields.
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner, Copyright 2002; Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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The Leadership Engine - How Winning Companies Build Leaders at Every Level
Developing leaders at all levels of the organization and those leaders developing future leaders.
Noel M. Tichy with Eli Cohen, Copyright 1997; Harper Business
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Leadership is an Art
Max DePree is the Chairman of the board of directors of Herman Miller, Inc., the primary innovator in the furniture business for sixty years. The company utilizes the Scanlon Plan, that "effective and humane" method by which workers are motivated to find ways to improve the quantity and quality of their work. This book discusses the positive effects of workers who suggest ways to improve productivity. (softbound)
Max DePree, Copyright 1989, Dell Pro Publishing
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The Leadership Moment - Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All
Eugene Kranz returning Apollo 13; Arlene Blum leading the first women's expedition climbing the Himalayan peak of Annapurna; Roy Vagelos committing Merck to spending hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a drug needed only by people who couldn't afford it; Alfredo Christian ending the civil war in El Salvador.
These are just some of the stories in this unusual and important book about leadership. Michael Useem believes that by examining what others have done when a business, a life, or even the fate of a nation is on the line, we all can learn what works and what fails, what hastens a cause or subverts a purpose, and what must be done when we must perform and lead under pressure.
Michael Useem, Copyright 1998, Crown Publishing Group
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Leadership on the Line - Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading
Every day, in every facet of our lives, opportunities to lead call out to us. At work and at home, in our local communities and in the global village, the chance to make a difference beckons. Yet often, we hesitate. For all its passion and promise, for all its excitement and rewards, leading is risky, dangerous work. Why? Because real leadership -- the kind that surfaces conflict, challenges long-held beliefs, and demands new ways of doing things -- causes pain. And when people feel threatened, they take aim at the person pushing for change. As a result, leaders often get hurt both personally and professionally. In Leadership on the Line, renowned leadership authorities Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky marshal a half century of combined teaching and consulting experience to show that it is possible to put ourselves on the line, respond effectively to the risks, and live to celebrate our efforts. With compelling examples including the presidents of countries and the presidents of organizations, everyday managers and prominent activists, politicians and parents, the authors illustrate proven strategies for surviving and thriving amidst the dangers of leading.
The authors also address often-neglected aspects of leadership, such as how to manage your personal vulnerabilities, and how to anchor yourself and sustain your spirit through tough times. Both uplifting and practical, this essential book enables each of us to lead courageously and confidently -- without losing ourselves.
Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky, Copyright 2002, Harvard Business School Publishing
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