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LEADERSHIP BIBLIOGRAPHY Adair, John. The Inspirational Leader: How to Motivate, Encourage & Achieve Success. (658.409 ADA) Kogan Page, 2003. The newest book by the Professor of Leadership Studies at the Universities of Surrey and Exeter. He asserts that “leaders are not born but made” and lays out the path to becoming an inspiring leader in any organization with an emphasis on businesses. Bazerman, Max H. and Michael D. Watkins. Predictable surprises: the disasters you should have seen coming, and how to prevent them. (363.347 BAZ) Harvard Business School Press. 2004. Cognitive, organizational and political biases are examined to enable organizations to see how looming crises can be averted. Bennis, Warren G. (and other titles by this author) and Robert J. Thomas. Geeks & geezers: how era, values, and defining moments shape leaders. (303.34 BEN) Harvard Business School Press, 2002. In interviews with extraordinary under thirty-five year olds and over seventy year olds, the authors demonstrate the critical qualities shared by those they describe as “true leaders.” Blank, Warren. The 108 Skills of Natural Born Leaders. (658.409 BLA) AMACOM, 2001. It is the author’s belief that leaders display qualities that exist in all people and may be developed as a set of skills. He is president of the Leadership Group which consults for Fortune 500 companies and government. Clarke-Epstein, Chris. 78 Important Questions Every Leader Should Ask and Answer. (658.409 CLA). AMACOM, 2002. Contains questions leaders need to ask themselves, their organizations and their customers. Encourages managers to be quick with a question and challenges the belief that leaders must be quick with the answer.
Coles, Robert. Lives of moral leadership. (170.9 COL) Random House, 2000. A portrait of moral leadership is created through the stories of people who have inspired the author, including teachers of every level, a bus driver, Robert Kennedy, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dorothea Day and others. Gerber, Robin. Katharine Graham: The Leadership Journey of an American Icon. (B Graham) Portfolio, 2005. Biography which focuses on how Graham’s leadership style led to her success as the publisher of the Washington Post. Gerber, Robin. Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage. (B Roosevelt) Prentiss Hall Press, 2002. Guidance for women desiring to develop leadership skills from a labor lawyer who is also a senior fellow at the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland. Illustrations come from the lives of the first lady, the author herself and other role models. Gergen, David. Eyewitness to power: the essence of leadership: Nixon to Clinton. (973.92 GER) Simon & Schuster, 2000. The adviser to four presidents, Republican and Democrat, draws key lessons for future leaders. Goleman, Daniel. (and other titles by this author) Primal leadership: realizing the power of emotional intelligence. (658.409 GOL) Harvard Business School Press, 2002. Based on decades of analysis, six leadership styles are described and the role of emotional intelligence in leadership is explored. Grant, Ulysses S. Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant. (B Grant) Dover Publications, 1995. Mark Twain described this president’s memoirs as the “best of any general’s since Caesar.” Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. (B Lincoln) Simon and Schuster, 2005. How Lincoln won the respect of his opponents, placed them in his cabinet, and took advantage of their talents. The Pulitzer Prize winning author documents Lincoln’s rise from obscure prairie lawyer to the presidency. Greenleaf, Robert K. Servant leadership: a journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness. (303.34 GRE) Paulist Press, 2002. The author, a retired AT&T executive, proposes that service should be the distinguishing characteristic of leadership. His
paradigm also defines the leader as a seeker who is open, listening and ready for new developments. Heifetz, Ronald A. Leadership without easy answers. (303.34 HEI) Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994. Theory and practice combine to form a strategy for leaders in any situation. Examples given from the experiences of Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, officers and soldiers, doctors, patients, students, and civic groups. Hesselbein, Frances and General Eric K. Shinseki. Be-Know-Do. (658.409 BE). Jossey-Bass, 2004. Adapted from the official Army Leadership Manual to make information available for civilian leaders in business, nonprofits and government. Identifies three levels of leadership: direct, organizational, and strategic. Contains discussion of “Situational Leadership” techniques and means for evaluating your organization to determine if it is “high performing.” Hesselbein, Frances, Marshall Goldsmith, and Iain Somerville, eds. Leading for innovation and organizing for results. (658.409 LEA) Jossey-Bass, 2002. Twenty-seven experts (including Howard Gardner and Rosabeth Moss Kanter) contributed to this volume that offers practical guidance for leaders with the goal of making their organizations high performing and innovative. Ken Blanchard Companies. Leading at a Higher Level. 2007. (658.409 BLA). Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager and associates on leadership and on creating high performing organizations. Machiavelli, Niccolò. The prince. (Reading List) 1999 printing. Treatise on practical leadership from a successful statesman of the Italian Renaissance. Phillips, Donald T. Martin Luther King, Jr. on leadership: inspiration & wisdom for challenging times. (323.1196 PHI) Warner Books, 1999. An examination of the leadership of Dr. King that shows potential leaders how to form coalitions, obtain information and keep communication open, handle crises and setbacks, and train the next generation. Romig, Dennis A. Side by Side Leadership: Achieving Outstanding Results Together. (658.409 ROM) Bard Press, 2001. Stresses teamwork over top-down leadership.
Sun-Tzu. The art of Leadership by Sun Tzu: a new millennium translation of Sun Tzu's Art of War. (355.02 SUN) Premier Pub., 2000. In this new bilingual edition, translated and annotated by David H. Li, MBA, PhD, the emphasis is on the relevance of this work from the sixth century b.c. to contemporary leadership. Annotations include 26 case studies from ancient and modern sources. Welch, Jack (and other titles by this author) Winning. (658.409 WEL) HarperBusiness, 2005. A detailed step-by-step plan for success in business and all of life is written here with great energy and passion. WEB SITES Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland is “a think tank on leadership and a source for custom-designed leadership development programs.” Includes a library collection on leadership. http://www.academy.umd.edu John F. Kennedy School of Government, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University is a “forum for students, scholars and practitioners committed to the idea that effective public leadership is essential to the common good.” Offers courses, workshops, executive programs, financial support and publications. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/leadership Johns Hopkins Organization Development and Diversity Programs has posted bibliographies on topics such as emotional intelligence, leadership management and development, and leadership in health care and higher education. http://www.jhu.edu/~hr1/human-serv/odd.html
DATABASES The MasterFILE Premier database includes three periodicals about leadership: Leadership, Leadership Excellence, and the Leadership Quarterly.
