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Include books by the same authorPrinciple-Centered Leadership
Stephen R. Covey · 334 pages
How do we as individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous change? Why are efforts to improve falling so short in real results despite the millions of dollars in time, capital, and human effort being spent on them? How do we unleash the creativity, talent, and energy within ourselves and others in the midst of pressure? Is it realistic to believe that balance among personal, fam
The Secret: What Great Leaders Know - And Do
Kenneth H. Blanchard, Mark Miller · 137 pages
Explains the five essential practices exhibited by the best leaders and provides practical ideas on how to make these a reality.
The Leadership Challenge
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner · 405 pages
When it was initially written in 1987, few could have predicted that The Leadership Challenge would become one of the best-selling leadership books of all time. Now, faced with the new challenges of our unpredictable global business environment, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner--two of the country's premier leadership experts--have completely revised and updated their classic book. Building on the know
The Power of Framing: Creating the Language of Leadership
Gail T. Fairhurst · 266 pages
"This updated edition explores the basic components of the framing process including communication goals, mental models, context, priming for spontaneity, language use, and believability frames (for ethical communication). This new edition is organized to emphasize the skills, science, art ethics and the history of research on framing. The author offers a better understanding of the subject, a dia
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Liz Wiseman, Greg McKeown · 288 pages
Do you make those around you smarter? We’ve all had experience with two dramatically different types of leaders. The first type drains intelligence, energy, and capability from the people around them and always needs to be the smartest ones in the room. These are the idea killers, the energy sappers, the diminishers of talent and commitment. On the other side of the spectrum are leaders who
The Girl's Guide to Being a Boss (Without Being a Bitch): Valuable Lessons, Smart Suggestions, and True Stories for Succeeding as the Chick-in-Charge
Caitlin Friedman, Kimberly Yorio · 232 pages
Forget what you've heard. Nice girls can get the corner office.As women, we haven't always had the best role models at work. We've either worked for men or we've had female bosses who are, well, big bitches. Woman still don't have much of a road map right now when it comes to taking charge at the office, so the team who brought you the national bestseller The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Bus
Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek · 368 pages
Why do only a few people get to say “I love my job?” It seems unfair that finding fulfillment at work is like winning a lottery; that only a few lucky ones get to feel valued by their organizations, to feel like they belong. Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a cra
Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent
Sydney Finkelstein · 272 pages
"A GOOD BOSS HITS HIS GOALS AND LEADS HIS TEAM. A SUPERBOSS BLOWS AWAY HER GOALS BY BUILDING AN ARMY OF NEW LEADERS. WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE? What do football coach Bill Walsh, restaurateur Alice Waters, television executive Lorne Michaels, technology CEO Larry Ellison, and fashion pioneer Ralph Lauren have in common? On the surface, not much, other than consistent success in their fields. But b
The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviours that Transform Ordinary People into World Class Leaders
Elena L. Botelho · 310 pages
What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Marshall Goldsmith · 256 pages
The 5 Levels of Leadership : Proven steps to Maximixe Your Potential
John C. Maxwell · 304 pages
Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations
Kenneth H. Blanchard, Eunice Parisi-Carew, Don Carew, Marjorie Blanchard, Scott Blanchard · 371 pages
The definitive "Blanchard on Leadership"25 years of breakthrough leadership insights in one extraordinary book!From The One Minute Manager® to Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard's books have helped millions of people unleash their power and the potential of everyone around them. The Ken Blanchard Companies has helped thousands of organizations become more people-oriented, customer-centered, and performanc
The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
Stephen M.R. Covey · 384 pages
This book challenges our age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue, and instead demonstrates that it is a hard-edged, economic driver--a learnable and measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing. CEO Covey informs readers how to inspire lasting trust in their personal and professional relationships, and in
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
The Arbinger Institute · 199 pages
This phenomenal bestseller * over 700,000 copies sold * changes readers? lives and helps them transform their organizations. In this new edition, the text has been updated and revised throughout to make it even more readable and powerful and a new section has been added that details the many different ways that people are using the book.
Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope and Compassion
Richard E. Boyatzis · 304 pages
Powerful Conversations: How High Impact Leaders Communicate
Phil Harkins · 224 pages
The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership
Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh · 251 pages
The last words from the amazing coach known as "The Genius"Bill Walsh was perhaps the most influential and successful coach in NFL history, transforming the San Francisco 49ers from the worst franchise in sports to a dynasty that won five Super Bowls. He is acclaimed not only for his strategic brilliance but also for his advanced approach to leadership. His teams sustained a consistency of excelle
Becoming a Technical Leader
Gerald M. Weinberg · 284 pages
A personalized guide to developing the qualities that make a successful technical leader. We all possess the ingredients for leadership, some better developed than others. The book focuses on the problem-solving style–a unique blend of skills in 3 main areas: innovation, motivation, and organization. Ways to analyze your own leadership skills, with practical steps for developing those skills.
Becoming a Resonant Leader: Develop Your Emotional Intelligence, Renew Your Relationships, Sustain Your Effectiveness
Annie McKee · 256 pages
Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
Stanley McChrystal, Chris Fussell, Tantum Collins, David Silverman · 297 pages
As commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), General Stanley McChrystal played a crucial role in the War on Terror. But when he took the helm in 2004, America was losing that war badly: despite vastly inferior resources and technology, Al Qaeda was outmaneuvering America's most elite warriors. McChrystal came to realize that today's faster, more interdependent world had overwhelmed the
Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organizaion
John Wooden · 256 pages
"Team spirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, determination...Acquire and keep these traits and success should follow." --Coach John WoodenJohn Wooden is without question one of the most respected and honored sports coaches in our nations history. But it wasn't winning games that drove him; it was ensuring that, regardless of the final score, his players always put forth their utmost effort and performed to
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson · 631 pages
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years -- as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues -- Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industrie