Leadership 4 Change

Resources

Articles

The Trust Deficit

The Right Stuff: What Technical Professionals LookFor In A Leader

Consulting Today - The First 100 Days Edition

Presentations

Williamsport SHRM Presentation May 2009

ODN Presentation: Team Coaching - A Systems Approach October 2007

Balto ASTD Action Learning: A Tool For Team Creativity, Problem-Solving & Learning May 2002

CBODN Presentation: Action Learning - A Case Study in Measuring a Leadership Development Intervention March 2003

Recommended Books

Charging Back Up the Hill; Workplace Recover After Mergers, Acquisitions, and Downsizings, Mitchel Lee Marks, Jossey-Bass, 2003

It’s Your Ship; Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy, Captain D. Michael Abrashoff, Warner Books, 2002

The Courageous Follower, Ira Chaleff, Berrett-Koehler, 2003

It’s OK to be the Boss, Bruce Tulgan, Collins, 2007

Leading Geeks, Paul Glen, Jossey-Bass, 2003

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High,  Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, McGraw Hill 2002

Enlightened Leadership:  Getting to the Heart of Change,  Ed Oakley and Doug Krug, Fireside Books, 1994   

Fierce Conversations; Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time.  Susan Scott, Viking, 2002.

First Break All the Rules - What The World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman, Simon and Schuster, 1999

First Among Equals – How to Lead a Group of Professionals, David Maister & Patrick McKenna, Free Press, 2002

Understanding Global Cultures (Metaphors for 28 Cultures), Martin Gannon, Sage, 2004

The New CIO Leader, M. Broadbent and E. Kitzis, Gartner, HBR Press, 2005

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team:  A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni, Jossey-Bass 2002

Flawless Consulting, Peter Block, Jossey-Bass, 1999

Good to Great:  Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t, Jim Collins, Harper Collins, 2001

Hope is Not a Method, Gordon Sullivan and Michael Harper, Broadway Books, 1997

Leadership A to Z: A Guide for the Appropriately Ambitious, James O’Toole, Jossey-Bass, 1999

Leadership and Self Deception:  Getting Out of the Box, The Arbinger Institute, Berrett-Koehler, 2002 

The Leadership Challenge,  James Kouzes and Barry Posner, Jossey-Bass, 1995

The Leader’s Voice: How your communication can inspire action and get results!  Clarke & Crossland, Select Books, 2002.

Light Bulbs for Leaders:  A Guide Book for Leaders and Teams, Barbara Glacel and Emile Robert, John Wiley, 1996

The Loyalty Effect: The Hidden Force Behind Growth, Profits, and Lasting Value
Frederick F. Reichheld and Thomas Teal, Harvard Business School Press, 1996

My American Journey, Colin Powell, Ballantine Books, 1996

On Becoming a Leader:  The Leadership Classic Updated and Expanded, Warren Bennis, Perseus Press, 2003

Primal Leadership:  Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman,  Harvard Business School Press, 2002

Servant Leadership:  A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness, Robert Greenleaf, Paulist Press, 2002

The Serving Leader; Five Powerful Actions That Will Transform Your Team, Your Business and Your Community.  Ken Jennings & John Stahl-Wert, Berrett-Koehler, 2003.

Speak the Truth and Point to Hope:  The Leader’s Journey to Maturity, Lisa J. Marshall, Kendall Hunt, 2004

Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace: Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization. Dennis and Michelle Reina, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1999

Visionary Leadership, Burt Nanus, Jossey-Bass, 1995

Article: “Why Should Anyone Follow You?”  Robert Coffey & Gareth Jones, Harvard Business Review, September-October 2000

Helpful Links

The following is a list of websites that we have found helpful resources. Disclaimer: We do not vouch for the reliability of the information you receive from other websites.

www.fastcompany.com
Great online magazine with many business topics

www.cio.com
Resource for the IT community, with articles on leading technical people

www.bwni.com
Resource for women and others who are interested in the issues impacting women in the workplace

www.hbr.com
Classic resource for current thinking

www.beyondresistance.com
Rick Maurer ideas on how to use employee resistance to implement change!

www.beingfirst.com/changeresources
More change resources from Dean and Linda Ackerman.

www.managementhelp.org/boards/boards.htm
Specific info on helping Non-Profit Board Leaders

Supportive Organizations

The following is a list of websites of other organizations that we have found helpful in helping learn positive leadership skills. Disclaimer: We do not vouch for the reliability of the information you receive from other websites.

Advancing Women in Leadership Journal
Advancing Women in Leadership represents the first on-line professional, refereed journal for women in leadership.

African American Leadership Institute
The African American Leadership Institute's central purpose is to enhance and develop the transforming leaders needed to tackle the challenges of the 21st century. They work to develop and provide the leadership needed to improve the overall quality of life and civic engagement of African Americans.

Center for Creative Leadership
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the leading nonprofit institution dedicated exclusively to leadership. CCL integrates cutting-edge research with innovative training, coaching, assessment and publishing to create proven impact for leaders and organizations around the world.

Foundation of Coaching
The Foundation of Coaching is dedicated to the development of coaching as a profession, and as a way of making a positive difference in the world through the lives of individuals.

Greenleaf – Center for Servant Leadership
The Greenleaf Center is an international, not-for-profit institution with a goal of helping people understand the principles and practices of servant-leadership by providing a forum to share thoughts and ideas.

United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
The USHLI has developed into one of the most powerful, nationally and internationally recognized Latino organizations in the country by organizing and conducting nonpartisan voter registration and leadership development program in 40 states.