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Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition
Robert K. Greenleaf

Paulist Press, 2002

Shipping time

+ Great leadership book!
+ The Pattern of Superperforming CEOs
+ Still Ahead of Its Time
  
  











  



  
Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
Jim Collins

HarperCollins, 2005

Excellent companion addressing not-for-profits' unique needs

+ Good to Great & Strategic Planning
+ Taking a non-profit from Good to Great
+ A Must Read Together With Built To Last
  
  











  



  
Collaborating for Change: Real Time Strategic Change
Robert W Jacobs, Frank McKeown

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2000

Making Change Possible and Positive

+ Good text book.
+ Insightful!
+ Making Change in REALLY BIG Groups
  
  











  



  
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
Parker J. Palmer

Jossey-Bass, 1999

Priceless wisdom...

+ A fantastic book
+ Let Your Life Speak
+ a once in a lifetime read
  
  











  



  
Seven Zones for Leadership: Acting Authentically in Stability and Chaos
Robert Terry

Davies-Black Publishing, 2001

Authentically teriffic

Bob Terry is the brightest and deepest thinker I know about leadership and organizations. He was preaching, teaching, and modeling authenticity long before it became popular. His new book, "Zone Leadership" is a comprehensive model that brings together all the "tools" that are out there and ...
  
  











  



  
Servant Leader
Ken Blanchard

Thomas Nelson, 2003

It's about time!!!

+ The servant leader
+ Servant Leadership in a Nutshell
+ The truth about leadership
  
  











  



  
Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace
Gordon MacKenzie

Viking Adult, 1998

Giant Hairball - what the heck is that, I thought

+ Brilliant
+ Invaluable Creativity, Leadership & Corporate Survival Guide
+ Living Outside the Box and Coloring Outside the Lines.
  
  











  



  
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Harper Business Essentials)
Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras

Collins Business, 2002

The "Core Values" of Corporate Business of the Yesterday and Today

+ Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
+ Built to Last
+ A Must Read Together With Good To Great
+ Stick to your core values!
  
  











  



  
The Age of Paradox
Charles Handy

Harvard Business School Press, 1995

Excellent Read for the MBA student!

+ Must Read for Leaders
+ The paradox: the presence of the myth in the Post Industrial Society!
+ Refreshing and challenging
  
  











  



  
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Jim Collins

Collins Business, 2001

Worth for its price

+ Good to Great
+ Good to Great review

I don't need much to write here as hundreds of people has written review for this book. In simple terms the book is easy to read & understand. Analyze how best companies manage to retain their position by innovative & intelligent leadership. Research is sound & findings are really interesting. ...
  
  











  



  
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook
Peter M. Senge, Art Kleiner, ...

Doubleday Business, 1994

The Fifth Discipline

+ Excellent!
+ Must Have "How To Book" About Learning Organizations
+ Tools for creating a Learning Culture
+ enlightening concepts about leadership
  
  











  



  
Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Revised Edition
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

Jossey-Bass, 2003

Great Book!

+ Leadership is still a Relationship
+ book for corporate america
+ Thumbs up!
  
  











  



  
The Courageous Follower: Standing Up to and for Our Leaders (2nd Edition)
Ira Chaleff

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2003

Transforming!

+ This book was a big help
+ The Fine Balancing Act of the Courageous Follower
+ I learned leadership principles by learning to be a follower
  
  











  



  
Power of Followership, The
Robert E. Kelley

Doubleday Business, 1992

Fabulous book! An excellent guide on how to lead and be lead

+ The Power of Followership
+ Followers Make Things Happen for Leaders

I had the opportunity to take a class taught by Mr. Kelley at CMU and to have read all of his books. This book has a rather simple concept, that once read, becomes painfully obvious--no matter what our position in life we all follow someone. Even the President of the USA follows opinion polls. ...
  
  











  



  
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
Parker J. Palmer

Jossey-Bass, 1997

Great insights.

+ A Book to Re-Read
+ Necessary
+ The Courage to Teach-Text book
  
  











  



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