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Some of Our Favorite Leadership Books

• Baldwin, C. (1998). Calling the circle: The first and future culture. New York: Bantam Books.
• Bennis, W. (1989). On becoming a leader. Boston: Addison-Wesley.
• Boyatzis, R., & McKee, A. (2005). Resonant leadership. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing.
• Brown, J. (2005). The world café: Shaping our futures through conversations that matter. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.
• Cashman, K. (1998). Leadership from the inside out: Becoming a leader for life. Minneapolis, MN: Leadersource.
• Cooperrider, D., & Whitney, D. (2005). Appreciative inquiry: A positive revolution in change. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.
• Covey, S. (2006). The speed of trust: The one thing that changes everything. New York: Free Press.
• Crane, T. (2002). The heart of coaching: Using transformational coaching to create a high-performance coaching culture. San Diego, CA: FTA Press.
• Eikenberry, K. (2007). Remarkable leaders: Unleashing your leadership potential one skill at a time. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
• Flaherty, J. (2005). Coaching: Evoking excellence in others. Burlington, MA: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann.
• Fritz, R. (1999). The path of least resistance for manager: Designing organizations to succeed. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.
• Galford, R., & Maruca, R. (2006). Your leadership legacy: Why looking toward the future will make you a better leader today. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing.
• George, B. (2003). Authentic leadership: Rediscovering the secrets to creating lasting value. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• George, B. (2007). True north: Discover your authentic leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Goleman, D. (2006). Social intelligence: The new science of human relationships. New York: Bantam Books.
• Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R., & McKee, A. (2002). Primal leadership: Realizing the power of emotional intelligence Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
• Greenleaf, R. (1977). Servant leadership: A journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press.
• Henley, D. (2007). The secret of sovereignty: women choosing leadership, at work and in life. Seattle: Ragnelle Press.
• Huber, N. (1998). Leading from within: Developing personal direction. Malabar, FL: Krieger.
• Hutchens, D. (2000). The lemming dilemma: Living with purpose, leading with vision. Waltham, MA: Pegasus Communications.
• Irvine, D., & Reger, J. (2006). The authentic leader: It's about presence, not position. Sanford, FL: DC Press.
• Isaacs, W. (1999). Dialogue and the art of thinking together. New York: Doubleday.
• Kotter, J., & Cohen, D. (2002). The heart of change: Real life stories of how people change their organizations. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
• Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (1999). Encouraging the heart. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2002). The leadership challenge (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Matsuk, L. (1997). Finding your inner voice: Learning to lead anywhere you want to make a difference. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• McDermott, B., & Sexton, G. (2004). Leading innovation: Creating workplaces where people excel so organizations thrive. Herentals, Belgium: Nova Vista Publishing.
• O'Toole, J. (1995). Leading change: The argument for value-based leadership. New York: Jossey-Bass.
• Quinn, R. E. (1996). Deep change: Discovering the leaders within. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Quinn, R. E. (2004). Building the bridge as you walk on it: A guide for leading change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Scott, S. (2004). Fierce conversations: Achieving success at work & in life, one conversation at a time. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group.
• Secretan, L. (2004). Inspire! What great leaders do. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
• Secretan, L. (2006). One: The art and practice of conscious leadership. Toronto, ON, Canada: The Secretan Centre.
• Senge, P. M. (1990). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. New York: Doubleday.
• Senge, P. M. (1999). The dance of change: the challenges of sustaining momentum in learning organizations. New York: Doubleday.
• Short, R. (1998). Learning in relationships: Foundation for personal and professional success. Bellevue, WA: Learning in Action Technologies.
• Terry, R. (1993). Authentic leadership: Courage in action. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Vaill, P. (1996). Learning as a way of being: Strategies for survival in a world of permanent white water. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Wheatley, M. J. (2002). Turning to one another: Simple conversations to restore hope to the future. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.
• Wheatley, M. J. (2005). Finding our way: Leadership for an uncertain time. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.
• Wheatley, M., & Kellner-Rogers, M. (1996). A simpler way. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.