Suggested Readings

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Current Reading

• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by by Walter Isaacson.
  Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 0684807610; 2003.

• Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others, by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787964638; 2003.

• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, by Jim Collins.
  HarperCollins; ISBN: 0066620996; 2001.

• Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, Richard E. Boyatzis.
  Harvard Business School Press; ISBN: 157851486X; 2002.

• The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Clinton, by Fred I. Greenstein.
  Princeton University Press; ISBN: 0691090831; 2002.

General Leadership 

• Leadership Without Easy Answers, by Ronald A. Heifetz.
  Belknap Pr; ISBN: 0674518586; 1994.

• Leader to Leader: Enduring Insights on Leadership from the Drucker Foundation's Award Winning Journal, by Frances Hesselbein, Paul M. Cohen (Editor).
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787947261; 1999.

• Leading Beyond the Walls: Wisdom to Action Series, by Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, Iain Somerville (Eds.)
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787955558; 2001.

• Leading Minds: An Anatomy Of Leadership, by Emma Laskin (Contributor), Howard E. Gardner.
  Basic Books; ISBN: 0465082807; 1996.

• Leading Out Loud: Inspiring Change Through Authentic Communications, New and Revised , by Terry Pearce.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787963976; 2003.

• Multiple Intelligences and Leadership, R. E. Riggio, S.E., Murphy, F.J.Pirozzolo (Eds.)
  Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc; ISBN: 0805834664; 2001.

• On Becoming A Leader: The Leadership Classic-Updated And Expanded by Warren G. Bennis.
  Perseus Publishing; ISBN: 0738208175; 2003.

• On Leadership, by John Gardner.
  Free Press; ISBN: 0029113121; 1993.

• The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable, by Patrick M. Lencioni.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787944335; 1998.

• The Future of Leadership Development, Edited by Susan Elaine Murphy, Ronald E. Riggio.
  Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc; ISBN: 0-8058-4342-6; 2003

• The Future of Leadership: Today's Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow's Leaders, by Warren G. Bennis, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Thomas Cummings.
  John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0787955671; 2001.

• The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All, by Michael Useem.
  Times Books; ISBN: 0812932307; 1999.

• The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages, by J. Thomas Wren (Editor)
  Free Press; ISBN: 0028740912; 1995

• The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Clinton, by Fred I. Greenstein.
  Princeton University Press; ISBN: 0691090831; 2002

Leadership Ethics

• Authentic Leadership, by Bill George.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN 0787969133; 2003.

• Ethics, The Heart of Leadership, by Joanne B. Ciulla.
  Praeger Pub Text; ISBN: 0275961206; 1998.

• In Search of Ethics: Conversations with Men and Women of Character, by Len Marrella.
  DC Press; ISBN: 0970844409; 2001.

• Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography, by William Lee Miller.
  Knopf; ISBN: 037540158X; 2002.

Nonprofit Leadership

• Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations, by John Carver.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787908118; 2nd edition, 1997.

• Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations, Edited by Ronald E. Riggio, Sarah Smith Orr.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787968307; 2003

• Leaders Who Make a Difference: Essential Strategies for Meeting the Nonprofit Challenge, by Burt Nanus, Stephen M. Dobbs.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787946656; 1999.

• Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community, by Max De Pree.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787910635; 1997.

• Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principles and Practices, by Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Max De Pree (Contributor), Robert Buford (Contributor).
  HarperBusiness; ISBN: 0887306012; Reprint edition, 1992.

• The Collaboration Challenge , by James E. Austin.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787952206, 2000.

Organizational Leadership

• Building Leaders: How Successful Companies Develop the Next Generation, by Jay A. Conger, Beth Benjamin.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787944696; 1999.

• Corps Business: The 30 Management Principles of the U.S. Marines, by David H. Freedman.
  HarperBusiness; ISBN: 0066619785; 2000.

• In Search of Excellence, R.H. Thomas/Waterman Peters (Author), Tom Peters, Robert Waterman.
  Warner Books; ISBN: 0446385077; 1988.

• Leading Change, by John P. Kotter.
  Harvard Business School Pr; ISBN: 0875847471; 1996.

• Management Challenges for the 21st Century, by Peter F. Drucker.
  HarperBusiness; ISBN: 0887309984; 1999.

• Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity, by Karl E. Weick, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, Robert E. Quinn.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 0787956279; 2001.

• The Effective Executive Revised, by Peter F. Drucker.
  HarperBusiness; ISBN: 0060516070; 2002.

• The Fifth Discipline, by Peter M. Senge.
  Currency/Doubleday; ISBN: 0385260954; 1994.

• The Leadership Challenge, by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 07879968331; 3rd edition, 2003.

Leadership Reference Books

• An Integrative Theory of Leadership, by Martin M. Chemers.
  Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc; ISBN: 0805826785; 1997.

• Leadership Theory and Research: Perspectives and Directions, by Martin M. Chemers, Roya Ayman (Eds.)
  Academic Press; ISBN: 0121706095; 1992.

• Bass and Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications, by Bernard M. Bass, Ralph M. Stogdill.
  Free Press; ISBN: 0029015006; 3rd edition; 1990.

• Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience, by Richard L. Hughes, Robert C. Ginnett, Gordon J. Curphy.
  Irwin/McGraw-Hill; ISBN: 0072445297; 4th edition, 2001.

• Leadership in Organizations, Gary A. Yukl.
  Prentice Hall College Div; ISBN: 0130323128; 5th edition, 2001.

• Leadership: Theory and Practice (2nd ed.), by Peter Guy Northouse.
  Sage Publications; ISBN: 0761919260; 2nd edition, 2000.

Specific Leadership Theories

Charismatic Leadership Theory

• Charismatic Leader : Behind the Mystique of Exceptional Leadership, by Jay A. Conger.
  Jossey-Bass; ISBN: 1555421717; 1989.

• Charismatic Leadership in Organizations, by Jay A. Conger, Rabindra N. Kanungo.
  Sage Publications; ISBN: 0761916342; 1998.

• Winning 'em Over: A New Model for Managing in the Age of Persuasion, by Jay A. Conger.
  Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 0743230345; 1998.

Contingency Theory of Leadership

• A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness, by Fred E. Fiedler.
  McGraw Hill Text; ASIN: 0070206759; 1967.

• Improving Leadership Effectiveness: The Leader Match Concept, by Fred E. Fiedler, Martin M. Chemers.
  John Wiley & Sons; ASIN: 0471892130; 2nd edition, 1984.

Transformational Leadership Theory

• Developing Potential Across a Full Range of Leadership: Cases on Transactional and Transformational Leadership, by Bruce J. Avolio, Bernard M. Bass.
  Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc; ISBN: 0805838945; 2002.

• Leadership, by James MacGregor Burns.
  Harpercollins; ISBN: 0061319759; 1985.

• Leadership and Performance Beyond Expectations, by Bernard M. Bass.
  Free Press; ISBN: 0029018102; 1985.

• Transformational Leadership: Industrial, Military, and Educational Impact, by Bernard M. Bass.
  Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc; ISBN: 0805826971; 1997.