Tools

Books That Shape Our Thinking (grouped by topic)

Leadership Development

• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink
• Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter,
  Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown
• The Leadership Challenge, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
• Quiet Leadership, David Rock
• Situational Leadership and the One Minute Manager, Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi and Drea Zigarmi
• The Authenic Leader: How Authority and Consensus Intertwine, Robert P. Crosby
• A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, Edwin H. Friedman
• Coaching for Commitment: Interpersonal Strategies for Obtaining Superior Performance from Individuals and Teams, Dennis C. Kinlaw
• Coaching for Performance: Growing People, Performance and Purpose, John Whitmore

Strengths Based Leadership

• First Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
• Go Put Your Strengths to Work: Six Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance, Marcus Buckingham
• Strengthsfinder 2.0, Tom Rath
• Strengths Based Leadership, Tom Rath and Barry Conchie
• The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change, Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom
• Soar With Your Strengths,
  Donald O. Clifton and Paula Nelson

Crucial Conversations

• Non-Violent Communication: A Language of Life, Marshall Rosenberg
• Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life, One Conversation at a Time, Susan Scott
• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when Stakes Are High, Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
• The Power of a Positive No: Save the Deal, Save the Relationship--and Still Say No, William Ury
• Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In, Roger Fisher and William Ury

Emotional Intelligence: Self Mastery

• Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
• Working with Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
• The Path of Least Resistance, Robert Fritz
• Positivity,
  Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ph.D
• The Practical Neuroscience of Buddha's Brain: Happiness, Love & Wisdom,
  Rick Hanson, Ph.D. and Richard Mendius
• Five Questions that Change Everything: Life Lessons at Work, John J. Scherer
• The Dark Side of the Light Chasers, Debbie Ford

Social Intelligence

• Learning in Relationships: Foundation for Personal and Professional Success, Ronald E. Short
• Molecules of Emotion, Candace Pert
• Social Intelligence: The New Science of Success, Karl Albrecht

Work/Life Balance

• The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time Is the Key to High Performance, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
• Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal and Delight in Our Busy Lives, by Wayne Muller
• Making Work Work, Julie Morgenstern

A Healthy Relationship with Money

• Seven Stages of Money Maturity: Understanding the Spirit and Value of Money in Your Life, George Kinder
• The Trance of Scarcity: Stop Holding Your Breath and Start Living Your Life, Victoria Castle
• The True Cost of Happiness: The Real Story Behind Managing Your Money, Stacey Tisdale and Paula Boyer Kennedy
• The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources, Lynne Twist

Personal Growth

• What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful, Marshall Goldsmith
• Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 10 Powerful Tools for Life and Work, Marilee Adams
• Visioning: 10 Steps to Designing the Life of Your Dreams, Lucia Capacchione
• The Twelve Habits that Hold Good People Back, James Waldroop, and Timothy Butler

Organizational Change

• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard,
  Chip Heath and Dan Heath
• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't, Jim Collins
• Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems, Barry Johnson
• Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, William Bridges
• Leading Change, John Kotter
• Beyond the Wall of Resistance: Unconventional Strategies that Build Support for Change, Rick Maurer

Diversity

• Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits and the Struggle for the Constitution, Lawrence Goldstone
• With God on All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America, Douglas A. Hicks
• Class Matters, Correspondents of the New York Times

Teamwork

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,
  Patrick Lencioni
• The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High Performance Organization, Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith
• Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills, David W. Johnson and Frank P. Johnson
• Optimizing the Power of Action Learning: Solving Problems and Building Leaders in Real Time, Michael J. Marquardt

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