LibGuides: Leadership: Finding Books (& more)

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Library Catalog

eBooks on Leadership

The Art and Adventure of Leadership by Warren Bennis; Steven B. Sample; Rob Asghar
Publication Date: 2015-04-06
For the first time, a top leadership scholar and a top leadership practitioner explore the true duties, demands, and privileges of leadership.
Business Leadership by Joan V. Gallos (Editor); Ronald A. Heifetz (Foreword by)
Publication Date: 2008-01-18
Dare: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career for Women in Charge by Becky Blalock
Call Number: HD6054.3 .B556 2014eb
ISBN: 9781118744659
Publication Date: 2013-09-13
During her 33-year career at Southern Company, a Fortune 500 utility company, Becky Blalock rose to become CIO in a traditionally male industry. Now she offers her own hard-won advice, as well as that of 28 top female executives, to show all aspiring women how to dare to reach the highest tier of leadership and C-suite positions.
Dare to Serve by Cheryl Bachelder
Publication Date: 2015-03-16
Encyclopedia of Leadership by George R. Goethals (Editor); Georgia J. Sorenson (Editor); James MacGregor Burns
Publication Date: 2004-03-19
Comprehensive reference guide to the most important business leadership principles, theories, tools, and techniques.
First-Time Leader by George B. Bradt
Publication Date: 2014-01-22
Provides basic frameworks, processes, and tools to help first-time leaders and their teams deliver better results faster. Leading is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best, together, to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose.
Grounded: How Leaders Stay Rooted in an Uncertain World by Bob Rosen; Bob Rosen
Call Number: HD57.7 .R674 2014eb
ISBN: 9781118680896
Publication Date: 2013-10-21
A provocative, personal approach to leadership based on in-depth research with hundreds of executives around the world.
Leading Change by John P. Kotter
Publication Date: 1996-09-01
Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask by Michael J. Marquardt
Call Number: HD57.7 .M37 2014eb
ISBN: 9781118832226
Publication Date: 2014-02-04
Many leaders are unaware of the amazing power of questions. Our conversations may be full of requests and demands, but all too often we are not asking for honest and informative answers, and we don’t know how to listen effectively to responses. Leading with Questions will help you encourage participation and teamwork, foster outside-the-box thinking, empower others, build relationships with customers, solve problems, and more.
On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis
Call Number: HM1261 .B46 2009eb
ISBN: 9780465003983
Publication Date: 2009-03-03
Delving into the qualities that define leadership, the people who exemplify it, and the strategies that anyone can apply to achieve it.
Smart Communities: How Citizens and Local Leaders Can Use Strategic Thinking to Build a Brighter Future by Suzanne W. Morse
Call Number: HM781 .M677 2014eb
ISBN: 9781118843574
Publication Date: 2014-02-26
Based on the results of more than a decade of research by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change, "Smart Communities" provides directions for strategic decision-making and outlines the key strategies used by thousands of leaders who have worked to create successful communities.
Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership by Warren Bennis; Patricia Ward Biederman (As told to)
Publication Date: 2010-10-15
An intimate look at the founding father of the modern leadership movement Warren Bennis is an acclaimed American scholar, successful organizational consultant and author, and an expert in the field of leadership. His much awaited memoir is filled with insights about the successes and failures from his long and storied life and career.