Suggested Reading

To read is to empower
To empower is to write
To write is to influence
To Influence is to change
To change is to live

 —Jane Evershed

 

 

 Cindy Adams suggests the following books:

The Leadership Challenge

By James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

The Path of Least Resistance

By Robert Fritz

The Path of Least Resistance for Managers: Designing Organizations to Succeed

By Robert Fritz

Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges

By C. Otto Scharmer

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

By Daniel Goleman

Leadership Agility: Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change

By William B. Joiner and Stephen A. Josephs

Leadership is an Art

By Max Depree

On Becoming a Leader

By Warren Bennis

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

By Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Great Depression Ahead: How to Prosper in the Crash Following the Greatest Boom in History

By Harry S. Dent

"These book selections reflect my passion for helping executives lead their organizations to remarkable results through strategic alignment and effective execution."

 David Spach suggests the following books:

Intrinsic Motivation at Work: Building Energy and Commitment

By Kenneth W. Thomas

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

By Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan & Charles Burck

Managing the Unknowable: Strategic Boundaries Between Order and Chaos in Organizations

By Ralph D. Stacey

Social Power and the CEO: Leadership and Trust in a Sustainable FreeEnterprise System 

By Elliott Jaques

The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market

By Michael Treacy & Fred Wierseman

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done

By Peter F. Drucker

Changing Minds: The Art and Science of Changing Our Own and Other People’s Minds (Leadership for the Common Good)

By Howard Gardner

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t

By Jim Collins

 Steve Athey suggests the following books:

Adaptation to Life

By George Valliant

Deep Survival:Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

By Laurence Gonzales

Leadership Without Easy Answers

By Ronald A. Heifetz

Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership

By Howard E. Gardner and Emma Laskin

In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life

By Robert Kegan