Book Summaries

12 Elements of Great Managing - Rodd Wagner & James Harter

15 Invaluable Laws of Growth - John Maxwell

The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - John Maxwell

The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader - John Maxwell

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - John Maxwell

A 21st Century Toolbox - Anthony Weston

The 360 Degree Leader - John Maxwell

The 3rd Alternative - Stephen Covey

The 5 Levels of Leadership - John Maxwell

The 8th Habit - Stephen Covey

A Company of Leaders - Gretchen Spreitzer, Robert Quinn

A Hidden Wholeness - Parker Palmer

A Whole New Mind - Daniel Pink

Abolishing Performance Appraisals - Tom Coens, Mary Jenkins

The Adaptive School - Robert Garmston, Bruce Wellman

Adapting Mentorship Across the Professions - Edwin Ralph, Keith Walker

The Advantage - Patrick Lencioni

The Allure of Toxic Leaders - Jean Lipman-Blumen

An Encouragement of Learning - Yukichi Fukuzawa

An Anatomy of Leadership - Leading Minds - Howard Gardner

The Answer to How is Yes - Peter Block

Are You Fully Charged - Tom Rath

Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice - Michael Armstrong

The Art of Connecting - Claire Raines, Lara Ewing

The Art of Waking People Up - Kenneth Cloke, Joan Goldsmith

The Arts of Leadership - Keith Grint

Becoming A Trustworthy Leader - Aneil Mishra, Karen Mishra

The Boys In The Boat - Daniel Brown

Braving The Wilderness - Brene Brown

Breaking The Zero Sum Game - Aldo Boitano, Raul Dutra, Erick Schockman

Bridges Of Trust - David Irvine, Jim Reger

Building Character - Gene Klann

Building Community In Schools - Thomas Sergiovanni

Building The Bridge As You Walk On It - Robert Quinn

Bully In The Ivory Tower - Leah Hollis

Chairman Of The Board - Brian Lechem

Change Anything - Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

Change Forces - Michael Fullan

Change Leader - Michael Fullan

Change - Richard Gerver

Change The World - Robert Quinn

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life - Marilee Adams

The Character Of Leadership - Michael Jinkins, Deborah Bradshaw Jinkins

Charismatic Leadership In Organizations - Jay Conger, Rabindra Kanungo

Clear Leadership - Gervase Bushe

Clinical Reasoning: The Art & Science Of Critical & Creative Thinking - Daniel Pesut, JoAnne Herman

Conscience and Corporate Culture - Kenneth Goodpaster

Conscious Coaching - Brett Bartholomew

Corporate Integrity: Rethinking Organizational Ethics and Leadership - Marvin Brown

The Courageous Follower: Standing Up To & For Our Leaders - Ira Chaleff

The Courageous Mosaic: Awakening Society, Systems and Souls - Ralph Kilmann

Creating Healthy Organizations - Graham Lowe

Creating Magic - Lee Cockerell

Crucial Confrontations - Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

Crucial Conversations - Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

Cultivating Communities Of Practice - Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, William Snyder

Cultures and Organizations: Software Of The Mind - Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede, Michael Minkov

Cultures Built To Last: Systemic PLC's At Work - Richard Dufour, Michael Fullan

The Daily Disciplines Of Leadership - Douglas Reeves

Daring Greatly - Brene Brown

Data Driven Leadership - Amanda Datnow, Vicki Park

Dealing With Difficult Parents - Todd Whitaker, Douglas Fiore

The Decision to Trust - Robert Hurley

Decisive: How To Make Better Choices In Life And Work - Chip Heath, Dan Heath

The Deep Blue Sea: Rethinking the Source of Leadership - Wilfred Drath

Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within - Robert Quinn

Developing the Leaders Around You - John Maxwell

Developing the Leader Within You - John Maxwell

Distributed Leadership - James Spillane

Dogs Don't Bite When A Growl Will Do - Matt Weinstein, Luke Barber

Dragon Leadership: Eastern Wisdom for Modern CEO - Joanna Tong

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Daniel Pink

Eat, Move, Sleep - Tom Rath

The Effective Public Manager - Steven Cohen, William Eimicke, Tanya Heikkila

Elizabeth I CEO: Strategic Lessons From The Leader Who Built An Empire - Alan Axelrod

Emotional Intelligence 2.0 - Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves

Employee Engagement - William Macey, Benjamin Schneider, Karen Barbera, Scott Young

The Empowered Manager - Peter Block

The Empowerment Manual - Starhawk

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds and Actions - Guy Kawasaki

Encouraging The Heart - James Kouzes, Barry Posner

Engaged Leadership: Building a Culture to Overcome Employee Disengagement - Clint Swindall

Engaging the Six Cultures of the Academy - William Bergquist, Kenneth Pawlak

Ensouling Our Schools - jennifer Katz, Kevin Lamoureux

Ethical Leadership and Decision Making in Education - Joan Shapiro, Jacqueline Stefkovich

The Power of Ethical Persuasion - Tom Rusk, Patrick Miller

Everyone Communicates Few Connect - John Maxwell

Evocative Coaching - Bob Tschannen-Moran, Megan Tschannen-Moran

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done - Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan

Expect To Win: 10 Proven Strategies for Thriving in the Workplace - Carla Harris

Exploring Leadership - Richard Bolden, Beverley Hawkins, Jonathan Gosling, Scott Taylor

Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference - Susan Komives, Nance Lucas, Timothy McMahon

Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success - John Maxwell

The Fearless School Leader: Making the Right Decisions - Cynthia McCabe

Fierce Leadership - Susan Scott

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of Learning Organization - Peter Senge

Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn From Educational Change in Finland - Pasi Sahlberg

First, Break All The Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently - Marcus Buckingham

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick Lencioni

Flexible Leadership: Creating Value by Balancing Multiple Challenges and Choices - Gary Yukl, Richard Lepsinger

Flourish - Martin Seligman

Flourishing Enterprise: The New Spirit Of Business - Chris Laszlo, Judy Sorum Brown

Followership - Barbara Kellerman

The Four Powers of Leadership - David Kyle

From Smart To Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom - Prasad Kaipa, Navi Radjou

George Washington on Leadership - Richard Brookhiser

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In - Roger Fisher, William Ury

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't - Jim Collins

Good People: The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters - Anthony Tjan

Governance as Leadership - Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards - Richard Chait, William Ryan, Barbara Taylor

Governance of Higher Education - Ian Austin and Glen Jones

Great By Choice - Jim Collins, Morten Hansen

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance - Angela Duckworth

The Happiness Advantage - Shawn Achor

Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Great Teams - Lou Adler

Honeybee Democracy - Thomas Seeley

Horse Sense for People: Monty Roberts

How To Be Exceptional: Drive Leadership Success By Magnifying Your Strengths - John Zenger, Joseph Folkman, Robert Sherwin, Barbara Steel

How To Be A Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact - Jane Dutton, Gretchen Spreitzer

How The Way We Talk Can Change The Way We Work - Kegan Lahey

Humilitas: A Lost Key to Life and Leadership - John Dickson

Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling - Edgar Schein

Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust - Edgar Schein, Peter Schein

The Ideal Team Player - Patrick Lencioni

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything - Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler, David Maxfield, Ron McMilan

Inspirational Leadership - Lance Secretan

Inspire: What Great Leaders Do - Lance Secretan

Integrative Leadership - Richard Hatala, Lillas Hatala

Integrity - Stephen Carter

Intuition: Its Powers and Perils - David Myers

Jesus, CEO - Laurie Beth Jones

Judgement: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls - Noel Tichy, Warren Bennis

Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do - Michael Sandel

King Arthur's Round Table - David Perkins

Leading With Trust - Susan Stephenson

Lead With Wisdom - Mark Strom

Creating Leaderful Organizations - Joseph Raelin

Leaders At All Levels - Ram Charan

The Leadership Brain - David Sousa

Leadership Brand - Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood

The Leadership Challenge - James Kouzes, Barry Posner

The Leadership Code: Five Rules to Lead By - Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood, Kate Sweetman

Leading From The Emerging Future - Otto Scharmer, Kairin Kaufer

Leadership Gold - John Maxwell

Leading With The Heart - Mike Krzyzewski

Leadership: Essential Selections on Power, Authority and Influence - Barbara Kellerman

Leadership for Leaders - Michael Williams

Leadership for the Schoolhouse - Thomas Sergiovanni

Leadership for the Twenty-First Century - Joseph Rost

Leadership From the Inside Out - Kevin Cashman

The Leadership Investment - Robert Fulmer, Marshall Goldsmith

The Leadership Odyssey - Carole Napolitano, Lida Henderson

Leadership Passages - David Dotlich, James Noel, Norman Walker

The Leadership Triangle - Kevin Ford, Ken Tucker

The Leadership Wheel - Clinton Sidle

Leading and Managing People In Education - Tony Bush, David Middlewood

Leading In a Culture of Change - Michael Fullan

Leading In Complex Worlds - JoAnn Danelo Barbour, Gloria Burgess, Lena Folkman, Robert McManus

Leading Out of Who You Are: Discovering the Secret of Undefended Leadership - Simon Walker

Leading People: Transforming Business From Inside Out - Robert Rosen

Leading With Question - Michael Marquardt

Learning As A Way Of Being - Peter Vaill

The Learning Leader - Douglas Reeves

Less Is More Leadership - Dale Burke

Lift: The Fundamental State of Leadership - Ryan Quinn, Robert Quinn

Love 2.0 - Barbara Fredrickson

Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die - Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Making Ethical Choices: Resolving Ethical Dilemas - Gini Scott

Making It Happen - Shane Lopez

Manage your Boss: How to Build a Great Working Relationship - Bloomsbury Publishing

Managing At The Speed Of Change - Daryl Conner

Mastering Inner Leadership - Gilbert Fairholm

Metaphors We Lead By - Mats Alvesson, Andre Spicer

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success - Carol Dweck

The Moral Capital Of Leaders - Alejo Jose Sison

Moral Leadership: Getting To The Heart Of School Improvement - Thomas Sergiovanni

Multipliers: How The Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter - Liz Wiseman, Greg McKeown

Narcissistic Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Fails - Michael Maccoby

The New Golden Rule - Amitai Etzioni

Nonviolent Communication - Marshall Rosenberg

On Leadership - John W. Gardner

Organizational Justice: The Search For Fairness In The Workplace - Blair Sheppard, Roy Lewicki, John Minton

Organizational Leadership - John Bratton, Keith Grint, Debra Nelson

The Other Side Of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge - Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble

Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell

The Paradox Of Choice: Why More Is Less - Barry Schwartz

Paradoxical Thinking: How To Profit From Your Contradictions - Jerry Fletcher, Kelle Olwyler

Positive Leadership: Strategies For Extraordinary Performance - Kim Cameron

Positive School Leadership: Building Capacity and Strengthening Relationships - Joseph Murphy, Karen Louis

Powerless to Powerful: Leadership for School Change - Charles Salina, Suzann Girtz, Joanie Eppinga

The Power Of Full Engagement - Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz

The Power to Transform: Leadership That Brings Learning and Schooling to Life - Stephanie Pace Marshall

Practical Ethics in Public Administration - Dean Geuras, Charles Garofalo

The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World - Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky, Alexander Grashow

Practicing Positive Leadership: Tools and Techniques That Create Extraordinary Results - Kim Cameron

Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, Annie McKee

Principle Centered Leadership - Stephen Covey

Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement - Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker

Profound Improvement: Building Capacity for a Learning Community - Coral Mitchell, Larry Sackney

Public Integrity - Patrick Dobel

Radical Trust: How today's great leaders convert people to partners - Joe Healey

Reframing Academic Leadership - Lee Bolman, Joan Gallos

Reframing Organizations - Lee Bolman, Terrence Deal

Responsible Leadership - Thomas Maak, Nicola Pless

Results: Keep What's Good, Fix What's Wrong, and Unlock Great Performance - Gary L. Neilson, Bruce A. Pasternack

The Secret Language Of Leadership - Stephen Denning

Senior Leadership Teams: What It Takes to Make Them Great (Leadership for the Common Good) - Ruth Wageman, Debra A. Nunes, et al.

The Servant Leader - James Autry

Shepherd Leadership: Wisdom for Leaders from Psalm 23 - Blaine McCormick, David Davenport

Simply Managing: What Managers Do and Can Do Better - Henry Mintzberg

The Six Secrets of Change: What the Best Leaders Do to Help Their Organizations Survive and Thrive - Michael Fullan

Smarter Faster Better: The Power Of Habit - Charles Duhigg

Smart Trust: The Defining Skill that Transforms Managers into Leaders - Stephen Covey, Greg Link, et al.

The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything - Stephen Covey, Rebecca Merrill

Spirited Leading and Learning: Process Wisdom for a New Age - Peter Vaill

The Spirit of Leadership: Optimizing Creativity & Change in Organizations - Robert J. Spitzer

Stewardship: Choosing Service over Self-Interest - Peter Block

Strategic Management of Human Capital in Education: Improving Instructional Practice and Student Learning in Schools - Allan R. Odden

Strategic Renewal: Becoming a High-Performance Organization - Michael A. Mische

Strengthening the Heartbeat: Leading and Learning Together in Schools - Thomas J. Sergiovanni

Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow - Tom Rath, Gallup Press

Student-Centered Leadership - Viviane Robinson

Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems - Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh, et al.

Sustainable Leadership - Andy Hargreaves, Dean Fink

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard - Chip Heath, Dan Heath

The Art of Somatic Coaching: Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion - Richard Strozzi-Heckler

The Art of the Leader - William A. Cohen

The Beauty of Discomfort: How What We Avoid Is What We Need - Amanda Lang

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups - Daniel Coyle

The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business - Erin Meyer

The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli

The Trust Edge: How Top Leaders Gain Faster Results, Deeper Relationships, and a Stronger Bottom Line - David Horsager

The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organizations That Win - David Ulrich, Wendy Ulrich, et al.

Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work - John C. Maxwell

The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life - Steve Zaffron, Dave Logan

The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make - Hans Finzel

Toxic Emotions At Work - Peter J. Frost

Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace: Building Effective Relationships in Your Organization - Dennis Reina, Michelle Reina

Trust and Mistrust: Radical Risk Strategies in Business Relationships - Aidan Ward, John Smith

Trust and Reciprocity: Interdisciplinary Lessons for Experimental Research - Elinor Ostrom, James Walker

The Trustworthy Leader: Leveraging the Power of Trust to Transform Your Organization - Amy Lyman, Hal Adler

Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future - Margaret J. Wheatley

Understanding Leadership - Tom Marshall