Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values & Empowering Change6 reviews
Leighton Ford

InterVarsity Press, 1993

Excellent Biblically-Based Leadership Book!

+ Leadership principles founded on God's Word!
+ Transforming Leadership
+ An Absolute Must Read
+ Transforming Leadership
  
  











  



  
Improving Organizational Effectiveness through Transformational Leadership1 review

Sage Publications, Inc, 1993

A Four-Point Model for Transformational Leadership

The authors of this book provide an easy to implement model of transformational leadership based on four points, which they call the four I's. The focus of their full-range leadership model is a long-term transformational change, as opposed to short-term transactional models. The author's model ...
  
  











  



  
Organizational Culture and Leadership (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series)16 reviews
Edgar H. Schein

Jossey-Bass, 2004

How to get leadership in proper alignment with organizational development

+ Schein does a fabuolous job on this topic!
+ Organizational Culture and Leadership
+ Great Service
+ Really a lesson about organization culture
  
  











  



  
When Teams Work Best : 6,000 Team Members and Leaders Tell What It Takes to Succeed7 reviews
Frank M. J. LaFasto, Carl Larson

Sage Publications, Inc, 2001

Comprehensive, Practical

+ The best book on teams
+ A guide to the harnessing the power of cooperation

Teams are everywhere-in all kinds of organizations. Some work beautifully to produce wonderful successes; others are miserable failures. Why? The authors conducted research with over 6,000 team members and discovered five factors that determine a team's success: collaboration, relationships, group ...
  
  











  



  
Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems (5th Edition)5 reviews
W. Richard Scott

Prentice Hall, 2002

Excellent Work

+ Informative Read
+ Great book!!

This is an excellent book. The author does a fantastic job of explaining organizational theory from a conceptual perspective. The book does not spend a lot of time discussing research methodology. The book does a great job of presenting information in a form that a manager can use in evaluating ...
  
  











  



  
Leadership That Works: Hope and Direction for Church and Parachurch Leaders in Today's Complex World4 reviews
Leith Anderson

Bethany House, 2001

Leadership From One Who Does It and Communicates It!

+ Seminary student preparation for leadership in the local church
+ Excellent Book for excellent leader!
+ Great for anyone who wants to grow as a leader.
  
  











  



  
How To Change Your Church {without Killing It}5 reviews
Jim Mellado, Gene Appel, ...

Thomas Nelson, 2000

No Pain, No Gain

+ A book every pastor should have
+ Must-Read for Church Leaders Implementing Change
+ Attention All Church Change Agents
  
  











  



  
The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages9 reviews
J. Thomas Wren

Free Press, 1995

Leader's Companion

+ Worthwhile
+ A valuable resource...
+ Very unique book
+ weLEAD Book Review from the Editor of leadingtoday.org
  
  











  



  
The Leadership Challenge, 3rd Edition70 reviews
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

Jossey-Bass, 2003

On my top five list....

+ Fantastic Book
+ an updated classic
+ Wonderful!
  
  











  



  
Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership5 reviews
Bernard M. Bass

Free Press, 1990

A must read for all serious scholars of leadership

+ Exceptional Leadership Resource
+ A classic, comprehensive work
+ A most in Leadership learning and training
  
  











  



  
Teamwork: What Must Go Right/What Can Go Wrong (SAGE Series in Interpersonal Communication)3 reviews
Carl E. Larson, Frank M J LaFasto

Sage Publications, Inc, 1989

Top-shelf book on teams. A foundation text.

+ A Rational Approach to Teamwork
+ A enjoyable and useful book

Larson and LaFasto put their outstanding research into easy-to-understand language. The book is foundation reading for executives and team members who want to understand the key variables that spell success for teams. And it's an easy-reading 138 pages presented so anyone (5th grade reading ...
  
  











  



  
Reflections on Leadership: How Robert K. Greenleaf's Theory of Servant-Leadership Influenced Today's Top ...1 review

Wiley, 1995

First Class Leadership

Reflections on Leadership is a first class book demonstrating the influence of Robert K. Greenleaf's Servant Leadership philosophy on top management thinkers. The book begins by sharing how Greenleaf developed his philosophy. Part two is a bit of a sales pitch for why and how servant leadership ...
  
  











  



  
Leading Change73 reviews
John P. Kotter

Harvard Business School Press, 1996

A MUST HAVE for your leadership library

+ Excellent
+ FANTASTIC SERVICE
+ Very nice book
  
  











  



  
Leading from the Inside Out: The Art of Self-Leadership1 review
Samuel D. Rima

Baker Books, 2000

Tolerable but unremarkable...

I like leadership books, and I was fully expecting to enjoy this one. Though I didn't find it to be particularly problematic or irritating, it was decidedly unremarkable. I don't think that Rima offered many, if any, new ideas that haven't already been addressed more thoroughly or more ...
  
  











  



  
The Leadership Experience (Thomson - South-Western)4 reviews
Richard L. Daft

South-Western College Pub, 2005

Clear and Thorough

+ Good text book.
+ Great book on Leadership with interesting material

I found this texbook to be very useful. I used it for a graduate leadership seminar and I was very pleased with the way Richard Daft organized and wrote the book. Anyone seeking to better understand leadership would benefit tremendously from reading this book.
  
  











  



  
In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership40 reviews
Henri J. Nouwen

Crossroad/Faith & Formation, 1993

extraordinary, challenging, very useful

+ In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
+ Essential Reading
+ Leading in Love
  
  











  



  
Focus on Leadership: Servant-Leadership for the 21st Century3 reviews
Ken Blanchard

Wiley, 2001

are you ready for servant-leadership?

+ Servant-Leadership

It's difficult to keep up with the new business management theories that come up, so I tend to shy away from most of them. Of course, if Peter Drucker writes something I'm quick to pounce on it. That being said, it was the status of the contributors themselves that lured me in to this great ...
  
  











  



  
Leading Organizations: Perspectives for a New Era

Sage Publications, Inc, 1998

Organizations are shifting from hierarchical structures to more open networks of people cooperating to achieve interrelated goals. A major role of leadership in this context is to engage participants in the work of identifying, developing, and employing a foundation of values that are responsive and accountable to participants, stakeholders, and society. This calls for students and professionals ...
  
  











  



  
Leadership in Organizations (6th Edition)7 reviews
Gary A. Yukl

Prentice Hall, 2005

Marc! Au Contrare!

+ Lots of great info...
+ Good for everyone
+ Good Amazoner!
+ weLEAD Book Review ...
  
  











  



  
Leadership: Theory and Practice29 reviews
Peter G. Northouse

Sage Publications, Inc, 2006

A High Quality Book

+ Good Book
+ Too Much Theory
+ Helpful textbook