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Transforming Leadership: Jesus' Way of Creating Vision, Shaping Values & Empowering Change 6 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
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Improving Organizational Effectiveness through Transformational Leadership 1 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 ...
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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
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When Teams Work Best : 6,000 Team Members and Leaders Tell What It Takes to Succeed 7 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 ...
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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 ...
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Leadership That Works: Hope and Direction for Church and Parachurch Leaders in Today's Complex World 4 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.
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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
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The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages 9 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
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The Leadership Challenge, 3rd Edition 70 reviews James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
Jossey-Bass, 2003
On my top five list....
+ Fantastic Book + an updated classic + Wonderful!
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Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership 5 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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Leading Change 73 reviews John P. Kotter
Harvard Business School Press, 1996
A MUST HAVE for your leadership library
+ Excellent + FANTASTIC SERVICE + Very nice book
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Leading from the Inside Out: The Art of Self-Leadership 1 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 ...
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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.
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In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership 40 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
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Focus on Leadership: Servant-Leadership for the 21st Century 3 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Leadership: Theory and Practice 29 reviews Peter G. Northouse
Sage Publications, Inc, 2006
A High Quality Book
+ Good Book + Too Much Theory + Helpful textbook
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