The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable219 reviews Patrick M. Lencioni Jossey-Bass, 2002 The best book on teamwork + There's a lot of common sense material here, but Lencioni does organize it well... + Good for team improvement This was a great book, an easy read that was packed with information and suspense. After reading the fictional part of the book, I found the in depth descriptions of each dysfunction at the end of the book very important and informative. Also what makes this book so good is the fact that almost ...             The Bass Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research, and Managerial Applications Bernard M. Bass, Ruth Bass Free Press, 2008 For thirty-three years and through three editions, Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership has been the indispensable bible for every serious student of leadership. Since the third edition came out in 1990, the field of leadership has expanded by an order of magnitude. This completely revised and updated fourth edition reflects the growth and changes in the study of leadership over the past ...             The Leadership Challenge, 3rd Edition75 reviews James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner Jossey-Bass, 2003 Great Leadership Book + Leadership in Business + Excellent Book Review Comments My coworker recommended this book to me, and it's one of the best leadership/management books I've ever read. There's great practical advice and teaches you how to treat your staff, coworkers, managers like human beings while still being an effective leader. I highly recommend this book for people ...             Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters (Leadership for the Common Good)15 reviews Barbara Kellerman Harvard Business School Press, 2004 The Dark Side + Every Christian Should Read + Brilliant, Bold and [Mostly] Useful + Excellent alternative perspective             Culture, Leadership, and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies3 reviews Robert J. House, Paul J. Hanges, ... Sage Publications, Inc, 2004 Worth it. Even thought it is a hefty price + A Comprehensive Assessment of Cultures + Culture, Leadership and organizations: The Globe Study of 62 societies This book will displace Hofstede's seminal work on culture because it provides the most up do date survey data on cultural values of countries. It is also a very useful leadership reference book. A bit on the expensive side, but then you are buying the Rolls Royce of culture books. To supplement ...             Principle Centered Leadership52 reviews Stephen R. Covey Free Press, 1992 A Must Read for All Leaders and Future Leaders + A book that will change the world if every leader reads it + Leadership This book is truly amazing. I first read this book in college and worked hard at applying Mr. Covey's concepts. After learning to internalize and integrate these concepts into my life I became a more focused person, learned to put my highest priorities first, and learned to become a more ...             Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't705 reviews Jim Collins Collins Business, 2001 For hiring managers, and those looking for leaders + "Good to Great" an exceptional leadership reference + A good look at what companies can do to manage talent + Good to Great + Good to Great review             On Leadership9 reviews John W. Gardner Free Press, 1993 Classic leadership text + Gardner is a classic + "it is not the performance of the individual that counts, but how one relate to others" Gardner's first sentence of his introduction, "Why do we not have better leadership?' is first answered by his initial definition of leadership attached to a disclaimer: "attention to leadership alone is sterile--and inappropriate. The larger topic of which leadership is a subtopic is the ...             Leadership in Organizations (6th Edition)9 reviews Gary A. Yukl Prentice Hall, 2005 Good for everyone + The best leadership book... + Lots of great info... + Good Amazoner!             The Future of Leadership: Today's Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow's Leaders4 reviews Thomas Cummings Jossey-Bass, 2001 Great edition of diverse thinking on leadership + Outstand leadership text + weLEAD Book Review from the Editor of leadingtoday.org + Highly Recommended!             Servant Leadership : A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness9 reviews Robert K. Greenleaf Paulist Press, 1983 Shipping time + Great leadership book! + The Pattern of Superperforming CEOs + Still Ahead of Its Time             Organizational Culture and Leadership (Jossey-Bass Psychology Series)16 reviews Edgar H. Schein Jossey-Bass, 1996 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             Leadership: Theory and Practice34 reviews Peter G. Northouse Sage Publications, Inc, 2006 Excellent! + Succinct and informative + leashership + Leadership: Theory and Practice + Good book             Leadership Through the Ages157 reviews Rudolph W. Giuliani Hyperion, 2002 Rudy the leader of NY during 911 + Great book! + Giuliani stood up when the towers fell... Rudy Giuliani has always been a man I admired. When he stood up to the crime bosses I was impressed. As he was finishing off his second term as New York City Mayor he was already known for making incredible crime reductions and for cleaning up 42nd Street. Imagine ESPN Zone and the Disney Store ...             Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business79 reviews Patrick M. Lencioni Jossey-Bass, 2004 Good tips + Highlights Good and Bad Meeting Practices + Not a fiction, but management advice + Pertinent and engaging + Not as bad as it sounds             Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss66 reviews David Cottrell Cornerstone Leadership Institute, 2002 A Management Classic.... + Inspiring + A Mentorship Gem + Short, Sweet and to the Point             On Becoming a Leader: The Leadership Classic30 reviews Warren Bennis Basic Books, 2003 One of the best books on leadership ever published + Leaders Inspire Trust and Loyalty; Maximize Productivity + Self mastery and spiritual journey Those who understand the fundamentals of leadership realize that it is an artful combination of arrogance and humility. The arrogance is needed so that you have the confidence to take the calculated risks that all leaders must take. Without confidence, leadership is impossible, because if the ...             Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box203 reviews The Arbinger Institute Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002 Go Beyond + Read it. Then read it again. + The next generation + Leadership and Self-deception + Wonderfully thought provoking             Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into ...42 reviews Patrick M. Lencioni Jossey-Bass, 2006 Brilliant and Well Told + Nice Little Read + Silos...That's the Problem! + Simple, Useful and Direct View of a Common Business Issue + Good book, good strategies             The Nature of Leadership9 reviews John Antonakis, Anna T. Cianciolo, ... Sage Publications, Inc, 2004 No pain, no gain--go for the straight and narrow! + The nature of leadership + Definitively the state of the art + Managers can read books, you know! + A book to help you evaluate other leadership books.