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Leadership Tip of the Month
September 2006
Copyright 2006 ã weLEAD, Inc.
Best Leadership Books Available
At weLEAD
we have reviewed hundreds of the best leadership books ever written, and
our many reviews have been published on our book review page.
Often we are asked what we think the best
leadership books are for various readers. This is a difficult question and
opinions will certainly vary. However, in this monthly tip we will attempt to
recommend what we feel are some excellent books according to a specific focus
or topic.
Best academic book on
Leadership
Leadership
in Organizations by Gary Yukl
Best book(s) on
minority leadership
Making
Diversity Work by
Sondra Thiederman
Pitch
Like a Girl by Ronnie Lichtenberg
Best book on leading
other leaders.
Leading
Leaders by Jeswald Salacuse
Political leadership
Leadership
by Rudolph Giuliani
Leadership and change
Leading
Change by James O'Toole
Reframing
Organizations - Artistry, Choice and Leadership by Lee Bolman and
Terrence Deal
Best books on personal
leadership and character
The Power
Principle - Influence with Honor by Blaine Lee
Practice
What You Preach by David Maister
The
Leaders Digest by Jim Clemmer
Leadership and
spirituality
Leadership
by the Book by Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels and Phil
Hodges
Doing
Business by the Good Book by David
Steward & Robert Shook
Leadership and personal
growth
Why
is it Always About YOU? By Sandy Hotchkiss
Who
Moved My Cheese? By Spencer Johnson, Ph.D
Leadership skill development
Speak
With Confidence! By Dianna Booher
Power
Talk - Using Language to Build Authority and Influence by Sarah Myers McGinty,
Ph.D
Leadership as service
and stewardship
Stewardship
- Choosing Service Over Self-Interest by Peter Block
Best Advice given from
Leaders
Leadership
- Best Advice I Ever Got by Paul Thornton
Again, we
realize that reading and appreciating good informative writing is relative and
in the eye of the beholder! It has simply been our goal to
provide what we believe are outstanding
books on selected topics or issues. We are also pleased to offer our first weLEAD
publication available September 2006.
by Greg Thomas
This book is written by
weLEAD's founder and
president.
Available at
Amazon and Barnes & Noble
For weLEAD, this is Greg Thomas
reminding you that it was Mark Twain who wrote, "The man who does not read
good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."