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What books should you be reading?
The decision is yours but you might
be interested to find out what others think are key books from a survey
we conducted in 1999.
Here is a list of books
that we have read and reviewed:
The
Accelerated Learning Handbook
by Dave Meier (Reviewed
April/2001)
The Consultant's Calling : Bringing who you are to what you do
by Geoffrey M. Bellman (Reviewed
February/2000)
Better Boundaries: Owning
and Treasuring Your Life
by Jan Black and Greg Enns (Reviewed
September/2001)
Developing the Leader Within You
by John C. Maxwell (Reviewed October/2001)
Difficult
Conversations
by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen (Reviewed
June/99 and update October/99)
Edward
De Bono's Smart Thinking/Cassette
by Edward De Bono,
(Reviewed October/00)
Executive
Coaching with Backbone and Heart : A Systems Approach to Engaging
Leaders with Their Challenges
by Mary Beth O'Neill (Reviewed
May/2001)
Get Clients
Now!
by C.J. Hayden (Reviewed June/2001)
The
Guru Guide
by Joseph Boyett and Jimmie Boyett (Reviewed May 2000)
Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
by J. K. Rowling (Update
September/ 2000)
How To Be A Star At Work
by Robert E. Kelly (Reviewed August/99)
Leadership
and the New Science
by Margaret J. Wheatley (Reviewed January/2000)
Leading
Systems: Lessons from the Power Lab
by Barry Oshry (Reviewed December/99)
Life
Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters
by Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D. (Reviewed
July/99)
Live
Rich
by Stephen M. Pollan and Mark Levine. (Reviewed
November/99)
Love
and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership
by James A. Autry (Reviewed
April/2000)
Managing
Upside Down: The Seven Intentions of Value-Centered Leadership
by Tom Chappell
(Reviewed Nov/00)
Masterful
Coaching Fieldbook
by Robert Hargrove (Reviewed February/2001)
Now,
Discover Your Strengths
by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton (Reviewed
March/2001)
The
9 Ways of Working
by Michael Goldberg (Reviewed
July/2000)
The
Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle
(Reviewed Dec/2000)
The
Pursuit of Prime
by Ichak Adizes, Ph.D.
(Reviewed Sept/99)
Take
Time for Your Life
by Cheryl Richardson (Reviewed
Sept/00)
A
Short Guide to a Happy Life
by Anna Quindlen (Reviewed January/2001)
The
Social Life of Information
by John Seely Brown and Paul
Duguid. (Reviewed August/00)
Soul Stories
by Gary Zukab (Reviewed July/01)
What
did You Say? : The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
by Charles N. Seashore, Edith Whitfield
Seashore and Gerald. M. Weinberg (Reviewed June
2000)
Who Moved
My Cheese? : An Amazing Way to Deal With Change in Your Work
and in Your Life
by Spencer Johnson, Kenneth H. Blanchard (Reviewed
August/01)
Recommendations:
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This is a must have
book for my library. |
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Worth reading. It made me think. |
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Has some ideas, but . . . |
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My time could have been much
better spent. |
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Developing the Leader Within You |
Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell, 
Thomas Nelson; second edition 2000, ISBN: 0785266666
I have a bad habit. Someone recommends a
specific book to me and I will often buy a different one by the same
author. Sometimes it is because I have forgotten the book
title, but more often, it is because the book is on sale. That
should be my first clue. That's what happened a few months ago
with Gary
Zukab's book.
This was a wonderful surprise. I thoroughly
enjoyed all of this book. It was an easy read full of
wonderful quotes and stories and lists. I will be using this regularly
for quotes or quick bullet lists in my training workshops and
presentations. Very pithy indeed. The only reason it
gets three not four balls is that some readers might find it full of
platitudes and lacking substance. Perhaps this might be a
valid complaint, but I didn't find it that way for me personally.
The book is well laid out with various fonts and
sizes that surprisingly is not distracting. It is easy to
follow and has a review section at the end of each chapter.
There is apparently an on-line leadership skills assessment survey.
Unfortunately the link showed up as an error for me and when I tried
to load the home page it froze my computer twice so I gave up trying
Developing the Leader Within You is a
great introduction to the broad concept of leadership as opposed to management.
It may be presented with the author's bias as Maxwell does tend to
make sweeping statements. However, his views are usually
backed up with references but not always. I can highly recommend
this book to anyone who wants to understand more about the
principles of leadership on an organizational and personal level.
 RFH
(01/10)
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