Here is the list that our facilitator Maureen Sullivan has sent for recomended reading for NELLS participants. There will not be a test, or even a quiz, on these materials. However, if you have read them it will enrich your conversations throughout the leadership retreat, and your thinking beyond the retreat.
Maureen has suggested that participants add a book that has been very significant for them to the list to share their best discoveries.
The Test of a Leader Harvard Business Review January 2007
On Becoming a Leader Warren Bennis
Learning to Lead: a workbook on Becoming a Leader Warren Bennis
The Wizzard and the Warrrior Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal
Five MInds for the Future Howard Gardner
Blink! Malcolm Gladwell
What Got You Here Won't Get You There Marshall Goldsmith
Primal Leadership Daniel Goleman et al
Confidence Rosabeth Moss Kanter
How the Way We Talk CAn Change the Way We Work Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey
The Leader's Legacy James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
The Power of Full Engagement Jim Loehr and Tony Swartz
Becoming a Resonent Leader Annie MeKee et al
Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confrontations Kerry Patterson et al
The Leaders's Handbook: Making Things Happen, Getting Things Done (A Guide to Inspiring Your People and Managing the Daily Workflow) Peter R. Scholtes
Participants suggestions:
The Accidental Library Manager by Rachel Singer Gordon
Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership by Linda A Hill
The One-Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked and About to Snap: Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD by Edward Hallowell
Comments (3)
Amy Howlett said
at 1:35 pm on May 28, 2008
Quite the list-- I am overwhelmed! Since I know I'll either be using interlibrary loan or purchasing to get hold of most of these, are there are any that people really love? Let's be honest here. Good chance I will read a few, but certainly not all!
Beth Crowley said
at 1:58 pm on May 28, 2008
I really like Daniel Golman. I've been to three workshops this year where Emotional Intelligence was discussed. I've heard good things about Gladwell too. My sister-in-law is a conference planner and he was one of her keynote speakers. My problem is I want to read all of these but with three little ones and working full-time my reading time is limited (I may just have to give up TV!)
Maureen Sullivan said
at 9:58 am on Jun 3, 2008
Please know that none of the items oin the list are required reading. I wanted you to know who has and continues to influence my work. Of the items on the list, the two I most recommend are the Scholtes book and Annie McKee et al. Becoming a Resonant Leader. the most imporatant preparation for the symposium is that you come ready to engage and share from your own experience. I look forward to our work together.
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