The following are supplemental materials related to class topics Throughout the journey to becoming a better leader, hopefully you will continue to attend learning programs, workshops, read books and articles. The key to intellectual growth and maturity is to keep an open mind, challenge your assumptions, and consciously expose yourself to different ways of thinking. When Socrates said an unexamined life is not worth living, he was advocating against intellectual laziness and for inquiry.

 

Leadership

Bass, B. (1990). Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research & Managerial Applications. New York: The Free Press.

Berger, P. & Luckman, T. ((1967). The Social Construction of Reality. United States: Anchor books.

Drucker, P. (2001). The Essential Drucker. New York: Harper Collins.

Hatch, M. (1997). Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives. United States: Oxford University Press.

Maslow, A. (1998). Maslow on Management. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Maslow, A (2000). The Maslow Business Reader. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Schein, E. (1992). Organizational Culture and Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Senge, P. (1990). The Fifth Discipline. New York: Doubleday.

Senge, P., Kleiner, A., Roberts, C., Ross, R., &Smith, B. (1994). The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook.
Communication

Hawkins, P. (1999). Powerful Conversations: how high impact leaders communicate. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Harvard Business Review on Effective Communication, by various authors, 1999.

Bennis, W. & Goldsmith (1997). Learning to lead: a workbook on becoming a leader. United States: Perseus Books.

Carnegie, D. (1963). How to win friends and influence people. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Keegan, R. & Laskow-Lahey, L. (2001). How the way we talk can change the way we work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Timm, P. & Bell, K. (1995). Managerial communication: a finger on the pulse. 3rd Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Understanding Our Hidden Selves

Bass, B. (1990). Handbook of Leadership: Theory, Research & Managerial Applications. New York: The Free Press.

Beckwith, H. (2007). You, Inc. New York: Warner Books.

Dweck, C. (2016). Mindset: the New Psychology of Success. New York: Random House.

Hillman, J. (1996). The Soul's Code. New York: Warner Books.

Kegan, R. & Laskow-Lahey, L. (2016). An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press.

Personnel Decisions International, (2001). Development First Workbook: Creating Your Own Learning Plan.

Rath, T. (2007). Strengths Finder. New York: Gallup Press.
Teams and Leadership Styles

Blanchard, K. (2011). Situational Leadership II. Ken Blanchard Companies.

Collins, J. (2001). Good to Great. Why Some Companies Make the Leap. New York: Harper-Collins.

Drucker, P. (2001). The Essential Drucker. New York: Harper Collins.

Hatch, M. (1997). Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives. United States: Oxford University Press.

Johnson, D and Johnson F. (2003). Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills.

Katzenbach, J. (1998). Teams at the Top: Unleashing the Potential of Both Teams and Individual Leaders. US: McKinsey & Company.

Lencioni, P. (2005). Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: a Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and facilitators. New York: Jossey-Bass Printing.

Maslow, A. (1998). Maslow on Management. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Maslow, A (2000). The Maslow Business Reader. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Maxwell, J. (2003). The 17 Laws of Teamwork Workbook. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Conflict Management

Bercovitch, J. (1983) Hong Kong Journal of Public Administration. Taylor & Francis

Cloke, K. & Goldsmith, J. (2011). Resolving Conflicts at Work: Ten Strategies for everyone on the job. Jossey-Bass.

Lubit, R. (2004). Coping with Toxic Managers, Subordinates…and other difficult people. Financial Times Press.

Patterson, K., Grenny, J., McMillan, R., & Switzer, A. (2002). Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high. McGraw-Hill.

Rock, D, & Oage, L. (2009). Coaching with the Brain in Mind: Foundations for practice. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Smiley, F. (2022). Leadership Guide to Conflict and Conflict Management. Ohio State Press Books.

Thomas, K. & Kilman, R. (2007). The Thomas-Kilman Conflict Mode Instrument. www.cpp.com.
Emotional Intelligence

Damasio, A. (1994). Descartes Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain. New York: Avon Books.

Conners, C. (2020). Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader: A Guide to Cultivating Effective Leadership and Organizations. Emeryville, California: Rockridge Press.

Dweck, C. (2016). Mindset: the New Psychology of Success. New York: Random House.

Goleman, D. (2020) Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ. London: Bloomsburry Publishing.

Hughes, M., Patterson, B., & Terrell, J. (2005). Emotional Intelligence in Action. San Francisco: Pfeiffer Books.

Jordan, E. (2016) Emotional Intelligence: Mastery - A Practical Guide To Improving Your EQ (Social Skills, Business Skills, Success, Confidence, Relationships). Pine Peak Publishing.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Curry, G. (1997). The Affirmative Action Debate. Canada: Addison Wesley Books.

Delgado, R. and Stefancic, J. (2017). Critical Race Theory: an introduction. New York: New York University Press.

Alexander, M. (2012). The New Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. New York: the New Press.

Hyter, M. & Turnock, J. (2005) The Power of Inclusion. Canada: John Wiley and Sons, Canada.

Jacobs, B. (2006). Race Manners for the 21st Century. New York: Arcade Publishing.

Diangelo, R. (2018). White Fragility: why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism. Boston: Beacon Press.
Performance Management

Bacal, R. (1999). Performance Management. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Costello, S. (1994). Effective Performance Management. United States: McGraw-Hill.

Coens, T. & Jenkins, M. (2000). Abolishing Performance Appraisals. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Grote, D. (1996). The Complete Guide to Performance Appraisals. United States: AMA.

Grote, D. (2002). The Performance Appraisal Book Question and Answer Book: a survival guide for managers. New York: AMA.

Rath, T. (2007). Strengths Finder 2.0. New York: Gallup Press.

Rock, D. (2009). Your Brain at Work: strategies for overcoming distraction, regaining focus, and working smarter all day long. New York: Harper-Collins, Inc.
Time Management, Delegation, and Flow

Burkeman, E. (202) Four Thousand Weeks: time management for mortals. New York: Farrar, Straus, And Giroux.

Clear, J. (2018). Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. New York: Avery Books.

Covey, S. (1994). First Things First. New York: Fireside.

Crumpton, D. (2003). Mastering Change Through Conscious Choice. Elk Grove; DCA Publishing.

Czikszentmihalyi, C (2006). Flow: the psychology of optimum experience. New York: Harper Collins, Pub.