| Freedom Writers by Erin Gruwell |
| As an idealistic first-year English teacher at Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA, Erin Gruwell confronted a room of "unteachable, at risk" students. One day she intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust-only to be met by uncomprehending looks. So she and her students, using the treasured books Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl and Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo as their guides, undertook a life-changing, eye-opening, spirit-raising odyssey against intolerance and misunderstanding. They learned to see the parallels in these books to their own lives, recording their thoughts and feelings in diaries and dubbing themselves "The Freedom Writers" in homage to the civil rights activists -The Freedom Riders.” |
| Good to Great by Jim Collins |
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| The findings of the "Good to Great" study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. This is one of the best books I have read. |
| Leadership on the Line by Heifetz and Linsky |
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| "This book goes well beyond making significant contribution to the field of leadership. Heifetz and Linsky leverage their formidable professional and personal experiences to show all of us, at work and love and play, how to lead and live more fully." -Warren Bennis |
| Leading Change by John Kotter |
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| If you want to move from being a manager to being a leader, this is the book. "It is the best single work I have seen on strategy implementation." - William C. Finnie, Editor and Chief of Strategy and Leadership |
| Leading with Soul by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal |
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| "Wonderful lessons about leadership in a very personal story of a relationship between a teacher and a student. It is teaching and storytelling at its best." James A. Autry |
| Real Leadership by Dean Williams |
Real Leadership will teach you how to:
• Diagnose the specific nature of the most critical challenge your group or organization faces
• Understand the kind of leadership strategies needed to address that challenge
• Apply real leadership practices to help people face reality, attend to demanding problems, and ensure that your enterprise is given its best shot at success
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| Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| "Splendid, beautifully written. Goodwin has brilliantly woven scores of contemporary accounts into fluid narrative.This is the most richly detailed account of the Civil War presidency to appear in many years." - John Rhodehamel |
| The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencion |
| A gripping analysis of what makes teams work effectively. This fine work is a must-read for any leader that has come to grips with the fact that no one makes progress-much less succeeds-alone. |
| The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner |
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| The subtitle is how to keep extraordinary things happening in an organization. This is a fascinating book about how leaders and followers view leadership. |
| The Leadership Moment by Michael Useem |
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| This book has nine true stories of triumph and disaster and their lessons for all. “A really good story is a time-honored way to show how leaders respond to extreme challenges (and) that’s what Michael Useem delivers.”—USA Today |