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Recommended Reading

Books on Developing Leadership Skills:

• Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute
• Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman
• Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life by Kevin Cashman
• Leadership Is an Art by Max DePree
• Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value by Bill George
• The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes & Barry S. Posner
• Discovering the Leader in You by Robert Lee & Sara King

Books on Organizational Effectiveness:

• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Working with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
• The Inner Game of Work by Thomas Gallwey
• The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook by Peter Senge et al.
• Corporate Culture/Team Culture by Jocelyn Sherriton & James L. Stern

Books on Effective Communications:

• Harvard Business Review on Effective Communication by Ralph G. Nichols, Leonard A. Stevens, Fernando Bartolome, and Chris Argyris
• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
• Talk Your Way to Success by Lilyan Wilder

Articles of Interest:
Harvard Business Review’s The Corporate Athlete
Fast Company’s Blog Posting on How Coaching can Help Leaders
What Got You Here Won't Get You There

Online Leadership Resource Links

Center for Creative Leadership Podcasts
Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
Marshall Goldsmith Library
Top 100 Leadership Blogs