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When it was initially written in 1987, few could have predicted that The Leadership Challenge would become one of the best-selling leadership books of all time. Now, faced with the new challenges of our unpredictable global business environment, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner--two of the country's premier leadership experts--have completely revised and updated their classic book. Building on the knowledge base of... (more)

Leadership Without Easy Answers

by Ronald A. Heifetz

Ronald A. Heifetz, professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, presents clear, concrete strategies for anyone who needs to take charge--no matter what the organizational conditions. Drawing on a dozen years of research among business leaders and politicians, Heifetz demonstrates what one must do--and avoid doing--to be a leader in an age without easy answers.

Transforming Leadership (Unabridged)

by James MacGregor Burns

In Transforming Leadership, Burns illuminates the evolution of leadership structures, from the chieftains of tribal African societies, through Europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of the Enlightenment's ideals of liberty and happiness during the American Revolution. Along the way he looks at key breakthroughs in leadership and the towering leaders who attempted to transform their worlds-Elizabeth I,... (more)

Field Guide to Academic Leadership (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

Field Guide to Academic Leadership (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

"Once again, Bob Diamond has cut to the heart of the matter and has given us a field guide¾actually a handbook¾of real, hands-on academic leadership. He has assembled an elite group of contributors who provide insights and guidance, which will be useful for all academic leaders¾new and old, public or private, CEO or assistant." — Charles E. Glassick, senior associate emeritus, The Carnegie Foundatio

Leadership for the Twenty-First Century

by Joseph C. Rost

This illuminating study critiques the concept of leadership as understood in the last 75 years and looks to the twenty-first century for a reconstructed understanding of leadership in the postindustrial era. More similarities in past decades were found than had been thought; the thread throughout Rost's book is that leadership was conceived of as "good management." He develops a new definition and paradigm for... (more)

Leadership in Organizations (6th Edition)

Leadership in Organizations (6th Edition)

by Gary A. Yukl

Leadership in Organizations focuses on effective leadership in organizations through both theory and practice. This book explains and critiques the major theories and studies that are most relevant and informative and reviews what we know about leadership effectiveness. This combination of theory and practice makes this text a useful resource for practicing managers who are looking for something more than... (more)

On Leadership

by John W. Gardner

Leaders today are familiar with the demand that they come forward with a new vision. But it is not a matter of fabricating a new vision out of whole cloth. A vision relevant for us today will build on values deeply embedded in human history and in our own tradition. It is not as though we come to the task unready. Men and women from the beginning of history have groped and struggled for various pieces of the... (more)

Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition

Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition

by Robert K. Greenleaf, Larry C. Spears

Twenty-five years ago Robert Greenleaf published these prophetic essays on what he coined servant leadership, a practical philosophy that replaces traditional autocratic leadership with a holistic, ethical approach. This highly influential book has been embraced by cutting edge management everywhere. Yet in these days of Enron and what VISA CEO Dee Hock calls our "era of massive institutional failure," Greenleaf's... (more)

Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Revised Edition

Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Revised Edition

by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

"Leadership is personal. It's not about the corporation, the community, or the country. It's about you. If people don't believe in the messenger, they won't believe the message. If people don't believe in you , they won't believe in what you say. And if it's about you, then it's about your beliefs, your values, your principles."— from Credibility In this best-selling book, Kouzes and Posner (authors of The... (more)

The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages

The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages

by J. Thomas Wren

This book serves as a guided introduction to the rich a diverse perspectives on leadership throughout the ages and throughout the world. Each of the selections, introduced by the editor, presents enlightening thoughts on a different aspect of leadership. Writings by Plato, Aristotle, Lao-tzu and others demonstrate that the challenges of leadership are as old as civilization. Machiavelli, Tolstoy, Ghandi, and... (more)

Leadership

by James MacGregor Burns

One of America's leading historians on the role of leadership in American history.

Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership

Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership

by Bernard M. Bass, Ralph Melvin Stogdill

For seventeen years and through two editions, this Handbook has been the indispensable "bible" for every serious student of leadership. This third edition reflects the growth and changes in the study of leadership since the 1981 edition. There have been shifts in both content and method. Senior managers, for example, have become an increasing subject of inquiry. Distinctly separate fields of inquiry, such as... (more)

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The Leadership Challenge

by James M. Kouzes

Leadership Without Easy Answers

by Ronald A. Heifetz

Transforming Leadership (Unabridged)

by James MacGregor Burns

Field Guide to Academic Leadership (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

Leadership for the Twenty-First Century

by Joseph C. Rost

Leadership in Organizations (6th Edition)

by Gary A. Yukl

On Leadership

by John W. Gardner

Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness 25th Anniversary Edition

by Robert K. Greenleaf, Larry C. Spears

Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Revised Edition

by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages

by J. Thomas Wren

Leadership

by James MacGregor Burns

Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership

by Bernard M. Bass, Ralph Melvin Stogdill