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Rosenbach, E. William and Taylor, L. Robert. (2006) Contemporary Issues in Leadership. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group
This anthology is an overview of an interdisciplinary approach to the topic of leadership. It is a collection of work that illustrates the contradictions and paradoxes of leadership from historical to contemporary perspectives and global to individual considerations. While it discusses leadership and management in great detail, it also clarifies the role of gender in leadership effectiveness, re-emphasizes follower-ship as an integral component of leadership, and presents parts and chapters in a practical order.
Tuttle, G. T. William Jr. General (Retired) (2005) Defense Logistics for the 21st Century. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press
General Tuttle wrote this book based upon his 40 years of working with the defense logistics system of DOD. The book is written for defense logistics leaders—those currently coping with the challenges and those logisticians aspiring to lead—and for those responsible for the numerous logistics educational and training courses taught in DOD institution of learning. It is a comprehensive treatment of defense logistics and thus an excellent supplemental resource on this subject.
Isaacson, Walter. (2007) Einstein: His Life and Universe. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster
As a scientist, Albert Einstein is undoubtedly the most epic among 20th-century thinkers. Albert Einstein as a man, however, has been a much harder portrait to paint, and what we know of him as a husband, father, and friend is fragmentary at best. With Einstein: His Life and Universe, Walter Isaacson (author of the bestselling biographies Benjamin Franklin and Kissinger) brings Einstein's experience of life, love, and intellectual discovery into brilliant focus. The book is the first biography to tackle Einstein's enormous volume of personal correspondence that heretofore had been sealed from the public, and it's hard to imagine another book that could do such a richly textured and complicated life as Einstein's the same thoughtful justice. Isaacson is a master of the form and this latest opus is at once arresting and wonderfully revelatory. --Anne Bartholomew
Collins Jim, (2001) Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap.... and Others Don’t. New York, NY: HaperCollins Publishing Inc.
Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great, Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11--including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. --Harry C. Edwards
Sullivan R. Gordon General (Retired) and Harper V. Michael (1997) Hope is Not a Method. New York, NY: Doubleday
General Sullivan, former Chief of Staff of the US Army, has used his vast experiences in discussing how the Army has transformed itself more successfully than the world’s great businesses, Discussion focuses around the leader’s reconnaissance (three key questions that leaders must ask to stay on top), campaigning Toss the five year plan and learn to “steer from point to point” and adjust along the way), the after action review (tap the best from each team member), and a method for keeping your organization or company productive even as you revolutionize the business processes. The theme is that it takes more than hope—or hard work—to survive and strive in today’s turbulent business world. It is a manager’s detailed blueprint for organizational transformation.
US Army War College (2005-2006) How the Army Runs: A Senior Leader Reference Handbook. Department of the Army
This 800+ page text is designed to explain and synthesize the functioning and relationship of numerous Defense, Joint and Army organizations, systems and processes involved in the development and sustainment of trained and ready forces for the combatant commanders. It is designed to be used by faculty and students in educational institutions as well as by anyone who desires to improve their knowledge and understanding of “How the Army Runs”. While it is updated bi-annually, the 2007-2008 version will be available only via hot link to the Army War College (to get periodic changes) or on CD.
Chawla, Sarita and Renesch, John. (2006) Learning Organizations: Developing Cultures for Tomorrow’s Workplace. University Park, IL: Productivity Press Inc
This book is a compilation of 32 essays addressing the professional who wishes to create a culture of learning in his or her organization. It focuses on guiding ideas, theories/methods/processes, infrastructure and arenas of practice. All address the theme of what is a learning organization? What are the advantages of creating one? Why should a company want to become a learning organization? And where does one start?
Boyatzis, Richard (2005) To be a leader: Sustaining Resonant Leadership Through Mindfullness, Hope, and Compassion. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books Group
This book is the culmination of decades of multidisciplinary research and hand-on consulting by the authors in their attempt to provide a practical framework for how leaders can create and sustain resonance in their relationships, their teams, and their organizations. To counter the inevitable “power stress” of the leadership role, leaders mus consciously manage the “cycle of sacrifice and renewal” by stepping out of destructive patterns and renewal in themselves physically, mentally and emotionally. The book illustrates the ways that three key elements – mindfulness, hope and compassion--are essential to enable renewal and sustaining resonance.
Senge M. Peter (2006) The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, NY: Currency
This book is about creating a “learning organization”. The author draws the blueprints for an organization where people expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning how to learn together. The book fuses these features into a coherent body of theory and practice, making the whole of an organization more effective than the sum of its parts
Snair, Scott (2004) West Point Leadership Lessons: Duty, Honor, and other Management Principles. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc.
The author discusses the connection between good military management and good management in general. He captures that essence as he looks at the common leadership characteristics among Academy alumni of yesterday and today. He examines those characteristics and compares them between great managers as well as successful leaders in combat. He created an analogy between victory in war and victory in business. The bottom line is---what are the underpinning characteristics of success?