Max De Pree, Leadership Jazz: The Essential Elements of a Great Leader. Revised Edition. Doubleday Business, 2008. Referenced in: Empowering Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary Max De Pree is one of the most respected authors on transformational, empowering and servant leadership philosophies. It is the second of De Pree’s contributions to this genre, preceded by Leadership Is An Art
Max Depree, Leadership is an Art. Crown Business, 2004. Referenced in: Empowering Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is one of the most widely read examples of transformational, empowering and servant leadership models. It is the first of De Pree’s books on leadership, followed by Leadership Jazz and Leading Without Power. In this volume, De Pree writes about the
Ronald Heifetz, Martin Linsky, and Alexander Grashow, The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization. Harvard Business School Press, 2009. Referenced in: Adaptive Leadership Empowering Leadership Leading Change Transformational Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to Leadership Without Easy Answers and Leadership on the Line. It is an excellent addition
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, Encouraging the Heart: A Leader’s Guide to Encouraging and Recognizing Others. Jossey-Bass, 2003. Referenced in: Empowering Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an excellent expression of the transformational and empowering leadership models. I builds upon the fifth leadership practice from The Leadership Challenge, which affirms that people develop and perform better
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, A Leader’s Legacy. Jossey-Bass, 2006. Referenced in: Empowering Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an excellent continuation of Kouzes and Posner’s contributions to the field of transformational and empowering. The authors offer warm reassurance that anyone who is truly willing can make a difference in others. Many examples are
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, Christian Reflections on the Leadership Challenge. Jossey-Bass, 2006. Referenced in: Empowering Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an expression of the transformational, empowering and servant leadership models. It collects experiences and observations from recognized Christian leaders on the integration of the five practices of The Leadership Challenge into biblical
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How to Get Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations. Fourth Edition. Jossey-Bass, 2008. Referenced in: Empowering Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an excellent expression of the transformational and empowering leadership models. Now in its fourth edition since 1987, this volume has enjoyed wide use in virtually
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, The Truth About Leadership: The No-fads, Heart-of-the-Matter Facts You Need to Know. Jossey-Bass, 2010. Referenced in: Empowering Leadership Leadership Development through Character Formation LifeandLeadership.com Summary This contextualizes the authors’ best-selling volumes, The Leadership Challenge and Credibility into the current leadership context. It is addressed to younger, emerging leaders
James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner and Jane Bozarth. Strengthening Credibility: A Leader’s Workbook. Pfeieffer, 2011. Referenced in: Leadership Development Through Character Formation Empowering Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is the companion volume to the highly acclaimed bestseller, Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It: Why People Demand It, which is based on extensive research by
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It. Revised Edition. Jossey-Bass, 2003. Referenced in: Leadership Development Through Character Formation Empowering Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is the second edition of a business classic coming out of the authors’ extensive research which asked thousands of people the
