Stacy Rinehart, Upside Down: The Paradox of Servant Leadership. NavPress, 1998. Referenced in: Servant Leadership LifandLeadership.com Summary Rinehart paints a clear picture of power-based leadership, describing how power may express itself abusively in the person of the leader, in the structures of organizations, and in the cyclical development of organizational cultures. By contrast, he focuses
Bill George and Peter Sims, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series). Jossey-Bass, 2007. Referenced in: Leadership Development Through Character Formation LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to George and Sims, Authentic Leadership, and provides a richer narrative description of how the principles from the first volume express themselves in real life.
Bill George, Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value (Jossey-Bass Warren Bennis Series). Jossey-Bass, 2004. Referenced in: Leadership Development through Character Formation LifeandLeadership.com Summary This was the first volume by Bill George that was followed by another more renowned work he co-authored with Peter Sims, True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. Here, George
Marcus Buckingham, The One Thing You Need to Know…About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success. Free Press, 2005. Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to Buckingham and Coffman’s popular volume, First, Break all the Rules, which recounts his research through Gallup that revealed great managers help people discover and
Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, Now, Discover Your Strengths (Follow up to First Break All the Rules – includes online assessment). Simon & Shuster, 2001. Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to Buckingham and Coffman’s popular volume, First, Break all the Rules, which recounts his research through Gallup that revealed
Marcus Buckingham, Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance. Free Press, 2010. Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to Buckingham and Coffman’s popular volume, First, Break all the Rules, which recounts his research through Gallup that revealed great managers help people discover and optimize their
Tom Rath and Barry Conchie, Strengths-Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow Them. Gallup, 2009. Prequel: Buckingham and Coffman, First, Break all the Rules Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is the place to start for leaders who want to take advantage of the Strengths Finder model. It is one of several
Tom Rath, Strengths-Finder 2.0. Gallup Press, 2007. Prequel: Buckingham, First, Break all the Rules Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a sequel to Buckingham and Coffman’s popular volume, First, Break all the Rules, which recounts his research through Gallup that revealed great managers help people discover and optimize their strengths. This can be
Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman, First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently. Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 1999. Sequels: See the list in the resource guide on Strengths-Based Leadership Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is perhaps one of the best discussions of management available, and as such
Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover Bolton, People Styles at Work…And Beyond: Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better. Amacom, 2009. Referenced in: Strengths-Based Leadership LifeandLeaderhsip.com Summary This uses the People Styles Model to show how people with different styles interact with each other in work environments. People Styles is similar to the DISC personality
