READINGS FOR STUDENTS

There are literally thousands of books and articles but these represent a cross-section of the better resources. We’ve broadly classified these into four categories; as you begin to explore them, realize that they could probably be classified differently and that each contributes more than its classification suggests. As you dig into leadership, always read with a critical lens of your own experience and seek to explore these ideas in ways that advance your thinking about leadership.

Why we lead:

• Bennis, W. (2003). On becoming a leader. Cambridge, MA: Persus Publishing.
• Gardner, J. (1990). On leadership. New York: Free Press.
• Komives, S. et al. (2006). Exploring leadership. For college students who want to make a difference. San Francisco: Jossy-Bass.
• Moberg, D. (June, 2005). Class consciousness matters. In these times.
• Rost, J. (1993). Leadership development in the new millennium. Journal of Leadership Studies, 1(1), 91-110.
• Wren, T. (1995). The leader’s companion. New York: Free Press.

How we lead:

• Badaracco, J.L. (2002). Leading quietly: An unorthodox guide to doing the right thing. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
• Covey, S. (1992).   Principle centered leadership. New York: Free Press.
• Drath, W. (2001). The deep blue sea. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam Books.
• Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R., & McKee, A. (2002). Primal Leadership: Learning to lead with emotional intelligence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
• Heifetz, R. A. & Linsky, M. (2002). Leadership on the line: Staying alive through the dangers of leading. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
• Kotter, J. P. (1999). What leaders really do. Boston: Harvard Business Review.
• Kouzes, J. & B. Pozner. (2003). The leadership challenge. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Lipman-Bluman. (1996). Connective leadership: More than the sum of its parts. New York: Oxford University Press.

Blocks and challenges in leadership:

• Gladwell, M. (2008). Outliers: The story of success. New York: Little, Brown and Company.
• Heifetz. R. A., & Laurie, D. L. (2001). The work of leadership. In G. Goleman, W. Peace, W. Pagonis, T. Peters, G. Jones, & H. Collingwood (Eds.), Harvard Business Review on Breakthrough leadership. (pp. 131-141). Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation.
• Johnson, A. G. (2005). Privilege, power, and difference. Mountain View, California: Mayfield Publishing Company.
• Kellerman, B. (2004). “How bad leadership happens,” Leader to Leader, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 41-46.
• Kellerman, B., & Rhone, D. L. (2004). Viable options: Rethinking women and leadership. Compass: A Journal of Leadership, pp. 281-290.
• Moss-Kanter, R. (2004). Confidence: How winning streaks and losing streaks begin and end. New York: Crown Business.
• Rosenbach, W. E., & Taylor, R. L. (2006). Contemporary issues in leadership. Cambridge: Westview Press.
• Snyder, K. (2006). The G quotent. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (chapters 10-11).

Aspiring to lead:

• Boleman, L. and T. Deal. (2001). Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Greenleaf, R. K., & Spears, L. C. (2002). Servant leadership: A journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness (25th anniversary ed.). New York: Paulist Press.
• Palmer, P.J. (1992). Leading from within: Reflections on leadership and spirituality. Washington, D.C.: Servant Leadership Press.
• Quinn, R. (1996). Deep change: Discovering the leader within. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.