Leadership by the 5 Practices – Model the Way

Books

  • Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor, Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, and James O'Toole
    In three separate essays the authors explore the lightening rod concept of "transparency" which has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings but in government and the social sector.
  • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven R. Covey
    In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity--principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.
  • What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful, Marshall Goldsmith
    The corporate world is filled with men and women who have worked hard to reach upper level management. They're intelligent, skilled, and even charismatic. But only a handful of them will ever reach the pinnacle — and as executive coach Marshall Goldsmith shows in this book, subtle nuances make all the difference. These are small transactional flaws performed by one person against another that, using Goldsmith's straightforward, jargon-free advice, are easy behaviors to change.
  • Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
    Written by the premier leadership experts working today, Credibility reveals the six key disciplines that strengthen a leader's capacity for developing and sustaining credibility, provides rich examples of real managers in action, and includes updates to the applications and research

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