Leadership Reccomended Reading List

Looking to brush up on those leadership skills? Read on! This list was developed during my studies for my Master's Degree in organizational leadership and have a link to my Guide to Leadership in CPG Marketing Management.

Recommended Reading:

Leadership:

• Wren, J. Thomas (1995), Leaders Companion, New York: The Free Press

• Bennis, W., Spreitzer, G., & Cummings, T. (2001), the future of leadership, San Francisco: Jossey Bass

• Antonakis, J., Cianciolo, A., & Sternberg, R. (2004), The Nature of Leadership, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications

• Kellerman, B. (2004), Bad Leadership, Boston: Harvard Business School Press     

• Jackson, B., Parry, K. (2008), A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Leadership, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications

• Heifetz, R. & Linsky, M. (2002), Leadership on the Line, Boston: Harvard School Press           

Organizational Behavior and Communication:

• Schermerhorn, J., Hunt, J., & Osborn, R. (2004), Core Concepts of Organizational Behavior, Hoboken: Wiley Press

• Kinicki, A., & Kreitner, R. (2009), Organizational Behavior, Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin

• Schockley-Zalabak, Pamela (2006), Fundamentals of Organizational Communication, New York: Pearson Press

Ethics:

• Johnson, Craig (2007), Ethics in the Workplace, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications

Decision-Making

• Ruggerio, V. (2007), The Art of Thinking, New York: Pearson Longman   

• Nutt, Paul (2002), Why Decisions Fail, San Francisco: Berret-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Fiction and Personal Recommendations

• Bennis, W. & Thomas, R. (2002),  Geeks and Geezers, Boston: Harvard Business School Press

• Conniff, R. (2005), The Ape in the Corner Office, New York: Crown Business

• Rovell, D. (2006), First in Thirst, New York: American Management Association

• Lencioni, P. (2002), The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

• Harvard Business Essentials (2004), Coaching and Mentoring: How to Develop Top Talent and Achieve Stronger Performance, Boston: Harvard Business School Press

• Rath, T. & Clifton, D. (2004), How Full Is York Bucket?, New York: Gallup Press

• Adler, L. (2002). Hire with Your Head: Using Power Hiring, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

• Snead, G. & Wycoff, J. (1997), To Do, Doing, Done!, New York: Simon & Schuster Inc.

• Buckingham, M. (2007), Go Put Your Strengths To Work, New York: The Free Press

• Strickland, B (2007), Make the Impossible Possible, New York: Currency/Doubleday Press

• Calagione, S. (2005), Brewing Up a Business, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

• Blanchard, K. (2002), Whale Done!, New York: The Free Press

• Covey, S. (1989), The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, New York: Simon & Schuster Inc.

• Collins, Jim. (2001), Good To Great. New York: Harper Collins Publishing