Leadership References

Barker, Joel Future Edge — Discovering the New Paradigms of Success New York: William Morrow and Co. 1992

Barker discusses how our paradigms, our rules for how we see the world, influence everything. There is a videotape out called “Discovering the Future” that is excellent. Our paradigms are very helpful to us in understanding the world. They can also blind us to new opportunities.

Bennis, Warren Leaders : Strategies for Taking Charge 1997

Dr. Bennis is one of the leading figures in the world in the study of leadership. This is an excellent book.

Cashman, Kevin Leadership From the Inside Out Provo, Utah: Executive Excellence Publishing 1998

This book is along the same lines as Stephen Covey's Principle Centred Leadership. Talks about how important the character of the leader is rather than concentrating on leadership techniques.

Chawla, Sarita and Renesch, John, Editors Learning Organizations — Developing Cultures for

Tomorrow's Workplace Productivity Press, Portland, Oregon, 1995

This book has articles by Peter Senge from MIT, Rosabeth Moss Kanter from Harvard and Charles Handy from the London Business School. One article by Bob Gunns “The Faster Learning Organization” discusses how in the future it will become increasingly important that organizations not only learn, but learn faster than their competition. He discusses some ways they can do that.

Cleese, John Meetings, Bloody Meetings (Videorecording) Video Arts, London, 1990

Those of you who plan or attend meetings will really enjoy this video. John Cleese outlines the skills necessary for effective meetings. He has another video entitled More Bloody Meetings that is also excellent.

Covey, Stephen R. Principle-Centered Leadership Summit Books, Toronto, 1990

Covey believes that we are in a new generation of leadership training - principle Centred leadership rather than personality approaches to leadership. He believes that trust is fundamental to leadership. We are trusted when we are trustworthy.

Covey, Stephen R. The 7 Habits ofHighly Effective People - Restoring the Character Ethic Simon & Schuster, Toronto, 1990

This is a classic in the leadership field. If you haven't read it, you should.

Covey, Stephen R. Living The 7 Habits Simon & Schuster, Toronto, 1999

As the title implies, this book includes examples of how to live the 7 habits.

Covey, Stephen R., Merrill, A. Roger and Merrill, Rebecca First Things First Simon & Schuster, Toronto, 1994

Time Management book that talks about the importance of maintaining the balance in our lives between production and maintaining our production capability - planning, relationship building, etc.

Gardner, Howard Leading Minds Basic Books, Toronto, 1995

In this book, Gardner has outlined the characteristics he found in common in all great leaders. For example, they all have a story to tell — Martin Luther — I have a dream, etc. Gardner is the person who revolutionized our understanding of intelligence by saying the question is not “How smart are you?, the question is “How are you smart?”. He developed the theory of multiple intelligences.

Katzenbach Jon R. and Smith, Douglas The Wisdom of Teams — Creating the High Performance Organization New York: Harper-Collins , 1994

Describes the tremendous advantages to groups that work together as a team and gives ideas on how to help organizations and groups to do this.

Kennedy, Carol Managing With the Gurus — Top Level Guidance on 20 Management Techniques Century Business Books, London, 1994

If you are short of time and would like a “Reader's Digest” version of management ideas, this book is very helpful.

Mintzberg, Henry The Drama of Leadership 1997

An excellent book by one of the world leader's in management theory.

Peters, Tom and Nancy Austin A Passion for Excellence — The Leadership Difference New York: Warner Books, 1986

This is a follow-up book to Tom Peters and Bob Waterman's book In Search of Excellence.

Peters, Tom Liberation Management — Necessary Disorganization for the Nanosecond Nineties Toronto: Random House, 1992

Peters, Tom The Brand You 50: Or: Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself from an 'Employee' into a Brand That Shouts Distinction, Commitment, and Passion! 1999

One of Tom's newest books. Written with the same enthusiasm as all the rest.

Peters, Tom The Professional Service Firm 50 : Or, Fifty Ways to Transform Your 'Department' into a Professional Service Firm Whose Trademarks Are Passion and innovation. 1999

Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline — The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization Doubleday, Toronto, 1990

Senge believes that organizations that do not learn become out of date very quickly. Companies and organizations that get everyone involved in learning survive and thrive in this world. We can learn by innovation or learn by shock

Stein, Steven J. and Book, Howard E., The EQ Edge — Emotional Intelligence and Your Success, Stodart Publishing, Toronto, 2000

Dr. Stein from Toronto has done an excellent job of describing techniques you can use to increase your EQ (emotional intelligence quotient) EQ has shown to be 4 times as important in terms of your success in life as your IQ. He has lots of interesting bits of information that you will find interesting. Do you want to know about former BC premier, Bill Vanderzalm's EQ? See page 229.