Recommended Reading
The following books are suggested for business reading and/or topic research.

Business

Bossidy, Larry, (2002). Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

Buckingham, Marcus. (xx). First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently
Cathy, Truett, (1989). It’s Easier to Succeed Than to Fail.

Collins, Jim, (2001). Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t.

Covey, Stephen R., (1989). The 7 habits of highly effective people.

de Bono, Edward, (1994). Thinking Course.

Drucker, Peter F., (1985). Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Freiberg, Kevin & Freiberg, Jackie, (1996). Nuts! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success.

Love, John F., (1986). McDonald’s-Behind the arches.

Mackenzie, R. Alec, (1972). The Time Trap.

Naisbitt, John& Aburdene, Patricia (1991). Megatrends 2000: Ten new directions for the 1990’s.

Payne, Tom, (1993). A Company of One.

Ricchiuto, Jack, (1997). Collaborative Creativity.

Vise, David; Malseed, Mark (2006).  The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time.

Career Transition

Bridges, William, (1994). Job Shift, How to Prosper in a Workplace Without Jobs.

Bridges, William, (1991). Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change.

King, Deborah (1996). Learning To Live With Downsizing; 7 Powerful Lessons for Building a Bridge to Tomorrow

McGee-Cooper, Ann, (1992). You Don’t Have to Go Home From Work Exhausted!

Noer, David, (1993). Healing The Wounds; Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations.

Dealing with Change

Berthelot, Dolly, (1994). What Became of a World That Was Perfectly Square.

Byham, William and Cox, Jeff, (1994). HeroZ, Empower Yourself, Your Coworkers, and Your Company.

Byham, William, (1998). Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment.

Jeffers, Susan, (1987). Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway.

Johnson, Spencer, (1998). Who Moved My Cheese.

Diversity

Hateley, Barbara, (1995). A Peacock in the Land of Penguins.

Thomas, R. Roosevelt, Jr., (1996). Redefining Diversity.

Thomas, R. Roosevelt, Jr., (2006). Building on the Promise of Diversity: How We Can Move to the Next Level in Our Workplaces, Our Communities, And Our Society

Tannen, Deborah (1990).  You Just Don’t Understand:  Men and Women in Conversation.

Human Resources

Hersey, Paul, Blanchard Kenneth and Johson Dewey, (1969). Management of Organizational Behavior – Utilizing Human Resources.

Risser, Rita, (1993). Stay Out of Court, The Manager’s Guide to Preventing Employee Lawsuits.

Tompkins, Neville, (1996). Personnel Management for the Small Business.

Smart, Bradford D. (1999, 2005).  Topgrading.

Leadership / Management

Adams, Scott, (1997). Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook.

Autry, James, (1991). Love and Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership.

Autry, James A. (2001).  The Servant Leader.

Bardwick, Judith, (1995). Danger in the Comfort Zone, From Boardroom to Mailroom – How to Break the Entitlement Habit That’s Killing American Business.

Blanchard, Kenneth and O’Connor, Michael, (1995). Managing by Values.

Blanchard, Kenneth and Peale, Norman, (1988). The Power of Ethical Management.

Blanchard, Kenneth H., (1985). Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership.

Bennis, Warren, (1997). Managing People is Like Herding Cats.

Brinkman, Rick and Kirschner, Rick, (1994). Dealing With People You Can’t Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst.

Conger, Jay A. et al., (1988). Charismatic Leadership: The Elusive Factor in Organizational Effectiveness.

Conner, Daryl, (1992). Managing at the Speed of Change.

Covey, Stephen R., (1991). Principle-Centered Leadership.

Deming, W. Edwards, (1986). Out of Crisis.

Depree, Max, (1987). Leadership is an Art.

Depree, Max, (1992). Leadership Jazz.

Drucker, Peter F., (1998). Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management.

Herman, Stanley, (1994). The Tao at Work.

Hersey, Paul, (1984). The Situational Leader.

Johnson, Barry, (1992). Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems.

Kaye, Beverly; Jordan-Evans, Sharon (2005).  Love ‘em or Lose ‘em:  Getting Good People to Stay.

Kouzes, James M. & Posner, Barry Z., (1993). Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose it.

Kouzes, James M.; Posner, Barry Z.  (2003). Encourage the Heart.

Kouzes, James M. & Posner, Barry Z., (1995). The Leadership Challenge: How to Get Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations.

Peters, Thomas J. & Robertson, R. H., (1982). In Search of Excellence.

Peters, Thomas, (1985). A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference.

Schein, Edgar H., (1985). Organizational Culture and Leadership.

Tulgan, Bruce, (1995). Managing Generation X.

Walton, Mary, (1986). The Deming Management Method.

Zand, Dale E., (1997). The Leadership Triad: Knowledge, Trust and Power.

Zenger, John H., (1994). Leading teams: Mastering the New Role.

Organization Development

Beckhard, Richard (1969). Organization Development: Strategies and Models.

Bennis, Warren, (1969). Organization Development: Its Nature, Origins and Prospects.

Black, Robert Alan (1995). Broken Crayons, Break Your Crayons and Draw Outside the Lines.

Bridges, William, (1992). The Character of Organizations; Using Jungian Type in Organizational Development.

Burke, W. Warner, (1992). Organization Development: A Process of Learning and Changing.

Fullen, Michael. Change forces.

Galpin Timothy, (1996). The Human Side of Change, A Practical Guide to Organization Redesign.

Herrmann, Ned, (1996). The Whole Brain Business Book.

Kanter, Rosabeth Moss (1983). The Change Masters.

Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. (1989). When Giants Learn to Dance.

Kanter, Rosabeth Moss (1993). The Challenge of Organizational Change: How Companies Experience it and Leaders Guide it.

Lawrence Paul and Lorsch Jay (1969). Developing Organizations: Diagnosis and Action.

Lencioni, Patrick M. (2002). The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.

Owen, Harrison, (1992). Open Space Technology, A User’s Guide.

Rothwell, William, Sullivan, Roland, and McLean, Gary, (1995). Practicing Organization Development.

Senge, Peter M. (1991). The Fifth Discipline.

Senge, Peter M., Kleiner, A., Roberts, C, Ross, R., Smith, B. (1994). The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization.

Shelton, Charlotte, (1999). Quantum Leaps – 7 Skills for Workplace ReCreation.

Weisbord, Marvin and Janoff Sandra (1995). Future Search – An Action Guide to Finding Common Ground in Organizations and Communities.

Watkins, Karen and Marsick, Victoria, (1993). Sculpting The Learning Organization.

Whitmore, John, (1996). Coaching for Performance.

Personal Development

Canfield, Jack, Hansen, Mark, Rogerson, Maida, Rutte, Martin, and Clauss, Tim, (1996). Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work.

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, (1991). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience; Steps Toward Enhancing the Quality of Life.

Frankel, Viktor E. (1959, 1962, 1984). Man’s Search for Meaning.

Gawain, Shakti, (1978). Creative Visualization.

Goleman, Daniel, (1995). Emotional Intelligence, Why it Can Matter More than IQ.

Goleman, Daniel, (1998). Working With Emotional Intelligence.

Guaspari, John, (1985). I Know It When I See It, A Modern Fable About Quality.

Herrmann, Ned, (1994). The Creative Brain.

MacKenzie, Gordon, (1998). Orbiting The Giant Hairball – A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace.

Rath, Tom (2007).  Strengths Finder 2.0

Richards, Dick, (1995). Artful Work: Awakening Joy, Meaning and Commitment in the Workplace.

Stone, Douglas; Patton, Bruce; Hean, Sheila (1999).  Difficult Conversations:  How to Discuss What Matters Most.

Whyte, David, (1994). The Heart Arouse: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America.

 
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