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Leadership
by the Book
Blanchard, Hodged &
Hybels
ISBN#: 0-688-17239-3
"Citing Jesus
as a source for practical lessons in effective
leadersip, the authors explore the concept
of "servant leadership" and offer
simple strategies for bringing vision and
values to any organization." Amazon.com |
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The
Heart of a Leader
Ken Blanchard
ISBN#: 1-56292-488-5
"Sucess-building
quoted from the popular motivational speaker
and co-author of the million-seller The
One-Minute Manager!"
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The
Servant Leader
Ken Blanchard
& Phil Hodges
ISBN#: 0-8499-9659-7
“Servant Leader
summarizes the Four Dimensions of Leadership:
the head (leadership assumptions and methods),
the hands (application and leadership behavior),
the heart (edging God out) and the habits
(solitude, prayer, study of scripture, unconditional
love, etc.)” Amazon.com |
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Leadership
& Self-Deception
The Arbinger Institute
ISBN#: 1-57675-094-9
Leadership and Self-Deception is the first
book to identify a single, underlying cause
of every form of leadership failure….
The authors suggest that the key to leadership
lies not in what we do, but in how we "are."
…. With convincing examples, the authors
show clearly how self-deception operates and
how to overcome it….” Amazon.com |
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Spiritual
Leadership
Henry Blackaby
ISBN#: 0-8054-1845-8
“The twenty-first
century is the most advanced age in history,
but effective biblical leadership has never
been more needed. Spiritual Leadership will
equip those called to lead with the tools
to move God’s people on to His agenda.”
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Spiritual
Leadership
J. Oswald Sanders
ISBN#: 0-8024-6799-7
“Spiritual
Leadership will encourage you to place your
talents and powers at [God’s] disposal
so you can become a leader used for His glory.”
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Courageous
Leadership
Bill Hybels
ISBN#: 0-3102-4881-7
| “When the spiritual gift of leadership
comes alive in churches everywhere, the church
will become the hope of the world and a most
influential force for good.” Amazon.com |
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The
Making of a Leader
Frank Damazio
ISBN#: 0-9149-3684-0
“In his
insightful book, The Making of a Leader, Frank
Damazio lays out for the serious student a
broad discussion of what it means to be responsible
for a group of "followers”. Amazon.com
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The
Power of Servant Leadership
Robert Greenleaf
ISBN#: 1-57675-035-3
“Servant
Leadership helps leaders find their true power
and moral authority to lead…. This book
encourages collaboration, trust, listening,
and empowerment. It offers long-lasting change
… and extends beyond business for leaders
of all types of groups.”
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Leadership
& the One Minute Manager
Blanchard, Zigarmis
ISBN#: 0-688-03969-3
“… quickly demonstrates three
very practical management techniques ….
The book is brief, the language is simple,
and best of all...it works.” Amazon.com |
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Jesus
CEO
Laurie Beth Jones
ISBN#: 0-7868-8126-7
“…
the leaders who succeed will be those who
can marshal their most powerful resources
in the most effective ways. With principles
embedded in spirituality, ethics and strength,
acclaimed motivator Laurie Beth Jones brings
us Jesus, CEO….” Amazon.com |
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Teach
Your Team to Fish
Laurie Beth Jones
ISBN#: 0-609-60679-4
“One
of the most critical work areas for anyone
… is cooperative teamwork. Leaders today
face their greatest challenges … in
getting diverse human beings to pull together
without falling apart.” Amazon.com |
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Living
Without Power
Max De Pree
ISBN#: 0-7879-1063-5
“…De
Pree finds that the most successful organizations
of the Information Age operate not as controlled
collections of human resources, but as dynamic
communities of free people. And in order to
mobilize these communities, leaders must know
how to lead without power, because free people
follow willingly or not at all.”
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Anointed
for Business
Ed Silvoso
ISBN#: 0-8307-2861-9
The heart of the city is the marketplace;
yet the dichotomy between labor and religious
service has done a great disservice to the
advancement of the Kingdom of God. It's time
to reconcile the dichotomy so that we can
extend God's kingdom and transform our cities.
CBMC
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The
Leadership Challenge
Kouzes & Posner
ISBN#: 0-7879-0269-1
“The Leadership Challenge [addresses]
issues … on ordinary people achieving
‘individual leadership standards of
excellence.’ The keys they identified--model
the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge
the process, enable others to act, encourage
the heart” Amazon.com |
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The
Path
Laurie Beth Jones
ISBN10#: 0-7868-824-1
“Provides inspiring, & practical
advice to lead readers through every step
of both defining & fulfilling a mission
with clear step-by-step guidance that can
make writing a mission statement take a matter
of hours rather than months or years.”
Amazon.com |
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Halftime
Bob Buford
ISBN#: 0-310-21532-3
“There are hundreds of books
about how to make a good living, but only
a few about how to make a righteous life.”
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The
Purpose Driven Life
Rick Warren
ISBN#: 0-310-20571-9
“The Purpose-Driven Life will
help you understand why you are alive and
God's amazing plan for you--both here and
now, and for eternity. Rick Warren will guide
you through a personal 40-day spiritual journey
that will transform your answer to life's
most important question: What on earth am
I here for?” Back
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Discover Your Strengths
Buckingham
& Clifton
ISBN#: 0-7432-0114-0
“Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton
have created a revolutionary program to
help readers identify their talents, build
them into strengths, and enjoy consistent,
near-perfect performance.” Amazon.com |
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Living
the Life Your Were Meant to Live
Tom Paterson
ISBN#: 0-7852-7195-3
“In order to see where you are
going, you need to gain a perspective on where
you have been and what you have been gifted
by God to be,” says Paterson. “There
are times when we each need to go to the 'mountaintop'
to be able to see the terrain below.”
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The
Dream Releasers
Wayne Cordeiro
ISBN#: 0-8307-2807-4
Created To Be God’s Friend, Henry
Blackaby ISBN#: 0-7852-6982-7
“From
the example of the life of Abraham, Henry
Blackaby will show you how to become God’s
intimate friend. You will learn how God shapes
those He loves into useful, joyful co-workers
as they hear and respond to His call in everyday
life.” Amazon.com |
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Visioneering
Andy Stanley
ISBN#: 1-57673-787-X
“Visioneering, according to
bestselling author Andy Stanley, is ‘a
clear mental picture of what could be, fuelled
by the conviction that it should be.’”
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Full
Steam Ahead
Blanchard & Stoner
ISBN#: 1-57675-244-5
“…explain[s]
how to create the three key elements of a
compelling vision: significant purpose, clear
values, and a picture of the future.”
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Managing
by Values
Blanchard & O’Connor
ISBN#: 1-57675-007-8
“Ken
Blanchard and Michael O'Connor lay out a realistic
step-by-step plan for determining any company's
core beliefs, and then putting them into practice
throughout the organization in order to achieve
real across-the-board satisfaction.”
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Experiencing
God
Blackaby &
Blackaby
ISBN#: 0-8054-1776-1
“Drawn from the writings and
teachings of Dr. Henry Blackaby and Dr. Richard
Blackaby, this devotional will help you start
your daily routine with your mind focused
on the Father's presence in your life.”
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Leadership
Prayers
Richard Kreigbaum
ISBN#: 0-8423-3689-3
“…features 30 heartfelt
prayers, insightful reflections, and Scripture.”
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Leadership
Devotions
ed. David L. Goetz
ISBN#: 0-8423-3036-4
“This
book contains 52 devotions focused on strengthening
the spiritual lives of Christian leaders.
The goal: maximum effectiveness for Christ.
Contributors include John Ortberg, Joni Eareckson
Tada, Kevin A. Miller, Bob Buford, Peter Drucker,
and others involved in significant leadership.”
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Whale Done
Blanchard, Lacinak, Tompkins & Ballard
ISBN#: 0-7432-3538-X
“In
Whale Done!, Ken Blanchard shows how to make
accentuating the positive and redirecting
the negative the best tools to increase productivity,
instead of creating situations that demoralize
people” Amazon.com |
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Good
to Great
James Collins
ISBN#: 0-0666-2099-6
“In what Collins terms a prequel
to the bestseller Built to Last he wrote with
Jerry Porras, this [book] explores the way
good organizations can be turned into ones
that produce great, sustained results.”
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The
Myth of Excellence
Crawford & Matthews
ISBN#: 0-6096-0820-7
Based on exhaustive research, The Myth
of Excellence provides conclusive evidence
of the futility of trying to be excellent
in all aspects of a commercial transaction—price,
product, access, experience, and service.
Instead, the strategy for your products and
services should be to dominate on one element,
differentiate on a second, and be at industry
par (i.e., average) on the rest.” Amazon.com |
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The
Experience Economy
Pine & Gilmore
ISBN#: 0-87584-819-2
“The authors urge managers to
look beyond traditional pricing factors like
time and cost, and consider charging for the
value of the transformation that an experience
offers. Experiences and transformations are
the basis for future economic growth, and
Every Business a Stage is the script from
which managers can begin to direct their own
transformations.” Amazon.com |
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Raving
Fans
Blanchard & Bowles
ISBN#: 0-688-12316-3
“Your customers are only satisfied
because their expectations are so low and
because no one else is doing better. Just
having satisfied customers isn't good enough
anymore. If you really want a booming business,
you have to create Raving Fans.” Raving
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Gung
Ho
Blanchard & Bowles
ISBN#: 0-688-15428-X
“…. [a] management tool
that outlines foolproof ways to increase productivity
by fostering excellent morale in the workplace.”
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The
One Minute Apology
Blanchard & McBride
ISBN#: 0-688-16981-3
“Through [an] engaging parable,
Blanchard and McBride teach readers step-by-step
how to accept responsibility for their errors
and deal with the cause of the damage while
maintaining a genuine sense of integrity.”
Amazon.com
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A
New Brand World
Scott Bedbury
ISBN#: 0-670-03076-7
“Scott
Bedbury, who held make Nike and Starbucks
two of the most successful brands of recent
years, offers practical, battle-tested advice
for keeping any business at the top of its
game.” Amazon.com |
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Encouraging
the Heart
Kouzes & Posner
ISBN#: 0-7879-6463-8
“Shows us how true leaders encourage
and motivate those they work with by helping
them find their voice and making them feel
like heroes.” Amazon.com |
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Good
Business
Mihaly Csikszenthmihalyi
ISBN#: 0-670-03196-8
“The book reveals how business leaders,
managers, and even employees can find their
‘flow’ and contribute not only
to their own happiness, but also to a just
and evolving society. It identifies the factors
crucial to the operation of a good business:
trust, the commitment to fostering the personal
growth of employees, and the dedication to
creating a product that helps mankind.”
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