Bibliography Leadership Book List June 2012 Compiled by Lin Warfel, Parkland College trustee Arnn, Larry P., “Liberty and Learning”, Hillsdale College Press, 2004 Genesis of education funding/structure in our history Badaracco, Joseph L. Jr, “Leading Quietly”, Harvard, 2002 Looking at the ‘captains and lieutenants’ who lead Ibid, “Leadership and the Quest for Integrity”, Harvard, 1989 Integrity a key to productive, lasting leadership Ibid, “Questions of Character”, Harvard, 2006 Importance of character as a key to productive, lasting leadership Bastiat, Frederick, “The Law”, The Classic Blueprint for a Free Society, (1850), 2007 Key thought during Lincoln’s time Bennis, Warren G., “Why Leaders Can’t Lead”, Jossey-Bass 1997 Classic thoughts from a top leadership professor Ibid, Robert J. Thomas, “Geeks and Geezers”, ibid, 2002 Bennis and a ‘young’ techie try to find how to talk to each other Ibid, “On Becoming a Leader”ibid, 2009 Good advice from a wise professor! Chait, Richard P., Ryan, William P, Taylor, Barbara E., “Governance as Leadership”, Wiley, 2005 Digging into the basic elements of leadership Collins, James C., Porras, Jerry I, “Built to Last” Harper Collins 1994 A look at companies and good structure, practices, and leadership Collins, James C.,” Good to Great”, ibid, 2001 What things help move up from good to great Crissey, Elwell C., “Lincoln’s Lost Speech”, Hawthorn Books, 1987 Excellent background on Lincoln’s speech that propelled him Into the national spotlight Deutschman, Alan, “Walk the Walk”, Penguin, 2009 The importance of matching words and actions Feaver, John, “Into the Light”, YWAM Publishing, 2007 Study of a superlative scientist and university co-founder Gladwell, Malcolm, “The Tipping Point”, Backbay, 2002 Awareness that at some point, things change rapidly Goodwin, Doris Kearns, “Team of Rivals”, 2008 A study of Lincoln’s leadership with key cabinet people Hartley, Robert E., “Paul Simon, The Political Journey of an Illinois Original”, SIU Press, 2009 A study of the characteristics that made Simon an outstanding leader Heath, Chip, Heath, Dan, “Made to Stick”, Random House, 2007 A look at characteristics that keep companies going well IBID: “Switch” Looking at change – how to facilitate it;understanding facts/emotions Keith, Kent M., “The Case for Servant Leadership”, Greenleaf Center, 2001 Broad experience in leadership and a style that is lasting Kidder, Rushworth M., “Moral Courage”, Morrow Books, 2003 Courage as a key component in ‘doing the right thing’ Ibid, “Shared Values for a Troubled World”, Jossey Bass, 1994 Values gleaned from conversations with world leaders Ibid, “How Good People Make Tough Choices”, Fireside, 1995 Helpful thoughts on tough choices for leaders King, Martin Luther Jr., “The Autobiography of”, by Clayborne Carson, 1998 A look into key times in a significant leader’s life Kouzes, James M., Posner, Barry Z., “The Leadership Challenge”, Jossey Bass, 2006 A classic digging into aspects of leadership Lee, Gus, “Courage, the Backbone of Leadership”, Jossey Bass 2006 A ‘new’ American looks at the importance of courage/leadership Maxwell, John C., “Developing the Leader within You”, Nelson, 1993 Basics for study and action to be a leader Ibid, “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”, Nelson, 2002 A list that can serve as good discussion points for a group Ibid, “There’s No Such Think as Business Ethics”, Warner, 2003 Ethics is ethics! Across the board the same Malcolm X, “The Autobiography of, as told to Alex Haley”, Ballentine, 1965 Leadership of a leading African American Mandela, Nelson, “Long Walk to Freedom”, Little Brown, 1994 Incredible and wise leader Nowlan, James D., Gove, Samuel K., and Winkel, Richard J. Jr., ‘Illinois Politics” Looking at some individuals, leaders in Illinois politics Oates, James, “The Radical and the Republican”, 2004 Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln become friends O’Banion, Terry, “The Rogue Trustee”, League for Innovation, 2009 A community college leader looks at a touch issue Phillips, Donald T., “Lincoln on Leadership”, Warner 1992 Principles that helped Lincoln Ibid, “The Founding Fathers on Leadership”, ibid, 1997 Principles the founding fathers used Ibid, “Martin Luther King on Leadership”, ibid, 1998 Good to read with his autobiography Ramo, Jonathon Cooper, “The Age of the Unthinkable”,Back Bay Books,2009 Challenging our way of thinking about leadership Sample, Steven B. “The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership”, Jossey Bass 2002 Really! Simon, Paul, “Our Culture of Pandering”, SIU Press, 2003 Simon’s last book; Illinois in particular Smith, Brett, “Labor’s Millenium”, Princeton 2010 U. of Illinois genesis Smith, Cindra J., “Trusteeship in Community Colleges”, ACCT, 2000 Classic for community college leaders Toffler, Heidi, Toffler, Alvin, “Revolutionary Wealth”, Doubleday, 2006 Futuristic professors look backwards and forwards Preparing leaders for tomorrow Waitley, Denis, “Ten Seeds of Greatness”, Revell, 1983 Another list for potential discussion points Wangari, Masthai, “Unbowed”, Anchor, 2007 Nobel winner from Kenya shows how leaders can change things Wooden, John, “Wooden on Leadership”, McGraw Hill, 2005 One of the world’s most successful coaches