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Option C Leaders
Program of Study
Individual client organizations will design their own program from among the initial
offerings listed below. Programs can be as little as six months or as much as two years.
Texts marked with an asterisk (*) contain assessment tools or exercises which Option C
Leaders will be able to complete for further learning.
1. Working on Purpose/Prioritizing/Focusing on What Matters
§ Text:
7 Habits of Highly Effective People* by Stephen R. Covey
§ Bonus:
First Things First* by Stephen R. Covey et. al
2. Striving for Greatness
§ Text:
Good to Great/and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins
§ Bonus:
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
3. Creativity
§ Text:
Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie
§ Bonus:
The Magic of Thinking Big by David A. Schwartz
4. Personal Inventory/Feedback
§ Text:
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall
Goldsmith
§ Bonus:
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
5. Working from Our Personal Strengths
§ Text:
Now, Discover Your Strengths* by Marcus Buckingham/
Donald O. Clifton
§ Bonus:
Go, Put Your Strengths to Work* by Marcus Buckingham
6. Motivating Ourselves
§ Text:
Mojo by Marshall Goldsmith
§ Bonus:
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
7. Motivating Others (Managing) Part 1
§ Text:
First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham/Curt
Coffman
§ Bonus:
Whale Done! by Ken Blanchard et. al.
8. Motivating Others (Managing) Part 2
§ Text:
Drive by Daniel Pink
§ Bonus:
One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard/Spencer Johnson
9. Influencing Others (Leading) Part 1
§ Text:
Buy In by John Kotter and Lorne Whitehead
§ Bonus:
The One Thing You Need to Know by Marcus Buckingham
10. Influencing Others (Leading) Part 2
§ Text:
The Story Factor by Annette Simmons
§ Bonus:
Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute
11. What is Trust?
§ Text:
The Speed of Trust* by Stephen M. R. Covey
§ Bonus
Smart Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey/Greg Link
12. Change Management Part 1
§ Text:
Leading Change by John P. Kotter
§ Bonus:
Who Moved My Cheese? By Spencer Johnson
13. Change Management Part 2
§ Text:
Our Iceberg is Melting by John Kotter/Holger Rathgerber
§ Bonus:
A Sense of Urgency by John Kotter
14. Planning for Group Success
§ Text:
Six Disciplines for Excellence* by Gary Harpst
§ Bonus:
Goal Analysis: How to Clarify Your Goals So You Can
Actually Achieve Them by Robert F. Mager
15. Working in Groups
§ Text:
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team* by Patrick Lencioni
§ Bonus:
The No Complaining Rule* by Jon Gordon
16. Negotiating
§ Text:
Getting to Yes by Fisher, Ury and Patton
§ Bonus:
Getting Past No* by William Ury
17. Customer Service
§ Text:
Raving Fans by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles
§ Bonus:
Inside the Magic Kingdom: Seven Keys to Disney’s Success
by Tom Connellan
18. Meeting Management
§ Text:
Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni
§ Bonus:
Breaking Robert’s Rules by Lawrence Susskind and Jeffrey L.
Cruikshank
19. Handling Difficult People
§ Text:
The No Asshole Rule by Robert I. Sutton
§ Bonus:
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
20. Conflict Resolution
§ Text:
Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, et. al
§ Bonus:
Solving Tough Problems by Adam Kahane
21. Decision Making Part 1
§ Text:
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
§ Bonus:
The Opposable Mind by Roger Martin
22. Decision Making Part 2
§ Text:
Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
§ Bonus:
Learned Optimism* by Martin E. P. Seligman
23. Developing Feedback
· Text:
The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry by Sue Annis
Hammond
· Bonus:
Learning from Strangers by Robert S. Weiss
24. Examples of Great Leaders
§ Text:
Participants will choose a biography or autobiography of a
great leader to read and share with others
§ Cathy’s favorites include: Richard Branson, John Wooden, Dean Smith,
Jim Tressel, and more.
New topics and texts are added regularly. If you have benefitted from reading a new
or classic book in leadership, management, or personal development that does not
appear here, please share your good fortune with Cathy! She can be reached at 419732-1770 or Cathy@CreativeOptionC.com