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Below you will find a list of links to valuable web content on leadership and post-secondary settings.
The following books are recommended reading for URLeading participants. The following may be requested via Inter-Library Loan:
Barrett, Frank J., (2012) Say Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons From Jazz. Boston, Mass., Harvard Business Review Books.
Bushe, G.R. (2009) Clear Leadership: Sustaining Real Collaboration and Partnership at Work, Revised Edition. Mountain View, CA: Davies- Black.
Daloz-Parks, Sharon (2005) Leadership Can Be Taught. Boston, Mass: Harvard Business School Publishing.
Heifetz, R., Linsky, M., & Grashow, A., (2009) Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World. Boston, Mass: Harvard Business School Publishing.
Kouzes, J. & Posner, B. (2012, 5th edition). The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco, Ca: Jossey – Bass.
Marquet, L. David. (2012) Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders. New York: Penguin Books.
Mintzberg, H. (2013) Simply Managing: What Managers Can Do Better. San Francisco, CA: Berrett – Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Murphy, J. (2016) Dancing in the Rain: Leading with Compassion, Vitality, and Mindfulness in Education. Boston: Harvard Education Press.
Patterson, K., Grenny, J., Maxfield, D., McMillan, R., & Switzler, A. (2013) Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behaviour. New York: McGraw Hill. https://www.vitalsmarts.com/resource-center/
Pearson, C.S., editor (2012) The Transforming Leader: New Approaches to Leadership for the Twenty-First Century. San Francisco: Berrett- Kohler Publishers, Inc.
Sinek, Simon. (2009) Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to take Action. New York, NY: Penguin Group.
Stone, D. & Heen, S. (2014) Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well, even when it is off base, unfair, poorly delivered and, frankly, you’re not in the mood. New York, New York: Viking published by Penguin Group.
Wiseman, Liz. (2010) Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. Harper Business
The following books are also recommended, and available at the U or R Library:
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