Leadership Library Inventory

Books FG


14,000 Quips and Quotes
A collection of motivational thoughts and humorous one-liners categorized for ease of use

E.C. McKenzie

Baker Book House Company, Grand Rapids, MI (1980)

Whether you're looking for laughs or searching for speaking material this book has got what you need. It's easy to find just the right one-liners, for they're alphabetically organized into over 500 subject categories for quick reference. Whether you're seeking a little humor or something more thought-provoking, it's all here in this book. This extensive collection serves as valuable resource for any speaker, writer or teacher, and it's fun for the whole family.


The Fifth Discipline-the Art And Practice Of The Learning Organization

Peter M. Senge

Doubleday/Currency, New York, NY (1990)

Mastery of Senge's five disciplines enables us to overcome disabilities and so create brave new futures for ourselves. This is a remarkable book that draws on science, spiritual wisdom, psychology, the cutting edge of management thought, and on Senge's work with top corporations that employ the fifth discipline methods. Reading it provides a searching personal experience and a dramatic professional shift of mind.


50 Activities For Developing Leaders

Lois B. Hart, Ed.D.

HRD Press, Amherst, MA (1994)
 
This book provides trainers with activities they can use to develop their participants' leadership skills. The concrete, interactive activities involve learners in real-life situations that effective leaders face as they deal with vision, teams, empowerment, change, and inspiring their followers.

50 Activities For Diversity Training

Jonamay Lambert and Selma Myers

Human Resource Development Press, Inc. Amhers, MA (1994)

The underlying philsophy in "50 Activities for Diversity Training" is to train workshop participants to deal constructively with the changing workforce, and to do so in a non-threatening environment. A new awareness, coupled with matching skills, can build bridges of understanding and cooperation which will influence daily persormance.


The Fifty-Minute Career Discovery Program

Elwood N. Chapman

Crisp Publications, Inc., Los Altos, CA (1988)

This publication will introduce the critical building blocks of how to conduct an effective career search. Using the simple but sound system presented can make dramatic changes in one's life and future happiness.


The Fifty-Minute Supervisor, Revised Edition

Elwood N. Chapman

Crisp Publications, Inc. Los Altos, California (1986)

Improving the quality of first line supervision has always been considered essential by successful executives because of the immediate impact on employee productivity. As a result, training directors allocate a sizable portion of their budget to new supervisor training. A common problem however, has been that considerable time may elapse between the time a new supervisor is promoted and before any training is provided. This can lead to costly mistakes or the formation of poor habits before formal training takes place. This book was developed to remedy this training delay problem.


Finance For The Nonfinancial Manager

Herbert T. Spiro

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY (1977)
 
This book helps you steer through the intricacies of modern business finance whether you're with a profit or not-for-profit organiztion. This book explains how to deal with the financial questions affecting your own work and your professional development. You'll be able to readily translate the jargon of your financial executives, and develop a sound basis for carrying out your planning and decision-making responsibilities.

Finding Your Purpose: A Guide To Personal Fulfillment

Barbara J. Braham

Crisp Publications, Menlo Park, CA (1991)

This book can help everyone find their purpose in life. Anyone who follows the process in this book will be better prepared to find a fulfilled lifestyle.


Finding Your Voice

Learning to Lead...Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference

Larraine R. Matusak

Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, CA (1997)

Credibility, empowerment, and collaboration are not just ideas for business and political leaders - they are concepts that ordinary citizens can grasp to bring out the leader within themselves and to affect positive social change at the grassroots level.


 First Things First

Stephen R. Covey

Simon & Schuster, New York, NY  (1994)

I'm getting more done in less time, but where are the rich relationships, the inner peace, the balance, the confidence that I'm doing what matters most and doing it well? Does this nagging questions haunt you, even when you feel you are being your most efficient? If so, this book can help you understand why so often our first things aren't first. This book provides you with a compass, because where you're headed is more important that how fast you're going.


The First-Time Manager

Loren B. Belker

AMACOM, New York, NY (1993)

An updated and enlarged edition of the guide that's helped thousands of managers handle their new responsibilities. This book explains how to: build confidence in yourself and your staff; manage time and stress; lead or participate more effectively at meetings; improve your writing, listening, and public speaking skills; motivate and counsel employees and conduct performance appraisals; see the "big picture" so you don't get lost in the details; maintain a sense of humor; manage problem employees; cope with an unreasonable boss; deal with issues of company loyalty.


Flight Of the Buffalo: Soaring To Excellence, Learning To Let Employees Lead

James A. Belasco & Ralph C. Stayer

Warner Books, Inc., New York, NY (1993)

Belasco and Stayer explain why executives are unable to change their organizations quickly enough. Managers are often weighted down by old leaderships styles. Drawing upon their own highly successful business careers, the authors detail a new leadership role for executives. They offer their insights and discuss the difficult times today in the world's marketplace and the fact that they call for bold efforts on the part of business and political leaders.


Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Learning To Give, Take, & Use Instructions

Richard Saul Wurman

Bantam Books, A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., New York, NY (1992)

Instructions are the key to communication and understanding - the building blocks of convenience, accomplishment, and success in today's home, school, and office, From programming a VCR to training a sales force, from assembling a ten-speed bike on Christmas Eve to operating high-tech equipment in the modern workplace, the difference between getting by and getting ahead is knowing how to give and take instructions.


For The Children: Lessons from a Visionary Principal.

Madeline Cartwright and Michael D'Orso

Doubleday Publishers (1993)

This book is a battle cry of hope, a directive for the right of every child-in the wealthiest suburbs and in the most poverty-stricken districts-to attend a school where education, warmth , and encouragement are in abundance. Madeline Cartwright shares an exceptional story, with lessons for all.


Four Days with Dr. Deming

William J. Latzlo and David M. Saunders

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, New York, NY  (1995)

Through the voices of Dr. Deming, the authors, and a company executive, you will learn about the problems with prevailing management systems that focus on such short-term strategies as quotas and management by results. Your will discover how to move beyond these counterproductive strategies to achieve true cooperation, process improvement, and long-term productivity.


From Campus To Corporation

Dr. Stephen Strasser and Dr. John Sena

Career Press, Hawthorn, NJ (1990)

This book is written specifically for you. It is designed to help you understand and successfully manage the transition from student to employee and meet the numerous and varied demands of the workplace.


From Campus To Corporation and the next ten years

Dr. Stephen Strasser and Dr. John Sena

Career Press, Hawthorn, NJ  (1990)

While job and career transitions exist throughtout our working lives, perhaps the greatest, most rapid, and probably most unexpected occur during the first ten years after graduation from high school or college.


Games By Thiagi: Lecture Games; Diversity Simulation Games; Cash Games; Group Grope; Triangles

Sivasailam Thiagarajan, Ph.D.

HRD Press, Amherst, MA (1994)

These five books focus on the five areas of training, lecture, diversity, cash negotiation, sexual harassment, and quality management.


Games Trainers Play

Edward E. Scannell, John W. Newstrom

McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY (1980)

If you are looking to add spark and excitement to your training sessions and achieve dramatically better results than you're getting now this is the book that shows you how. It is packed with over 100 different games, activities, and exercises that have been field-tested and proven highly effective by some of America's most experienced and innovative trainers in teaching a variety of important business skills in ways that are challenging and fun for the participants.


More Games Trainers Play

Edward E. Scannell, John W. Newstrom

McGraw-Hill, Inc., NY (1983)

This is a compilation of proven instructions aids designed to help you , the professional trainer, boost confidence, teach important business skills, and create enthusiasm and interest among the participants in your training program.


Still More Games Trainers Play

Edward E. Scannell, John W. Newstrom

McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY (1991)

Designed for trainers, facilitators, managers, and speakers in all fields, this innovative guide helps you transfer learning from the training context to the daily work environment.


The Genius Of Sitting Bull

13 Heroic Strategies For Today's Business Leaders

Emmett C. Murphy

Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1993)
 
The author recounts the epic struggle at the Little Bighorn to bring you: A thirteen-step blueprint for becoming a heroic leader - how to reenergize your organization, renew employees' trust and loyalty, and regain global competitiveness; An inspiring exploration of the leadership techniques of Sitting bull and his special process of commitment, empowerment, and strategy; Stirring case studies of today's business executives who personify the heroic example.

Get A Grip On Your Dreams: 12 Ways to Squeeze More Success Out of Your Goals

Peter Jeff

Possibility Press (2000)

Here's a four-step plan to help you get a solid grip on your dream - for your personal and business life. You'll be given four pitons (mountain climbing spikes), which will enable you to climb more courageously and effectively. They include: Goal - Setting, Risk - Making, Initiating, Persisting.


Getting Funded

Mary Hall

Continuing Education Publications, Portland, OR (1998)

A helpful source in writing proposals for grants.  Covers all areas, including the sciences, the arts, education, health, socials services, and many more.  Learn about helpful tricks and available soruces.


Getting It Done: The Transforming Power of Self-Discipline

Andrew J. DuBrin, Ph.D.

Peterson's/Pacesetter Books, Princeton, NJ (1995)
 
In this book the author lays out a powerful new approach to breaking through the fog to the land of high achievement, the key? self-discipline. Invigorating and self-affirming, DuBrin's compelling eight-step self-discipline model shows how to: kick the procrastination blues - concentrate on the task at hand - become your own leader - improve productivity and satisfaction in all areas of your life.

Getting Things Done When You Are Not In Charge

Geoffrey M. Bellman

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., San Francisco, CA (1992)

Whether you are a manager, administrator, professional, or supervisor, you are not in charge. Your job supports the decisions and goals of other people. You may often feel powerless to get things done and frustrated in your daily battles with the organization. But the truth is that you are not nearly as powerless as you may feel. In this book, Geoffrey Bellman explores the many ways you can get things done and accomplish your own goals while supporting others' work. He shows how to: empower yourself and others; effectively lead change in the organization; build solid working relationships; develop positive political skills at work; establish patterns of success; take risks wisely, set priorities, and get results; discover greater meaning and fulfillment in your work.


Getting To Yes

Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

Roger Fisher and William Ury

Penguin Books Ltd., New York, NY (1983)

This book offers a concise, step-by-step, proven strategy for coming to mutually acceptable agreements in every sort of conflict - whether it involves parents and children, neighbors, bosses and employees, customers or corporations, tenants or diplomats. Based on studies and conferences conducted by the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals continually with all levels of conflict resolution from domestic to business to international disputes.


Getting Your Message Across

Kurt Hanks & Gerreld Pulsipher

Crisp Publications, Inc., Los Altos, CA (1991)

You will find this book useful if you are: a salesperson making a call; a teacher giving a lesson; an executive preparing for a speech; a professor presenting a lecture; a parent teaching a child; or anyone else who wants to convey information.


Get Your A Out Of College

Clark McKowen

Crisp Publications, Inc. Menlo Park, CA (1996)

In this book you will learn: All you really need to know about memorizing - How tests work: the rules of the game - BFAR: A method for reading anything - Methods for controlling school anxiety - Coping with writing assignments in Freshman English - How to increase attention in class and concentration on assignments.


 

Giving And Receiving Criticism: Your Key To Interpersonal Success

Patti Hathaway

Crisp Publications, Inc., Los Altos, CA (1990)

This book provides practical and useful insights that will enhance your personal and professional interpersonal skills. It is equally appropriate when dealing with superiors, peers, and subordinates.


Graduating To The 9 To 5 World

Jerry Bouchard

Impact Publications, Woodbridge, VA (1991)

This book will prepare you for what to expect in the 9-5 world after you have graduated from school . If you are like many other graduates, you are about to encounter numerous 9-5 shocks. Many will be disappointments while others will be important career challenges.


The Group Games Collection

Howard Cross, Edie Greene

Creative Training Techniques, Eden Prairie, MN (1990)

With Group Games people experience healthy positive interactions that foster cooperation, trust and teamwork.