The Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) is an intensive, nine-month leadership development program presented by the Society for Information Management, focused on creating authentic leaders.
This is their 2007 book list, which I re-publish with the disclaimer that I like book lists, even though some of these choices would not be mine…
- Adler: How to Read a Book
- Boyatzis & McKee: Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others through Mindfulness, Hope and Compassion
- Kotter: Heart of Change
- Bridges: Managing Transitions
- Buckingham: First Break all the Rules
- Dotlich, Noel and Walker: Leadership Passages
- Conger: Winning ‘Em Over
- DePree: Leadership is an Art
- Frankl: Man’s Search for Meaning
- Friedman: The World is Flat
- George: Authentic Leadership
- Ghandi: the video
- Goleman: Working with Emotional Intelligence
- Hammerschlag: The Theft of the Spirit
- Jamison: Nibble Theory
- Katzenbach: The Wisdom of Teams
- Lencioni: Death by Meeting: A Leadership Problem about Solving the most Painful Problem in Business
- Machiavelli: The Prince
- Mackenzie: Orbiting the Giant Hairball
- Marquardt: Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask
- O’Toole: Creating the Good Life
- Patterson: Crucial Conversations
- Rousseau & Cranston: The Social Contract
- Shafir: The Zen of Listening
- Jaworski: Synchronicity
- Useem: Leadership Moment
- Wallis: Two Old Women
- Whyte: The Heart Aroused
- Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go
- Michalko: Thinkertoys