The following is a recommended reading list which can help you grow in leadership, organizational development and character formation.

Books on Leadership, Management and Growth
Recommended by Dan Maltby, Ph.D., Director and Ron Smedley, Adjunct Professor
Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership at Biola University

By Author : A - D | F - L | M - Z

Flight of the Buffalo: Soaring to Excellence, Learning to let Employees Lead
James A. Belasco and Ralph C. Stayer
Warner Books, New York, 1993

Soaring With the Phoenix: Renewing the Vision, Reviving the Spirit, and Re-Creating the Success of your Company
James A. Belasco and Jerre Stead
Warner Books, New York, 1999

Teaching the Elephant to Dance: the Manager's Guide to Empowering Change
James A. Belasco
Penguin Group, New York, 1991

Leadership by the Book: Tools to Transform your Workplace
Kenneth Blanchard
William Morrow & Co, 1999

The Power of Ethical Management
Kenneth Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale
Fawcett Crest, New York, 1989

Biblical Principles and Business: The Practice
Richard Chewning
NavPress, Colorado, 1989

Changes that Heal
Henry Cloud
Zondervan Publishing House, 1992

How People Grow
Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Zondervan Publishing House, 2001

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Harper Business, New York, 1994

Executive Eq: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations
Robert K. Cooper and Ayman Sawaf
Grosset/Putnam, New York, 1996

Building Leaders: How Successful Companies Develop the Next Generation
Jay Conger and Beth Benjamin
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1999

Deming's Profound Changes: When Will the Sleeping Giant Awaken?
Kenneth T. Delavigne and J. Daniel Robertson
Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1994

Leadership is an Art
Max DePree
Dell, New York, 1989

Leadership Jazz
Max DePree
Doubleday, New York, 1992

Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community
Max DePree
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1997

The New Realities in Government and Politics/in Economics and Business/in Society and World View
Peter Drucker
Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1989

By Author : A - D | F - L | M - Z

The above is a partial list of titles and authors recommended by the MOL faculty, and is not intended to represent all there is to know on the subject of leadership. The list was created to provide additional information for leadership development.

 

<< Back to Leadership Resources