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What's on my Bookshelf

You are what you eat,  but a leader is that they read... find someone in a leadership position with no direction, and you'll find that they do not read - they don't get the necessary input to inspire them.  And it's not just random reading: the old computer acronym GIGO (Garbage in, garbage out) holds true for what leaders read.

The list at the bottom of this page are the books on one shelf of the bookcases my study - this list is unedited and contains the good and the not so good.

Currently Reading:

  • "The 4-hour work week", Tim Ferris, my review
  • "The age of unreason", Charles Handy {Oldie but goodie}

My Top Ten: (in no particular order)

  • "Now Discover your Strengths", Marcus Buckingham
  • "Visioneering", Andy Stanley
  • "Good to Great", Jim Collins
  • "Working with Emotional intelligence" Daniel Goleman
  • "The Tipping Point", Malcolm Gladwell
  • "Getting Business to come to you"
  • "The life you've always wanted", John Ortberg
  • "The Purpose Driven Life" Rick Warren
  • "Jesus CEO" Laurie Beth Jones
  • "Winning with People", John C Maxwell

The full list:

  • "The 21 irrefutable Laws of Leadership", John C Maxwell
  • "Winning with people", John C Maxwell
  • "The 360 Leader - developing influence from Anywhere in the organisation" John C Maxwell
  • "First, Break all the Rules", Marcus Buckingham
  • "Now, discover your strengths", Marcus Buckingham
  • "Good to Great", Jim Collins
  • "Built to last", Jim Collins & Jerry Porras
  • "Working with emotional intelligence", Daniel Goleman
  • "the Path - Creating a mission statement for work and life", Laurie Beth Jones
  • "Jesus, CEO - Using ancient wisdom for Visionary leadership", Laurie Beth Jones
  • "Jesus Life Coach - Learn from the Best", Laurie Beth Jones
  • "The tipping point", Malcolm Gladwell
  • "Blink", Malcolm Gladwell
  • "The different drum",  M. Scott Peck
  • "Attracting perfect customers" Stacey Hall & Jan Brozniez
  • "Getting Business to come to you" Paul & Sarah Edwards and Laura Douglas
  • "The 7 Habits of highly effective people", Stephen Covey
  • "Living the 7 Habits", Stephen Covey
  • "Leadership", Rudi Giuliani
  • "Eat the Rich - a treatise on economics", PJ O'Rourke
  • "Change by Design" Blake, Mouton & McCanse
  • "Understanding and Managing Organisational Behaviour", George Jones
  • "Reengineering the Corporation - A manifesto for business revolution", Michael Hammer & James Champy
  • "Reengineering Management - the mandate for new leadership", James Champy
  • "The Circle of Innovation", Tom Peters
  • "In search of excellence", Tom Peters
  • "Building a profitable coaching practice", Deborah Brown-Volkman
  • "How to become a consultant", B.H. Elvy
  • "Peter Drucker - the great pioneer of management theory and practice", Robert Heller
  • "Managing change in the NHS", Trudy Upton & Bernard Brooks
  • "Motivating employees", Anne Bruce & James Pepitone
  • "People Management - Challenges and Opportunities", David Rees & Richard McBain
  • "Who moved my cheese", Dr Spencer Johnson
  • "I moved your cheese", Darrel Bristow- Bovey
  • "The Mutlidimensional Manager", Richard Connelly, Robin McNeil & Roland Mosiman
  • "The Project Management Paradigm", Ken Burnett
  • "Launch - Starting a new church from scratch", Nelson Searcy & Kerrick Thomas
  • "Visioneering - God's blueprint for developing and maintaining personal vision", Andy Stanley
  • "Naturally Supernatural - Joining God in his work" Gary Best
  • "The purpose driven life", Rick Warren
  • "A Celebration of Discipline", Richard Foster
  • "The Leaders Guide to an effective church" James Earl Massey, William Willimon and Stan Toler
  • "Natural church development Handbook - a practical guide to a new approach" Christian Schwarz
  • "Natural church Development Implementation Manual", Christian Schwarz
  • "The Three colours of ministry", Christian Schwarz
  • "Needless Casualties of War" John Paul Jackson
  • "Discipleship counselling", Dr Neil Anderson
  • "The life you've always wanted", John Ortberg
  • "The imitation of Christ" Thomas a Kempis
  • "Tuesdays with Morrie", Mitch Albom
  • "Final Gifts", Maggie Callanan & Patricia Kelley

 

 

 
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