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First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently

Buckingham, M. and Coffman, C. First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1999. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN CoP Star Rating: 4 (Really Liked It) Review:   The first in the series:  First, Break All the Rules….Now, Discover Your Strengths…Go, Put Your StrengthsContinue reading “First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently”

Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

Arbinger Institute. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box. San Francisco, CA: Berret-Koehler Publishers, 2002. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN CoP Star Rating:  5 (It was great!) Review: I remember the first time we used this book.  I was pretty nervous about how pharmacy students would respond to a fable about howContinue reading “Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box”

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Lencioni, P. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishing, 2002. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN CoP Star Rating: 4 (Really Liked It) Review:  We’ve used this since 2007 in an elective leadership course.  It leads to good discussion of the factors that influence how functional a team is andContinue reading “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team”

The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary

Sanborn, M. and Maxwell, J. The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary. New York, NY: Currency, 2004. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN, CoP Star Rating: 5 (It was great) Review:  We’ve used this since 2007 as the focus of a leadership retreat.  Continue reading “The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary”

Now, Discover Your Strengths

Buckinham, M. and Clifton, D. Now, Discover Your Strengths. New York, NY: The Free Press, 2001. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN, CoP Star Rating: 4 (Really Liked It) Review:  If you’re teaching strengths, I would highly recommend that you read this book.  We also have our leadership students read it (the rest ofContinue reading “Now, Discover Your Strengths”

The Student Leadership Challenge

Kouzes, J. and Posner, B. The Student Leadership Challenge. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2008. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN CoP Star Rating: 3 (Liked It) Review:  We’ve used this book since 2009 in our spring leadership elective.  We use it in combination with the Student Leadership Practices Inventory (SLPI), which allows studentsContinue reading “The Student Leadership Challenge”