Citation for Book: Lencioni P. The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business. Jossey-Bass; 2012 Recommended by: Todd Sorensen, soren042@umn.edu Star Rating (1-5): 5 Review: If you are a fan of Patrick Lencioni’s previous work (Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Death by Meeting), you’ll appreciate the way Lencioni weaves concepts from multiple booksContinue reading “The Advantage”
Category Archives: Organizational Change/Excellence
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
Heifetz R, Grashow A, and Linsky M. The Practice of Adaptive Leadership. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2009. Recommended by: Todd Sorensen, U of MN CoP Star Rating: 4 (Really Liked It) Review: “The Practice of Adaptive Leadership” is the applied version of Heifetz and Linsky’s book “Leadership on the Line.” While many audiencesContinue reading “The Practice of Adaptive Leadership”
Our Iceberg Is Melting
Kotter, J. Rathgerber, H. Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2005. Recommended by: Kristin Janke, U of MN, CoP Star Rating: 5 (It’s Great) Review: We’ve used this book with pharmacists and pharmacy students since 2007. It’s a fable that illustrates the process of successfulContinue reading “Our Iceberg Is Melting”
The Leadership Engine: How Winning Companies Build Leaders at Every Level
Tichy, N. The Leadership Engine: How Winning Companies Build Leadership at Every Level. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 2002. Recommended by Jenelle Sobotka
Leading Change
Kotter, J. Leading Change. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN, CoP Star Rating: 3 (Liked It) Review: I don’t give this one to students. This is Kotter’s most “academic” book. As such, it is more of a rigorous read than Heart of Change, which uses more cases.Continue reading “Leading Change”
The Heart of Change: Real-Life Storiesof How People Change Their Organization
Kotter, J. and Cohen, D. The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organization. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2002. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN, CoP Star Rating: 4 (Really Liked It) Review: This book is an excellent extension on Our Iceberg is Melting. I especially like the discussionContinue reading “The Heart of Change: Real-Life Storiesof How People Change Their Organization”
A Sense of Urgency
Kotter, J. A Sense of Urgency. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN CoP Star Rating: 2 (It was OK) Review: I appreciated the definitions the author provides for urgency, complacency and false urgency. In addition, the strategies he offers make sense and expand on Kotter’s previous works.Continue reading “A Sense of Urgency”
Leadership Without Easy Answers
Heifetz, R. Leadership Without Easy Answers. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. Recommended by Kristin Janke
Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading
Heifetz, R. and Linsky, M. Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2002. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN, CoP Star Rating: 4 (Really Liked It) Review: This book would be among my top five picks for instructors new to teaching leadership. It helpsContinue reading “Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading”
How the Mighty Fall
Collins, J. How the Mighty Fall. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2009. Recommended by Kristin Janke, U of MN, CoP Star Rating: 4 (Really Liked It) Review: Noticeably, some companies in Good to Great have since “fallen”. Just because a company achieves excellence doesn’t mean it will stay there forever. The environment changes, new leadershipContinue reading “How the Mighty Fall”
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