Suggested Reading

A wealth of resources are available to help you develop your creative leadership skills. The following suggestions include books on creativity, teams, requirements elicitation, facilitation, and portfolio management.

CREATIVITY

Kao, John. Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.

Kayser, Thomas. Mining Group Gold. El Segundo, CA: Serif Publishing, 1990.

Knowles, Malcolm. The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species. London: GulfPublishing, 1990.

Rosen, Robert. The Healthy Company. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons,1991.

Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization. New York: Doubleday Books, 1994.

TEAMS

Ancona, Deborah, and Henrik Bresman. X-Teams: How to Build Teams that Lead, Innovate, and Succeed. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.

Burke, Rory, and Steve Barron. Project Management Leadership: Building Creative Teams. London: Burke Publishing, 2007.

Guttman, Howard M. Great Business Teams: Cracking the Code for Standout Performance. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.

Hackman, J. Richard. Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002.

Katzenback, Jon R., and Douglas K. Smith. The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization. New York: Harper Collins, 2003.

Mackin, Deborah. The Teambuilding Tool Kit: Tips and Tactics for Effective Workplace Teams. New York: AMACOM, 2007.

Scholtes, Peter R., Brian L. Joiner, and Barbara J. Streibel. The Team Handbook, Third Edition. Madison, WI: Oriel, Inc., 2003.

REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION

Gottesdiener, Ellen. The Software Requirements Memory Jogger: A Pocket Guide to Help Software and Business Teams Develop and Manage Requirements. Salem, NH: Goal/QPC, 2005.

Gottesdiener, Ellen. Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs. Boston: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002.

Hossenlopp, Rosemary, and Kathleen B. Hass. Unearthing Business Requirements: Elicitation Tools and Techniques. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, 2008.

Wiegers, Karl E. More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 2006.

Young, Ralph R. The Requirements Engineering Handbook. Norwood, MA: Artech House, 2003.

FACILITATION

Andler, Nicolai. Tools for Project Management, Workshops, and Consulting: A Compendium of Must-Have Tools and Techniques. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.

Hunter, Dale, Stephen Thorpe, Hamish Brown, and Anne Bailey. The Art of Facilitation, Revised Edition: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Putz, Gregory B. Facilitation Skills: Helping Groups Make Decisions, Second Edition. Bountiful, UT: Deep Space Technology Co., 2002.

Schwarz, Roger. The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers, and Coaches. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Wilkinson, Michael. The Secrets of Facilitation: The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Getting Results with Groups. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Zavala, Alice, and Kathleen B. Hass. The Art and Power of Facilitation: Running Powerful Meetings. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts,2008.

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

Dye, Lowell D., and James S. Pennypacker. Project Portfolio Management: Selecting and Prioritizing Projects for Competitive Advantage. West Chester, PA: Center for Business Practices, 1999.

Goodpasture, John C. Managing Projects for Value. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, 2002.

Hass, Kathleen B. “From Strategy To Action: Enterprise Portfolio Management,” a white paper. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, 2005.

Kaplan, Robert, and David Norton. The Balanced Scorecard: Translating a Strategy into Action. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.

The Standish Group International. Unfinished Voyages I. West Yarmouth, MA: The Standish Group International, 1996.