Much of The Hidden Leader emerged from our combined many decades of work with companies and corporations of various sizes and in multiple industries. This partial bibliography encapsulates some of the books that have had the most influence on us during our careers.
Amabile, Teresa, and Steven Kramer. The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2011.
Covey, Stephen M. R., and Rebecca R Merrill. The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything. New York: Free Press, 2008.
Gabor, Andrea. The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business, Their Lives, Times, and Ideas. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
Johnson, Steven. Where Good Ideas Come From. New York: Riverhead, 2010.
Kouzes, James M., and Barry Z. Posner. Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey Bass, 1993.
Loehr, Jim, and Tony Schwartz. The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal. New York: Free Press, 2003.
Paul, Anne Murphy. The Cult of Personality Testing. New York: Free Press, 2005.
Rackham, Neil, and Richard Ruff. Managing Major Sales: Practical Strategies for Improving Sales Effectiveness. New York: Harper Business, 1991.
Rifkin, Jeremy. The Third Industrial Revolution. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Santayana, George. Life of Reason, Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1905.
Seligman, Martin E. P. Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. New York: Free Press, 2002.
Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York: Doubleday, 2006.
Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Penguin Classics, 2004.
Valve Handbook for New Employees. Bellevue, WA: Valve Corporation, 2012. Accessed September 2013, http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf.
Weiss, Alan. Our Emperors Have No Clothes. Pompton Plains, NJ: Career Press, 1995.
Zenger, John H., Joseph R. Folkman, and Scott K. Edinger. The Inspiring Leader. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.