Resources for Further Reading

The Five Actions

Center for Serving Leadership. The Serving Leader Guide: 5 Powerful Actions to Transform Your Team, Business, and Community. Pittsburgh: Newton Institute, 2016.

ThirdRiver Partners, LLC. The Serving Leader Toolkit. Pittsburgh: ThirdRiver, 2015.

Run to Great Purpose

Beck, Martha. Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live. New York: Crown, 2001.

Cloud, Henry. Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality. New York: Collins, 2006.

Fritz, Robert. Your Life as Art. Newfane, VT: Newfane Press, 2003.

Goud, Nelson H. “Courage: Its Nature and Development.” Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development 44, no. 1 (March 22, 2005).

Greenleaf, Robert K. The Servant as Leader. Indianapolis: Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, 2008.

_______. Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness. New York: Paulist Press, 2002.

Honeyman, Ryan. The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2014.

Jennings, Ken, and Heather Hyde. The Greater Goal: Connecting Purpose and Performance. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2012.

Keith, Kent M. The Case for Servant Leadership. Madison, WI: Terrace Books, 2012.

Leider, Richard. The Power of Purpose: Find Meaning, Live Longer, Better. 3rd ed. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2015.

Loeher, 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.

Warren, Rick. The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002.

Wourms, Elizabeth, and John Stahl-Wert. The Serving Leader for the People of God. Pittsburgh: Steelworth Press, 2011.

Upend the Pyramid

Arbinger Institute. The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2015.

Arbinger Institute. Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2000.

Bradford, David L., and Allan R. Cohen. Power Up: Transforming Organizations through Shared Leadership. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

Buber, Martin. I and Thou. Eastford, CT: Martino Fine Books, 2010.

Demarest, Larry, Marjorie Herdes, Joyce Stockton, and William Stockton. The Mobius Model: A Guide for Developing Effective Relationships in Groups, Teams, and Organizations. Minneapolis: MMI Group LLC, 2004.

Emerald, David. The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic). Bainbridge Island, WA: Polaris, 2006.

Nair, Keshavan. A Higher Standard of Leadership: Lessons from the Life of Gandhi. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1996.

Pearce, Craig L., and Jay A. Conger, eds. Shared Leadership: Reframing the Hows and Whys of Leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003.

Weisbord, Martin, and Sandra Janoff. Lead More, Control Less: 8 Advanced Leadership Skills That Overturn Convention. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2015.

Raise the Bar

Arneson, Steve. What Your Boss Really Wants from You: 15 Insights to Improve Your Relationship. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2014.

Brothers, Chalmers. Language and the Pursuit of Happiness: A New Foundation for Designing Your Life, Your Relationships and Your Results. Naples, FL: New Possibilities Press, 2005.

Darling, Marilyn, Charles Parry, and Joseph Moore. “Learning in the Thick of It.” Harvard Business Review (July/August 2005).

Lebow, Rob, and Randy Spitzer. Accountability: Freedom and Responsibility without Control. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2010.

Leibner, Josh, Gershon Mader, and Alan Weiss. The Power of Strategic Commitment: Achieving Extraordinary Results through Total Alignment and Engagement. New York: AMACOM, 2009.

Livingston, J. Sterling. “Pygmalion in Management.” Harvard Business Review (September/October 1988).

Patterson, Kerry, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Paul, Harry, John Britt, and Ed Jent. Who Kidnapped Excellence? What Stops Us from Giving and Being Our Best. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2013.

Samuel, Mark. Creating the Accountable Organization: A Practical Guide to Improve Performance Execution. Los Angeles: Xephor Press, 2006.

Stahl-Wert, John, and Ken Jennings. Ten Thousand Horses: How Leaders Harness Raw Potential for Extraordinary Results. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2007.

Sull, Donald, and Charles Spinosa. “Promise-Based Management: The Essence of Execution.” Harvard Business Review (April 2007).

Ury, William. The Power of a Positive No: Save the Deal, Save the Relationship—and Still Say No. New York: Bantam Books, 2007.

Blaze the Trail

Kline, Nancy. Time to Think: Listening to Ignite the Human Mind. London: Octopus Publishing Group, 1999.

Loehr, Jim. The Power of Story: Rewrite Your Destiny in Business and in Life. New York: Free Press, 2007.

Pachter, Barbara. The Power of Positive Confrontation: The Skills You Need to Know to Handle Conflicts at Work, at Home, and in Life. New York: Marlowe & Company, 2000.

Reynolds, Marcia. The Discomfort Zone: Turn Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2014.

Schein, Edgar. Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2013.

Searle, John, R. Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts.

Tichy, Noel M. The Cycle of Leadership: How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win. New York: HarperBusiness, 2002.

Torbert, Bill, and Associates. Action Inquiry: The Secret of Timely and Transforming Leadership. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2004.

Build on Strengths

Cooperrider, David L., and Diana Whitney. Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2008.

Cramer, Kathryn D., and Hank Wasiak. Change the Way You See Everything through Asset-Based Thinking. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2006.

Drucker, Peter F. Managing Oneself. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008.

Gardner, William L., and J. R. Schermerhorn. “Unleashing Individual Potential: Performance Gains through Positive Organizational Behavior and Authentic Leadership.” Organizational Dynamics 33, no. 3 (2004).

Rath, Tom, and Barry Conchie. Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow. New York: Gallup Press, 2008.

Rock, David, and Jeffrey Schwartz. “The Neuroscience of Leadership.” Strategy+Business 43 (Summer 2006).

Sindell, Thuy, and Milo Sindell. Hidden Strengths: Unleashing the Crucial Leadership Skills You Already Have. Oakland. CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2015.