Books
Working with Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman, 1998
- Excellent view of “the hard case for the soft skills”
Extraordinary Relationships, Roberta Gilbert 1992
- Exploring the struggle between “the drive toward being an individual and the drive toward being together with others.” How have we learned to deal with this dilemma and how does is show up in our relationships.
Managing at the Speed of Change, Daryl Conner, 1992
- Leaders must raise their awareness of the Nature of change, the Process of change, and the Resistance of change. Do not only apply these concepts to your organization but apply them to yourself in order to understand how change affects you. You cannot escape the forces of change.
Leadership on the Line, Heifetz and Linsky, 2002
- Are the challenges you face technical or adaptive? Do you know the difference? Can you get to the balcony and observe yourself in action? Do you know when and how to turn up the heat or turn down the heat to get the work done. Can you give the work back in the face of resistance?
Wisdom of Teams, Katzenbach and Smith, 1993
- How do you build and prepare your team to continue to communicate and act on the organizations vision.
Difficult Conversations, Stone, Patton, & Heen, 1999
- Without understanding what is happening beneath the conversation during a 1 on 1 where behaviorally specific feedback is required, the opportunity to create a learning conversation is often lost.
Season of Life, Jeffery Marx, 2004
- Its all about empathy and relationship. If a leader focuses on just those two things building the next level of leaders is a far easier process.
Movies
Perspective:
What the Bleep Do We Know !?
The Matrix
Discipline:
The Pursuit of Happyness
Vision and Mission:
Man on Wire
Spirituality:
One the Movie
Fierce Grace
Kundun
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