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Learning to Lead Change: Building System Capacity
Leadership for Change Library
The
top 20 books and five more …
Anyone’s
list of top 20 books in a voluminous field like leadership
and change is bound to contain personal preferences. Our selections
reflect a bias for action or doing and our interest in deep,
large-scale reform that sets the conditions for sustainability.
In other words, we look for practical ideas that can take
us some distance toward system transformation.
We
also draw on different sectors and diverse disciplines. Thirteen
of the 20 books are from the wider literature, and seven from
education. Two books focus on emotional intelligence (Goleman,
and Caruso & Salovey). Two are case studies of highly
successful companies (Gittell, and Liker). Several are about
leadership in complex and difficult times (Collins, Heifetz
& Linsky, and Mintzberg). Several focus on the new leadership
needed in education (Dufour et al., Elmore, Hargreaves &
Fink, Lezotte & McKee, Reeves, and Wagner) . There are
several great books on change and organizations (Abrahamson,
Black & Gregerson, Kanter, Maurer, Loehr & Schwartz,
Perkins, and Pfeffer & Sutton).
The
20 books are presented in alphabetical order by author. In
each case we present an informal summary of the essence of
the book, and then a short statement on why we like the book.
The
20 books are followed by an annotated summary of five of our
recent books on leadership and change. All our work has the
bias for action and large-scale system transformation. It
draws on the best of leadership books, and also presents our
own grounded work in partnerships with organizations and systems
around the world.
Enjoy
the reading. Better still, follow the best advice in the library
— do the action and build on it!
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