My library has a leadership program and we were asked to recommend
- books,
- journals
- articles
- blogs
- blogposts
- podcasts
- whatever
with an annotation preferably, on any topic relevant to leadership, management, customers service or other topic we think would be helpful to participants. I went through my favorites of the last couple of years and came up with these:
- Predictably Irrational, The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- Outliers: The Story of Success
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
- Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
- The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable
- The Myth of Multitasking: How
What do you recommend?
Librarian by Day 
A classic: Kouzes and Posner’s The Leadership Challenge. It’s a timeless book on leadership (in my humble opinion!) 🙂
LikeLike
I haven’t read that one, I’m putting it on my list right now.
LikeLike
some great suggestions from Twitter, just to have everything together
The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work
Phlip Zimbardo on the nature of evil TED talk http://tinyurl.com/aw8zez
Emporers of Chocolate http://tinyurl.com/ml5rgb Amazing contrast in two different styles of highly successful entrepreneurs
True North by Bill George. It’s not your typical leadership gobbledy goop. http://www.truenorthleaders.com/
LikeLike
a good perspective:
Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
by Danny Meyer
LikeLike
thanks! I’ve added this to my personal to-read list!
LikeLike
a few more from Twitter
pausch’s “the last lecture” although not Lib based general lessons can be learned. At “R u a tigger or an eeyore?”
also “what to say to a porcupine” by gallagher for customer service – lots of anecdotes which can be tweaked for libs
LikeLike
From Good to Great. It’s a leadership book disguised as a business book. I listen to it on audio at least 1x a year. Jim Collins rocks!!
LikeLike
You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader by Mark Sanborn
Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit by Lee G Bolman
The textbook for our library leadership course was Reframing Organizations by Bolman & Deal
LikeLike
@librarianbyday Nice leadership list! How about “Managing Your Boss” from HBR; Carneigies’ How to Win Friends; & Godin’s Tribes…
LikeLike