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Leadership Resources, Books, Readings & Articles


Is there a particular aspect of leadership that you want to know more about? We have collected a list of our favourite books, book summaries, articles and other resources and placed them all on this page. You can purchase all of these quality resources online from suppliers such Harvard Business School, Executive Book Summaries and Amazon. To make it easy for you to do so, we have organised our list into the different aspects of leadership that you see below.

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Accountability 

Change Management

Conflict Management

Decisiveness

Emotional Intelligence

Influence & Persuasion 

Interpersonal Skills

Managing Up

Negotiation

Self Awareness

Strategic Leadership

Action & Results Orientation

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Delegation

Executive Resilience

Innovation & Creativity

Leading Through Crisis

Motivating Staff

Organizational Politics

Self Discipline & Control

Use of Power & Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accountability

 

The Responsibility Virus

(Executive summary of book by Roger Martin)  

 

            The Accountable Leader

(Executive Summary of the book by Brian Dive)

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Action & Results Orientation

Execution

(Executive summary of book by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan)

 

Courage to Lead: A Call to Action

(Article from the Leader to Leader Institute) 

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Change & Adaptability

The Heart of Change

Executive Summary of Book by John Kotter  

 

What You Really Need to Know About Change

Harvard Business Review Article Collection

Leading Change Collection

Harvard Business Review Article Collection

Leading With Authenticity in Times of Transition

E-book by the Center for Creative Leadership  

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Communication Skills

The Story Factor

(Executive Summary of Book by Annette Simmons)

 

The Manager’s Guide to Face-to-Face Communication Collection

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

 

The Harvard Business School Publishing Guide to Better Business Writing

(Online guide)

 

Face-to-Face Communications for Clarity and Impact

(Book by Harvard Business School Press)

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Conflict Management

Capitalizing on Conflict

(Executive summary of book by Kirk Blackard & J. Gibson)

 

Crucial Confrontations

(Executive summary of book by Kerry Patterson & Co.)

 

Intervention Strategy

(Harvard Business Article by Michael Watkins)

 

Managing Difficult Conversations

CD By Harvard Business School Press

 

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Collaboration

How Can I Improve the Collaboration Within My Team

(Harvard Management Quick Tip)

Educating Managers for Decision Making & Leadership

Research-Based Article by Victor Vroom

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Decisiveness    

Blink 

(Executive Summary of Book by Malcolm Gladwell)

Judgment

(Executive Summary of Book by Noel Tichy & Warren Bennis)

To Make the Best Decisions, Demand the Best Data 

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

 

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Delegation        

Delegation: Gaining Time for Yourself

(Harvard Business Online Book Chapter) 

How Can I Become Better At Delegating 

(Harvard Management Quick Tip)    

 

Are You Delegating So It Sticks  

(Harvard Business Review Article) 

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Emotional Intelligence

Primal Leadership 

(Executive Summary of Book by Daniel Goleman & Co.)  

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership  

(Harvard Business School Article Collection)

 

Micro-Expressions Training Tool (METT) 

(Online training tool to help read how people are feeling from microexpressions that cross their face)

 

Making the Connection: Leadership Skills & Emotional Intelligence 

(Free Article by the Center for Creative Leadership) 

 

Leading Teams With Emotional Intelligence 

(Simulation by Harvard Business School)

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Executive Resilience

Confidence 

(Executive Summary of Book by Rosabeth Moss Kanter)

Get In Shape to Lead

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

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Influence & Persuasion

Tailor-Made Persuasion

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

 

Influencer

Executive Summary of Book by K. Patterson, R. McMillan, A. Switzler, D. Maxfield & J. Grenny

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Innovation & Creativity

Innovation by Design 

(Executive Summary of Book by Gerard Gaynor) 

 

Best of HBR on Innovation 

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection) 

 

Readings In Innovation

(A collection of articles from the Center for Creative Leadership)

 

The Innovation Premium 

(Executive Summary of Book by Ronald Jonash & co.)

 

Winning the Innovation Game 

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

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Interpersonal Savvy                                   

The Enthusiastic Employee 

(Executive Summary of Book by David Sirota & Co.)         

 

Winning With People 

(Executive Summary of Book by John Maxwell) 

Its Hard Being Soft 

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

 

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Leading Through Crises

Crises Leadership Now

(Executive Summary of Book by Laurence Barton)

Managing Crises

(Book by Harvard Business School Press)

Managing A Crises

(Harvard Business Review Article Update)

 

Harvard Business Review On Managing Through A Downturn

(Paperback)

 

Leading Through A Crisis

(eBook by Harvard Business School Press)

 

  

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Managing Up

The 360 Degree Leader

(Executive Summary of Book by John Maxwell)      

 

Managing Up

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

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Motivating Staff

Build A Motivated Workforce

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

The Enthusiastic Employee

(Executive Summary of Book by David Sirota, Louis Mischkind & Michael Irwin Meltzer)

 

 

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Negotiation 

Breakthrough Business Negotiation 

(Executive summary of Book by Michael Watkins)

Nuts & Bolts Negotiation 

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

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Organizational Politics

How Organizations Work   

(Executive Summary of Book by Alan Brache) 

 

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Self Awareness                                                                                               

Discovering Your Authentic Leadership

(Harvard Business Review Article)                                                
 

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There       

(Executive Summary of book by Marshall Goldsmith)

          True North 

          (Executive Summary of Book by Bill George & Peter Simms)

Discerning Your Values Exercise

(Leadership Skills Australia Exercise)

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Self Discipline & Control

Goals

(Executive Summary of Book by Brian Tracey)    

 

What Makes A Leader 

(Harvard Business Review Article by Daniel Goleman)

                                               

Managing Yourself

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

                                               

 

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Strategic Leadership

The Art and Discipline of Strategic Leadership

(Executive Summary of book by Mike Freedman with Benjamin B. Tregoe) 

Great Strategy & Great Results

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

 

Strategy: How to Makes Yours Powerfully Simple 

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

 

The Futurist

(Magazine)

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Use of Power & Authority

Power: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

(Harvard Business Review Article Collection)

 

Power Dynamics in Organizations

(Harvard Business Review Article)

 

Why Authority Still Matters

(Harvard Business Review Article)

 

All For One And One For All

(Article in Academy of Management Review)

 

Leadership That Gets Results

(Article In Harvard Business Review)