Happy Memorial Day to Jossey-Bass retired military authors Jon
Katzenbach, William A. Cohen, Mike Figliuolo, Michael Patterson, and
Joseph Grano, Jr. who have helped defend our country and contributed
meaningful lessons in leadership in their books.
Leading
Outside the Lines by Jon R. Katzenbach, Zia Khan (Jossey-Bass
Hardcover; April 2010)
Businesses need to work harder and be smarter about engaging and
mobilizing their organizations. Increasingly, top down imperatives need
help from the bottom and cross-organizationally as well. To compete
effectively, especially in a slow-growth economy, no company can afford
to leave key resources idle – especially the creativity, problem solving
skills, speed, and adaptability that reside in the human side of the
enterprise. According to Jon Katzenbach and Rockefeller Foundation Vice
President of Strategy and Evaluation Zia Khan, smart companies have
discovered that the best way to create lasting value for their
businesses is to nurture informal and non-hierarchical initiatives,
rather than mainly relying on formal top-down “rules of engagement.”
Drucker
on Leadership by William A. Cohen (Jossey-Bass Hardcover;
November 2009)
Though Drucker never wrote a book specifically about leadership, there
is much he did write about leadership in bits and pieces scattered
throughout his 40 books and hundreds of articles. These "bits and
pieces" are so powerful that even those few which are credited to him
now have had a major impact. Drucker on Leadership is a
compilation by Peter Drucker’s first executive Ph.D. student, William A.
Cohen, now an author and expert in leadership, who explains Drucker's
lost leadership lessons--why they are missing, what they are, why they
are important, and how to apply them.
Heroic
Leadership by William A. Cohen (Jossey-Bass Hardcover; May
2010)
Former Peter Drucker student and retired military General William Cohen
offers a fresh, dynamic and contemporary look at military leadership as
they apply to business and life. This definitive work offers a timeless
approach to leadership, as well as a tie-in to the principles of Peter
F. Drucker. Heroic Leadership will challenge readers to
apply the principles of Heroic Leadership and in turn enable any
organization to date the impossible and achieve the extraordinary.
Have
a Nice Conflict by Tim Scudder, Michael Patterson, Kent
Mitchell (Jossey-Bass Hardcover; January 2012)
Have a Nice Conflict sheds light on how conflict really works –
how to recognize its initial stages, how to navigate it better to
diffuse a situation, and how to understand the values of the other
person to better frame your point of view. Conflict will always be a
fact of life. Have a Nice Conflict is a valuable tool for
anyone to understand and take control over conflict.
You
Can't Predict a Hero by Joseph J. Grano, Mark Levine, Lee
Iacocca (Foreword by) (Jossey-Bass Hardcover; September 2009)
Few can say they have not only lived through the defining crises of the
past forty years, but have also played an important role in helping
others survive them. Joseph J. Grano, Jr., is known on Wall Street and
in Washington as a problem solver, both for his leadership at UBS
PaineWebber and as chairman of the President’s Homeland Security
Advisory Council. But his singular experiences shepherding soldiers
through the battlefield of Vietnam, employees through market crash of
1987, and the financial community through the aftermath of 9/11 make him
much more than a businessman. He is someone who has taken the most dire
of circumstances, seen the opportunities within, and rallied his
troops—both literal and figurative—to come through the crisis stronger
than before. Set against the backdrop of his remarkable life story, YOU
CAN’T PREDICT A HERO describes how Grano was able to triumph
over personal and professional challenges.
One
Piece of Paper by Mike Figliuolo (Jossey-Bass Hardcover;
October 2011)
One Piece of Paper teaches decisive, effective leadership by
taking a holistic approach to defining one's personal leadership
philosophy. Through a series of simple questions, readers will create a
living document that communicates their values, passions, goals and
standards to others, maximizing their leadership potential. Simple,
applicable, and without pretense, One Piece of Paper provides a
model for real leadership in the real world.
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