Hirons Library : Leadership: Self-Help

Self-Help Books

Leadership from the Inside Out by Kevin Cashman
ISBN: 9781523094356

Publication Date: 2017-10-16

Now framed in eight profound and pragmatic "mastery areas," this book serves as an integrated growth experience that helps leaders understand how to harness their authentic, value-creating influence and elevate their impact. Cashman demonstrates that his trademark "grow the whole person to grow the whole leader" approach, focusing on purpose-driven leadership, is even more relevant in today's hypercomplex world. For everyone from CEOs to emerging leaders, this new edition of a proven classic advances the art and science of leadership.
Essential Leadership by Esther Cameron; Mike Green
ISBN: 9780749477400

Publication Date: 2017-02-28

Essential Leadership is a practical, accessible book that tackles theory and practice in an integrated and stimulating way. You are encouraged to engage with a wide range of leadership theories and frameworks as well as rate your own leadership skills and qualities, make realistic self-development plans and start to experiment with new or different approaches.
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
ISBN: 9781101148204

Publication Date: 2011

Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with WHY.
Embodied Leadership by Pete Hamill
ISBN: 9780749465643

Publication Date: 2013-06-28

The concept of embodied leadership is derived from somatic coaching, a unique approach that brings the body forward as an advocate in creating a place for change and transformation. It brings together language, action, feeling and meaning and is based on the idea that the mind and body are inextricably linked: to develop one, you must cultivate the other.
The Leadership Odyssey by Pritam Singh; Asha Bhandarker; Snigdha Rai
ISBN: 9789351507369

Publication Date: 2015-12-15

The Odyssey of Leadership is filled with great uncertainty and is taken by only a few. It takes an exceptional effort to rise from being a good leader to a great leader. This book provides a unique roadmap for leaders and office bearers in all walks of life, aspiring to become great leaders.
Lessons in Leadership by Steve Adubato
ISBN: 9780813580555

Publication Date: 2016-09-01

In this practical guide, Emmy Award-winning public broadcasting anchor Steve Adubato teaches readers to be self-aware, empathetic, and more effective leaders at work and at home.
Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Herminia Ibarra
Call Number: HD57.7 .I35 2015

ISBN: 9781422184127

Publication Date: 2015-02-10

You aspire to lead with greater impact. The problem is you're busy executing on today's demands. You know you have to carve out time from your day job to build your leadership skills, but it's easy to let immediate problems and old mind-sets get in the way.
From Values to Action: the Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership by Harry M. Kraemer
Call Number: HD57.7 .J356 2011

ISBN: 9780470881255

Publication Date: 2011-04-19

The journey to becoming a values-based leader starts with self-reflection. Kraemer asks, "If you are not self-reflective, how can you know yourself? If you do not know yourself, how can you lead yourself? If you cannot lead yourself, how can you lead others?"
A Year with Peter Drucker by Joseph A. Maciariello
Call Number: HD57.7 .M33 2014

ISBN: 9780062315670

Publication Date: 2014-12-02

A year-long leadership development course, divided into short, weekly lessons, based on Peter Drucker's personal coaching program, previously unpublished material, and selected readings from the management guru's classic works, compiled by his longtime collaborator Joseph A. Maciariello.
The Power of Noticing by Max Bazerman
Call Number: HD30.23 .B383 2014

ISBN: 9781476700298

Publication Date: 2014-08-05

Imagine your advantage in negotiations, decision-making, and leadership if you could teach yourself to see, and evaluate, information that others overlook. The Power of Noticing provides the blueprint for accomplishing precisely that.