Recommended Resource List:
Leadership

Materials indicated by call numbers may be found on site using the State Library's Online Catalog. All other sources may be acquired using the State Library's Interlibrary Loan Services. To request materials, state government employees should use the Kentucky Government Employee Materials Request form. To apply for a library card, State Government Employees should complete the online application.

• Audiobooks
  • Arbinger, Institute. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box. Auburn, CA: Audio Partners, 2004. Call number: SR CD 658.4092 Lead
  • Blanchard, Kenneth. Business Ethics: Leadership by Example. Carol Stream, IL: Oasis Audio, 2004. Call number: SR CD 174.4 Blan
  • Blanchard, Kenneth. Lead Like Jesus. Carol Stream, IL: Oasis Audio, 2004. Call number: SR CD 658.4092 Blan
  • Caroselli, Marlene. Leading Honorably: 50 Tips of Effecting Positive Change. Boston: Course Technology, 2005. Call number: 658.4092 Caro
  • Chandler, Steve. 100 Ways to Motivate Others: How Great Leaders Can Produce Insane Results without Driving People Crazy. Minneapolis, MN: HighBrdige, 2004. Call number: SR CD 658.314 Chan
  • Covey, Stephen. Beyond the Seven Habits. Salt Lake City: Franklin Covey Co., 2003. Call number: SR CD 158.4 Cove
  • Covey, Stephen. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Salt Lake City: Franklin Covey Co., 2004. Call number: SR CD 158.4 Cove
  • Dale Carnegie Leadership Mastery Course: How to Challenge Yourself and Others to Greatness. Niles, IL: Nightingale Conant, 2000. Call number: SR CD 658.4092 Dale
  • Giuliani, Rudolph W. Leadership. Santa Ana, CA: Books on Tape, 2003. Call number: SR 303.34 Giul
  • Goleman, Daniel. Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Santa Ana, CA: Books on Tape, 2002. Call number: SR CD 658.4092019 Gole
  • Maxwell, John C. Developing the Leader within You. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2001. Call number: SR 658.4092 Maxw
  • O'Toole, James. Leadership A to Z: A Guide for the Appropriately Ambitious. Carisbad, CA: Penton Overseas, 2000. Call number: SR 658.4092 O'To
  • Phillips, Donald T. Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 1999. Call number: SR 973.7 Phil
  • Toogood, Granville N. The Articulate Executive: Learn to Look, Act, and Sound Like a Leader. Burlington, NC: McGraw-Hill Audio, 2003. Call number: SR CD 658.45 Toog
• Books
  • Arbinger Institute. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2000. Call number: 658.4092 Lead
  • Armstrong, Michael. Handbook of Management Techniques. 3rd ed. London (England): Kogan Page, 2001. Call number: 658 Arms
  • Axelrod, Alan. Eisenhower on Leadership: Ike’s Enduring Lessons in Total Victory Management.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. Call number: 355.33041 Axel
  • Bacharach, Samuel B. Keep Them on Your Side: Leading and Managing for Momentum. Avon, MA: Platinum Press, 2006. Call number: 658.4092 Bach
  • Badaracco, Joseph. Leading Quietly: An Unorthodox Guide to Doing the Right Thing. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002. Call number: 658.4092 Bada
  • Bakke, Dennis. Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach to Fun on the Job. Seattle, WA: PVG, 2005. Call number: 658.314 Bakk
  • Beck, John D. The Leader's Window: Mastering the Four Styles of Leadership to Build High-Performing Teams. 2nd ed. Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black, 2001. Call number: 658.4092 Beck
  • Blanchard, Kenneth. The Leadership Pill: The Missing Ingredient in Motivating People Today. New York: Free Press, 2003. Call number: 658.4092 Blan
  • Blanchard, Kenneth. Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, |c 2007. Call number: 658.4092 Blan
  • Caroselli, Marlene. Leading Honorably: 50 Tips for Effecting Positive Change. Boston: Course Technology, 2005. Call number: 658.4092 Caro
  • Ciulia, Joanne B. The Ethics of Leadership. Belmont CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2003. Call number: 174.4 Ciul
  • Cloud, Henry. 9 Things a Leader Must Do. Nashville, TN: Integrity House, 2006. Call number: 158.4 Clou
  • Covey, Stephen. The 8th Habit: the Personal  Workbook. New York: Free Press, 2006. Call number: 158.4 Cove
  • Dealy, M. David. Defining the Really Great Boss. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. Call number: 658.302 Deal
  • Deming, Vasudha Kathleen. The Big Book of Leadership Games: Quick, Fun Activities to Improve Communication, Increase Productivity, and Bring Out the Best in Your Employees. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Call number: 658.40353 Demi
  • Eppler, Mark. Management Mess-ups: 57 Pitfalls You Can Avoid and Stories of Those Who Didn't. Rev. ed. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, 2006. Call number: 658.4 Eppl
  • Friedman, Caitlin. The Girl's Guide to Being a Boss (without Being a Bitch): Valuable Lessons, Smart Suggestions, and True Stories for Succeeding as the Chick in Charge. New York: Morgan Road, 2006. Call number: 658.302082 Frie
  • Giuliani, Rudolph W. Leadership. New York: Talk Miramax Books, 2001. Call number: 303.34 Guil
  • Goleman, Daniel. Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002. Call number: 658.4092019 Gole
  • Hackman, J. Richard. Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performance. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002. Call number: 658.4092 Hack
  • Harris, Richard M. The Listening Leader: Powerful New Strategies for Becoming an Influential Communicator.   Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006. Call number: 658.45 Harr
  • Harvard Business Review on Developing Leaders. Boston: Harvard Business School Pub., 2004. Call number: 658.407124 Harv
  • Heim, Pat. Learning to Lead: An Action Plan for Success. Rev. ed. (Crisp Fifty-Minute series) Boston, MA: Crisp Publications, 2004. Call number: 658.4092 Heim
  • Hersey, Paul. The Situational Leader. Escondido, CA: Center for Leadership Studies, 1997. Call number: 658.4092 Hers
  • Janove, Jathan. Managing to Stay Out of Court: How to Avoid the 8 Deadly Sins of Mismanagement. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005. Call number: 658. Jano
  • Jinkins, Michael, Deborah Bradshaw Jinkins. The Character of Leadership: Political Realism and Public Virtue in Nonprofit Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. Call number: 658.048 Jink
  • Kaplan Thaler, Linda. The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness. New York: Currency Doubleday, 2006. Call number: 650.13 Kapl
  • Kaplan, Robert E. The Versatile Leader: Make the Most of Your Strengths without Overdoing It. San Francisco: Pfeiffer, 2006. Call number: 658.4092 Kapl
  • The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus: How to Get Big Things Done in Your "Workshop" - All Year Long. Dallas, TX: Walk the Talk, 2003. Call number: 658.4092 Lead
  • Leader Madness. 21 min. Video Visions, 2006. DVD. Call number: VC DV 658.4 Lead
  • Leatherman, Dick. Quality Leadership Skills: Standards of Leadership Behavior. League City, TX: International Training Consultants, 2000. Call number: 658.4092 Leat
  • Manz, Charles C. Leadership Wisdom of Jesus: Practical Lessons for Today. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005. Call number: 158.4 Manz
  • Menkes, Justin. Executive Intelligence: What All Great Leaders Have. New York: Collins, 2006. Call number: 658.4092 Menk
  • Monroe, Lorraine. The Monroe Doctrine: An ABC Guide to What Great Bosses Do. New York: PublicAffairs, 2003. Call number: 658.4092 Monr
  • Montana, Joe. The Winning Spirit: 16 Timeless Principles that Drive Performance Excellence. New York: Random House, 2005. Call number: 658.314 Mont
  • Mullins, Tom. The Leadership Game: Winning Principles from Eight National Champions. Nashville, TN: Nelson Business, 2005. Call number: 796.0694 Mull
  • Myrick, Jack. Shipbuilder: Five Ancient Principles of Leadership. Sanger, CA: Quill Driver Books, 2005. Call number: 658.4092 Myri
  • Otazo, Karen L. The Truth about Being a Leader and Nothing but the Truth. New York: FT Press, 2007. Call number: 658.4092 Otaz
  • Plas, Jeanne M., Susan E. Lewis. Person-Centered Leadership for Nonprofit Organizations, Management That Works in High Pressure Systems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2001. Call number: 658.3152 Plas
  • Poscente, Vince. The Ant and the Elephant: Leadership for the Self. Dallas, TX: CornerStone Leadership Institute, 2004. Call number: 658.4092 Posc
  • Sanborn, Mark. You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Make a Positive Difference. New York: Currency/Doubleday, 2006. Call number: 158.4 Sanb
  • Scholtes, Peter R., Russell Lincoln Ackoff. The Leader's Handbook: Making Things Happen, Getting Things Done. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. Call number: 658.4092 Scho
  • Scott, Jonathan. The Concise Handbook of Management: a Practitioner’s Approach. New York: Best Business Books: Haworth Reference Press, 2005. Call number: 658 Scot
  • Senge, Peter M. Fifth Discipline: the Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. Rev. and updated. New York: Currency/Doubleday, 2006. Call number: 658.402 Seng
  • Sumner, Sarah. Leadership above the Line. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2006. Call number: 158.4 Sumn
  • Taylor, William C. Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win. New York: William Morrow, 2006. Call number: 658.409 Tayl
  • Workforce Wake-up Call: Your Workforce Is Changing, Are You? Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2006. Call number: 658.3 Work
  • Yukl, Gary A. Leadership in Organizations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001. Call number: 658.4092 Yukl   
• Periodicals

  State agency employees may request access information for periodicals by emailing Ask a Librarian or by calling the State Library Reference Desk at (502) 564-8300, ext. 342 or toll free at (800) 928-7000, ext. 342. All other users should contact their local public library to request articles via Interlibrary Loan.

  • Bacon, Terry R. "Balanced Leaders," Leadership Excellence, April 2006 vol. 23 no. 4 p.17.
  • Weiss, W.H. "Effective Leadership: What Are the Requisites?" SuperVision, January 2004 vol. 65 no. 1
• Videos
  • Abilene Paradox, 2nd edition. 27 min. CRM, 2002. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.4036 Abil/VC5928
  • Encouraging the Heart. 20 min. CRM, 2000. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.4092 Enco/VC7621
  • The Extraordinary Leader: Going from Good to Great. 25 min. VisionPoint, 2003. DVD. Call number: VC DV 658.4092 Extr
  • Giving Feedback: Advanced Skills. 22 min. Ash Quarry, 1994. Videocassette. Call number: VC 153.15 Givi/VC7216
  • Giving Feedback: Basic Skills. 14 min. Ash Quarry, 1994. Videocassette. Call number: VC 153.15 Givi/VC7215
  • Joel Barker's Leadershift: Five Lessons for Leaders in the 21st Century. 30 min. American Media, 1999. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.4092 Joel/VC6565
  • Leadership and Self-Deception. 21 min. CRM, 2002. DVD. Call number: VC DV 658.4092 Lead
  • Leader Madness. 21 min. Video Visions, 2006. DVD. Call number: VC DV 658.4 Lead
  • Mining Group Gold. 25 min. CRM, 1998. Videocassette. Call number: VC 658.4036 Mini/VC6385
  • Once Upon a Leader. 17 min. VisionPoint, 200?. DVD Call number: VC DV 658.4092 Once
  • Receiving Feedback: Advanced Skills. 14 min. Ash Quarry, 1994. Videocassette. Call number: VC 153.15 Rece/VC7218
  • Receiving Feedback: Basic Skills. 15 min. Ash Quarry, 1994. Videocassette. Call number: VC 153.15 Rece/VC7218
  • The Story of a New One Minute Manager. 34 min. Ken Blanchard Companies, 2000. DVD. Call number: VC DV 658 Stor
  • Would I Follow Me? 18 min. Video Visions, 2003. DVD. Call number: DV 658.4 Woul
• Websites
  • http://www.mapnp/org/library/ldrship/ldrship.htm
    Overview of Leadership in Organizations offers information to help managers gain a broad understanding of the concept of leadership along with the various areas of knowledge and skills required to lead from a variety of perspectives and in a variety of contexts. This information is assembled by Carter McNamara, PhD for The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits (St. Paul, MN). Last accessed on June 6, 2006.
  • http://www.mapnp.org/library/ldr_dev/ldr_dev.htm
    Leadership Development Planning offers information to enhance a manager's capacity to lead people. This information is assembled by Carter McNamara, PhD for The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits (St. Paul, MN). Last accessed on June 6, 2006.