Governance and Leadership Development: Think about it!

"Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time."

Chinese Proverb

Favorite Books

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
Born Digital: Understanding The First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser
Community: The Structure of Belonging by Peter Block
Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M. Christensen
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
Finding Our Way: Leadership For an Uncertain Time by Margaret J. Wheatley
Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World by Margaret J. Wheatley
Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky
Leading in a Culture of Change by Michael Fullan
Managing the Nonprofit Organization by Peter F. Drucker
Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordan MacKenzie
Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and Schooling in America by Allan Collins and Richard Halverson
The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
The Imperfect Board: Discovering the Seven Disciplines of Governance Excellence
Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future by Margaret J. Wheatley
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Dan Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams

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Governance and Leadership Development

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Think about it!

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