Leaders Summit Recommended Books

Leaders Summit is a consulting firm which provides leadership training and consulting for nonprofit and corporate organizations. They have recommended the following books for their twelve indispensable leadership skills.

Vision

Nanus, B. (1991). Visionary Leadership, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Life-long-learning

Bennis, W. (2003). On Becoming A Leader, New York: Basic Books.

Team Building

Harvard Business Press (2004). Teams That Click, Boston: Harvard Business Press.

Authenticity

Buckingham, M. & Clifton, D (2001). Now, Discover Your Strengths, New York: The Free Press.

Change-agent

Kotter, J. (1996). Leading Change, Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

Emotional Intelligence

Goleman, D. (2002). Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence, New York: Bantam Books.

Execution

Bossidy & Charan (2002). Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, New York: Crown Press.

People Skills

Carnegie, D. (1936). How to Win Friends and Influence People, New York: Simon and Schuster.

Communication

Clarke & Crossland (2002). The Leader’s Voice, New York: Select Books.

Inspire

Greenleaf, R. (1977). Servant Leadership, New York: Paulist Press.

Social Intelligence

Albrecht, K. (2006). Social Intelligence – The New Science of Success, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Multi-topic books:

Kouzes & Posner (2003). The Leadership Challenge, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Heil, Parker, and Tate (1995). Leadership and the Customer Revolution, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.