Friday, March 25, 2011

Vital Skill Sets--Recommended Reading

Just as we develop the skills of the players on our teams. Individual skill development isn't limited to the court or playing field. Skill development is necessary for leaders. The following is a reading list sorted by topic/ skill:

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & GOAL SETTING
As A Man Thinketh--James Allen
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life--Brian Tracy
Eat That Frog--Brian Tracy
First Things First--Stephen Covey
Five Major Pieces To The Life Puzzle--Jim Rohn
Focal Point--Brian Tracy
Goals--Brian Tracy
Learning Journeys--Marshall Goldsmith
Million Dollar Habits--Brian Tracy
Outliers--Malcolm Gladwell
Power of Focus--Jack Canfield
The Power of Who--Bob Beaudine
Seven Strategies For Wealth & Happiness--Jim Rohn
Think & Grow Rich--Napoleon Hill

COMMUNICATIONS & RAPPORT
Blink--Malcolm Gladwell
Definitive Book of Body Language--Alan & Barbar Pease
The Fred Factor--Mark Sanborn
How To Win Friends & Influence People--Dale Carnegie
In The Line of Fire--Jerry Weissman
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People--Stephen Covey

PROFESSIONAL MEETING SKILLS
Death By Meeting--Patrick Lencioni
How To Run A Successful Meeting--Milo Frank
Managing Meetings--Tim Hurdle
We've Got To Start Meeting Like This--Mosvick & Nelson

LEADERSHIP
Developing Leaders--Harvard Press
The 80/20 Principle--Richard Koch
The Effective Executive--Peter Drucker
Leadership--Rudolph Giuliani
Leadership 101--John Maxwell
On Becoming A Leader--Warren Benis
The Servant--James Hunter
The Speed of Trust--Stephen Covey
Winning--Jack Welch

MANAGEMENT
Crazy Busy--Edward Hallowell MD
Fish--Stephen Lundin
Flipping The Switch--John Miller
Getting Things Done--David Allen
Good To Great--Jim Collins
QBQ--John Miller
Predictably Irrational--Dan Ariely
Ready For Anything--David Allen
Who Moved My Cheese--Spencer Johnson MD

STRATEGIC PLANNING
The Art of War--Sun Tzu
Band of Brothers--Stephen Ambrose
Built To Last--Jim Collins
On War--Carl Von Clausewitz
Wisdom of Generals--William Cohen

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