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Leadership Library

From Local Leader Libraries

• Leadership in Action: How Effective Directors Get Things Done by Paula Jorde Bloom Tammy Burns

Books

General

• The Southwest Airlines Way (Paperback)
  by Jody Hoffer Gittell
• The Southwest Airlines Way: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve High Performance (Kindle Edition) by Jody Hoffer Gittell
  
• What's Your Story?: Using Stories to Ignite Performance and Be More Successful (Paperback) by Craig Wortmann
• It's Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks (Hardcover) by Howard Behar

  Community Service/Non-Profit
  

• Leaders Who Make a Difference: Essential Strategies for Meeting the Nonprofit Challenge by Burt Nanus, Stephen M. Dobbs
• Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age by Juana Bordas

  Law Enforcement
  

• Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach (Paperback) by Dandridge M. Malone
• First In, Last Out: Leadership Lessons from the New York Fire Department by John Salka and Barret Neville

Web Publications

• Grassroots Leadership Development: A Guide for Grassroots Leaders, Support Organizations, and Funders
• Report: Connect + Shift --> Link: Youth Media for Social Change conference
• Crossing Boundaries, Changing Communities: Lessons in Collective Leadership
• Engaging New Leadership Voices for Catalyzing and Sustaining Community Change
• The Collective Leadership Framework: A Workbook for Cultivating and Sustaining Community Change

Leadership Seminar Resources

Public Speaking/Presentations

• Advanced Public Speaking Resources
• Overcome Your Fear of Presenting
• Quick Tips For Using Your Voice Effectively

  Time Management
  

• Time Management: Beat work overload. Increase your effectiveness. Achieve more.
• Personal Goal Setting
• The Urgent/Important Matrix Using time effectively, not just efficiently
• Activity Logs - Seeing how you really spend your time

  Facilitating Effective Meetings
  

• Running Effective Meetings

  Conflict Resolution
  

• Conflict Resolution Resolving conflict rationally and effectively

  Strategic Planning
  

• Brainstorming - Generating many radical and Useful Ideas