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LEADERSHIP RESEARCH GUIDE
This guide addresses both the art and the science of leadership.
GENERAL
Big Dog's Leadership Page Donald Clark has prepared a useful collection of key leadership concepts. An excellent general introduction.
Leading Concepts - Ranger Training Basic concepts are provided by working leadership consultants.
Into the Unknown : Leadership Lessons From Lewis & Clark's Daring Westward Adventure [NetLibrary] 2004 This book introduces lessons from Lewis and Clark about dealing with the unexpected. It is written for a business audience.(SMU Community Only)
The leadership secrets of Colin Powell [NetLibrary] Written just before 9/11, this book explores key insights from the life of Colin Powell.(SMU Community Only)
The complete idiot’s guide to leadership [NetLibrary] Andrew DuBrin provides excellent contextual scenarios as he details the essentials of leadership skills needed at many levels of organization.(SMU Community Only)
Leadership at Monster.com Tips and resources for professional leaders for everyone from front line managers to CEOs are provided at the Monster.
Managing People is Like Herding Cats [NetLibrary] Warren Bennis gives some pithy insights into modern management from a somewhat personal but altogether witty vantage point.(SMU Community Only)
On Becoming a Leader A portable title by Warren Bennis that provides insights that may be helpful in starting a constructive leadership style or energizing an existing one. BF637.L4 B37 1989 (View SMU Library Catalog Record)
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LEADERSHIP MODELS
Volunteer Management/Service Leadership The Center for Philanthropy and Community Service gives excellent advice about the leadership process in volunteer organizations.
The Spirit of Leadership : Optimizing Creativity and Change in Organizations [NetLibrary] Robert Spitzer, an experienced organization consultant, provides a positive introduction to the notion of inspirational leadership.(SMU Community Only)
Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership Starting with a definition, this site also provides a list of resources for exploring the topic.
Authentic Leadership [NetLibrary] Starting with recent corporate misadventures, this book provides an exploration of the ingredients leaders must provide to achieve longterm oranizational success.(SMU Community Only)
Value leadership: the 7 principles that drive corporate value in any economy[NetLibrary] Maintaining a positive approach to outcomes and customers is posed as an important element in business success. (SMU Community Only)
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LEADERSHIP METHODS
Encyclopedia of Leadership The Encyclopedia provides both inspiring biographic material and a monumental amount of factual information about the nature of leadership. The four volume set should be a touchstone for those starting research papers.
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior This work provides an important auxilliary to those investigating leadership for the first time. Definitions of important terms and perpective on their use provide key insights where behavioral concepts are used in the leadership literature.
Six Sigma for Everyone [NetLibrary] George Eckes provides a straightforward introduction to the constant improvement process in a business setting. (SMU Community Only)
Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies Articles may be found here from both practice and research contexts. It should provide a good point of entry for exploring specific leadership contexts and issues. Full text of this journal is available via several databases, so this link initially takes the reader to the PONI catalog record where a link to each database is displayed.
Managerial Leadership [NetLibrary] The authors explore in depth the paradigm of "managing things and leading people" in order to insure positive organizational performance. This should be a good starting place for new managers and those who need to refresh their management style.(SMU Community Only)
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Fondren Library BF637.S8 C68 1989) This classic work by Covey provides an essential outline
The One Minute Manager (Fondren Library: HD31 .B527 1982) Based on behavioral and medical science, this classic work provides a short (111 pages) introduction to the process and values of good management. This is an essential reading for new managers/leaders.
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ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
The fifth discipline : the art and practice of the learning organization (Fondren Library: HD58.9 .S46 1990) Peter Senge introduces the importanc of creativity and constant learning to energize the organization.
Cross-functional teams: working with allies, enemies, and other strangers [NetLibrary] Glenn Parker suggests avenues for working with teams that are omnipresent in today's management environment. Case studies are included in appendices. (SMU Community Only)
What Every New Manager Needs to Know: Making a Successful Transition to Management [NetLibrary] Using down to earth examples the author walks through the competencies new managers need.
The essential Drucker : selections from the management works of Peter F. Drucker. Peter Drucker is a classic in the world of industrial management and leadership. (Fondren Library: HD31 .D76 2001) View SMU Library Catalog Record
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LEADERSHIP ISSUES
Business Source Premier is an excellent source of articles that describe current leadership schools of thought, issues that managers face, and trends in leadership style.
Academy of Management Executive This is a key journal that provides refereed articles about the leadership process and current thought in both research and practice.
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TIME MANAGEMENT
101 Ways to Make Every Second Count: Time Management Tips and Techniques for More Success With Less Stress [NetLibrary] Robert Bly goes beyond the practical tips for improving and individuals use of time and places the subject in the context of the modern technological workplace. A useful resource for students who are often challenged by too many priorities.(SMU Community Only)
Time power: a proven system for getting more done in less time than you ever thought possible [NetLibrary] Brian Tracy tackles the two axes of time management - the procedures that will help you manage time and developing habits that sustain the process over the long haul. Students may want to analyze their own habits and use some of Brian's tips.(SMU Community Only)
Harvard business essentials : time management : increase your personal productivity and effectiveness.
Time Management [NetLibrary] Marc Mancini provides a great analysis of the many ways our time can be diverted to less important areas and suggests strategies for avoiding the pitfalls.(SMU Community Only)
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WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
American Business Women's Association The ABWA focuses on developing women's leadership skills through education, networking, support, and national recognition. Each year there is a national leadership conference and the organization provides continuing education seminars and elearning experiences.
The Forte Foundation Forte is sponsored by major corporate sponsors and endeavors to recruit and motivate women to be corporate leaders. The organization offers scholarships through local business schools.
Women and the Leadership Q: The Breakthrough System for Achieving Power and Influence (NetLibrary) by Shoya Zichy, with special contribution by Bonnie Kellen. The authors present a model for women to analyze their leadership profile and that of those they work with to provide a more beneficial and less stressful path for interactions. (SMU Community Only)
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LEADERSHIP HUMOR
Dilbert Scott Adams captures the view from a corporate cubicle.
Hesh Reinfeld A business humor columnist shares some of his best.
Humor Break A large collection of gracefully aging business humor.
Association for Applied and Theraputic Humor You knew it had to exist: helpful for researching the cute parts of your next speech, sales presentation, or class report.
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LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS
The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management The Foundation website has some useful leadership resources and the organization has a student leadership program.
Young Presidents Organization The YPO is an international organization that fosters peer relationships between young entrepreneurs who have reached an early pinnacle in their corporate growth.
Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership The Center provides a focus for fostering the values of servant leadership, specifically service to others, promoting a sense of community, and sharing power in decision making.
Aspen Institute The Institute supports the nonpartisan development of public leadership. Several scholarships are available that would be of interest to young executives.
Center for Creative Leadership CCL is non-profit and provides leadership training worldwide. Case studies, papers, and presentationas are available on the site.
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MOTIVATIONAL READINGS
Leadership Excellence (via Business Source Premier)
The encyclopedia of leadership : a practical guide to popular leadership theories and techniques. Fondren Library Center Reference [non-circulating] HD57.7 .H525 2001 (View SMU Library Catalog Record)
Be-know-do : leadership the Army way : adapted from the official Army Leadership Manual [NetLibrary] San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2004.(SMU Community Only)
The complete idiot’s guide to leadership. [NetLibrary] Fledgling leaders as well as those working to increase their potential will find useful tips and a helpful introduction to classic concepts in this work. New York, NY : Alpha Books, c1998. (SMU Community Only)
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Last Updated: January 2009
