Resources for Leaders
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Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment As a refreshing contrast to our quick-fix, drive-through culture, George Leonard describes with realism and inspiration, what it takes to maintain change and mastery in anything in life, and why mastery matters to our long term fulfillment. |
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Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time A must read for anyone who regularly talks with others. Scott explores seven principles of Fierce Conversations, including the courage to be real and the power of truly listening as two powerful ways to have the result that we intend. |
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The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader The only book I have read that competently dives in to the topic of embodied leadership and how we each lead from our commitments, their underlying values and our presence in the world. It is filled with practical practices that develop our own brand of leadership excellence. |
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Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence This best-selling author and research based book makes a strong case for developing emotional intelligence as an essential part of any leader’s effectiveness. Goleman expands the definition of what it means to “be smart.” |
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The Versatile Leader: Make the Most of Your Strengths Without Overdoing It Based on years of solid research, this book is a must-have for any leader or consultant/coach who wants a powerful way to understand, measure and improve leadership effectiveness. |
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A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You Were Born to Do A very beautifully written and useful book for anyone who is shifting in to the exploration of their vocation. |
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Community: The Structure of Belonging Block describes how much of our society operates from “fragmentation” and an inability to see the whole. He gives the reader hope, and a road map for how community in organizations can be built |
The Making of a Corporate Athlete
This Harvard Business Review article makes the business case for developing integral leaders and discusses the power of sustainable leadership development.
Resources for Professional Coaches
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Coaching, Third Edition: Evoking excellence in others A gold standard reference and teaching book on the essential aspects of an effective coaching based on foundations in human development like |
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A fabulous, practical book on leadership that I’m still finding reasons to explore and practice, including a model for deepening our understanding of our own “immunity” to change. |
New Ventures West
Check out New Ventures West, a premier global coaching school, with a broad range of professional development offerings from certification as an integral coach to week-end programs for personal development. Join an amazing community of support and friendship and I’ll see you there!
Resources for Women Circles
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The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and The World–The Essential Guide to Women’s Circles The first book I ever read on “Circle” and a true inspiration for anyone who wants to learn about and create their own circle community. |
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Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future As if she could see the future arriving, Wheatley names the many impacts of technology and asks the question “how can we start talking to one another again”? |
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Calling the Circle: The First and Future Culture One of the most useful books for beginners and experienced alike on how to create and deepen the practice of being in circle. I refer to it often. |
Becoming
Becoming is a wonderful link to a comprehensive site that describes the powerful experience of being in a women’s circle, and gives upcoming program dates and access to a video for purchase to get a taste of what being in a circle is about.