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Leadership Can Be Taught by Sharon Daloz Parks
The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
Luther on Vocation by Gustaf Wingren
Leadership
Classics
Execution: The Disicpline
of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
Leadership by James McGregor Burns
Built to Last: Successful Habits of
Visionary Companies by James Collins and Jerry Porras
Leaders: Strategies for Taking
Charge by Warren Bennis
and Burt Nanus
Leadership and the New Science:
Learning About Organizations from an Orderly Universe by Margaret Wheatley
In Search of Excellence: Lessons
from America's Best-Run Companies
by Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman
The Fifth Discipline: The Art &
Practice of the Learning Organization
by Peter Senge
Stewardship: Choosing Service over
Self-Interest by Peter Block
Servant Leadership: A Journey into
the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness
by Robert Greenleaf
Leadership is an Art by Max DePree
Good to Great by Jim Collins
On Leadership by John W. Gardner
The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes & Barry
Posner
Leadership
Through Lutheran Lenses
(bibliography
from talk presented at the Texas District - Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Educator's Conference on November 20, 2006 entitled "Leadership Through
Lutheran Lenses.")
Block,
P. (1996). Stewardship: Choosing service over self-interest. San Francisco: Berret-Koehler.
Block,
P. (2002). The answer to how is yes: Acting on what matters. San Francisco: Berret-Koehler.
Bloomquist, K.L. & Stumme, J. R. (Eds.). (1998). The promise of Lutheran
ethics. Minneapolis:
Bolman, L.G. & Deal, T.E. (1997). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Collins,
J. C. (2001). Good to great: Why some companies make the leap and others don’t.
New York: Harper Business.
Collins,
J.C. (1994). Built to last: Successful habits of visionary
companies. New York: Harper Business.
DePree, M. (1997).
Leading without power: Finding hope in serving community. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Hagen,
K. (2002). A critique of Wingren on
Luther on Vocation. Lutheran Quarterly (16), 249-273.
Hall,
D.J. (2003). The cross in our context: Jesus and the suffering world.
Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress.
Killen,
P.O. & DeBeer, J. (1995). The
art of theological reflection. New York: Crossroad Publishing.
Koehler,
E.W.A. (1971). A summary of Christian doctrine: A popular presentation of the
teachings of the Bible. St. Louis, MO: Concordia.
Kohn,
A. (1999). Punished by rewards: The trouble with gold stars,
incentive plans, A’s, and praise. Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin.
Kolb,
R. & Wengert, T.J.
(2001). The book of concord: The confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Press
Kolb,
R. (1982). God calling ‘Take care of my people’: Luther’s concept of vocation
in the Augsburg Confession and its Apology. Concordia Journal, January 1982,
4-11.
Morgan,
G. (1998). Images of organizations: The executive edition. San Francisco: NBerret-Koehler.
Nouwen,
H.J.M. (1971). Creative ministry. New York: Image.
Nouwen,
H.J.M. (1995). In the name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian leadership.
New York: Crossroad Publishing.
Nouwen,
H.J.M. (1996). Can you drink the cup? Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press.
Palmer,
P. (1998a). The courage to teach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Palmer,
P. (2000). Let your life speak: Listening for the voice of vocation. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Placher,
W.C. (Ed.). (2005). Callings: Twenty centuries of christian wisdom on vocation. Grand Rapids, MI:
William B. Eerdmans.
Senge,
P. M. (1990). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning
organization. New
York:
Currency Doubleday.
Senkbeil,
H. (1994). Dying to live: The power of forgiveness.
St. Louis, MO: Concordia
Veith,
G. E. (2002). God at work: Your Christian vocation in all of life. Wheaton, IL:
Crossway Books.
Veith,
G.E. (1999). The spirituality of the cross. St. Louis,
MO: Concordia.
Walther,
C. F. W. (1986). The proper distinction between Law and
Gospel. St. Louis, MO: Concordia.
Walther,
C.F.W. (1973). God’s no and God’s yes: The proper distinction between Law and
Gospel. St. Louis, MO: Concordia.
Wingren,
G. (957). Luther on vocation. Philadelphia, PA:
Muhlenberg.
Leadership
and Complexity/Chaos Theory
Leadership and the New Science:
Learning About Organization from an Orderly Universe by Margaret Wheatley
Synchronicity: The Inner Path of
Leadership by Joseph Jaworski
Rewiring the Corporate Brain: Using
the New Science to Rethink How We Structure and Lead Organizations by Danah Zohar
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
Complexity: The Emerging Science at
the Edge of Order and Chaos by M.
Mitchell Waldrop
Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick
Life at the Edge of Chaos: Creating
the Quantum Organization by Mark
D. Youngblood
Emergence by Stephen Johnson
additional
titles to add? send your suggestions to donald.christian@concordia.edu
Leadership
Without Power
Leading Without Power by Max DePree
Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest
by Peter Block
The Answer to How
is Yes: Acting on What Matters by
Peter Block
Beyond Discipline: From Compliance
to Community by Alfie
Kohn
Hesselbein on Leadership
by Frances Hesselbein
Leadership and Spirit: Breathing New
Vitality and Energy into Individuals and Organizations by Russ Moxley
In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on
Christian Leadership by Henri Nouwen
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the
Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
by Parker Palmer
Turning to One Another: Simple
Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future
by Margaret Wheatley
A Simpler Way by Margaret Wheatley
The Trusted Leader: Bringing Out the
Best in Your People and Your Company
by Robert Galford & Anee
Siebold Drapeau
Building Community in Schools by Thomas Sergiovanni
additional
titles to add? send your suggestions to donald.christian@concordia.edu
Leadership
and Interagency Collaboration
Getting Agencies to Work Together by Eugene Bardach
Working Across Boundaries by Russell Linden
Mastering the Art of Creative Collaboration by Robert Hargrove
The Collaboration Challenge by James Austen
Collaborating: Finding Common Ground
for Multiparty Properties by Barbara Gray
Working Together? Grounded
Perspectives on Interagency Collaboration
by Amee Adkins, Catherine Awsumb,
George Noblitt & Penny Richards
Nexus: Small Worlds and the
Groundbreaking Science of Networks
by Mark Buchanan
Restructuring Schools for
Collaboration: Promises and Pitfalls
by Diana Pounder
Collaborative Leadership by Hank Rubin
Organizing Geniuus:
The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
by Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Bierderman
Leadership Ensemble: Lessons in
Collaborative Management form the World's Only Conductorless
Orchestra by Harry Seifter
and Peter Economy
Collaborative Leadership by David Chrislip & Carl
Larson
Partnering in Action: A Guide for
Building Successful Collaboration across Organizational Boundaries by Diane Fasel
Creating Collaborative Advantage by Cris Huxam
Practical Evaluation for
Collaborative Services by James
Veale, Raymond Morley and Cynthia Erickson
Collaboration: What Makes it Work
by Paul Mattessich, Marta Murray-Close, & Barbara
Monsey
additional
titles to add? send your suggestions to donald.christian@concordia.edu
Christian
Writings that Shape Leadership
Aqua Church: Essential Leadership
Arts for Piloting Your Church in Today's Fluid Culture by Leonard Sweet
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for
the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer
The Wounded Healer by Henri Nouwen
To Know as We
are Known: A Spirituality of Education
by Parker Palmer
Creative Ministry by Henri Nouwen
Lion and Lamb: The Relentless
Tenderness of Jesus by Brennan Manning
Renewing Your Spiritual Passion by Gordon McDonald
The Search to Belong: Rethinking
Intimacy, Community and Small
Groups by Joseph Myers
Compassion: A Reflection on the
Christian Life by Donald McNeill, Douglas Morrison
and Henri Nouwen
The Company of Strangers: Christians
and the Renewal of America's Public Life
by Parker Palmer
Ruthless Trust by Brennan Manning
Roaring Lambs by Bob Briner
The Promise of Lutheran Ethics edited by Karen Bloomquist and
John Stumme
Can You Drink the Cup? by Henri Nouwen
The Active Life: A Spirituality of
Work, Creativity and Caring by Parker
Palmer
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
The Cross in Our Context: Jesus and
the Suffering World by Douglas John Hall
Luther on Vocation by Gustaf Wingren
additional
titles to add? send your suggestions to donald.christian@concordia.edu
Understanding
Economics
Nothing is Sacred by Robert Barro
The Mystery of Economic Growth by Elhanan Helpman
The Armchair Economist: Economics
and Everyday Life by Steven Landsburg
Naked Economics: Undressing the
Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan
Globalization and Its Discontents by Jospeh Stiglitz
The Debt and the Deficit: False
Alarms/Real Possibilities by Robert
Heilbroner and Peter Bernstein
The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives,
Times and Ideas of the great Economic Thinkers by Robert Heilbroner
The Fed by Martin Mayer
Determinants of Economic Growth: A
Cross-Cultural Empirical Study by
Robert Barro
Field Guide to the Global Economy by Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh
Economic Literacy: What Everyone
Needs to Know About Money and Markets
by Jacob DeRooy
A Student's Guide to Economics by Paul Heyne***
***Paul Heyne was married
to my wife's aunt and is considered one of the outstanding writers and teachers
in economics. In addition, he was also an ordained Lutheran pastor.
He died of cancer in 2000.
The Lexus and the Olive Tree:
Understanding Golbalization by Thomas Friedman
The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
The Secrets of Economic Indicators by Bernard Baumohl
Economics for Dummies by Sean Masaki Flynn
additional
titles to add? send your suggestions to donald.christian@concordia.edu
Leadership
and the Environment
Blessed Unrest: How the largest
social movement in history is restoring grace, justice and beauty to the world by Paul Hawken
Silent Spring by rachel
Carson
Deep Economy: The wealth of
communities and the durable future
by Bill McKibben
Six Degrees: Our future on a hotter
planet by Mark Lynas
