1. Bennis, Warren and Burt Nanus. 2003. Leaders: The Strategy for Taking Charge. New York: Harper Business Essentials. [Proponents of Transformational Leadership, this is a new edition of the classic.]


2. Cohen, Allan R. and David L. Bradford. 1989. “Influence Without Authority: The Use of Alliances, Reciprocity, and Exchange to Accomplish Work.”  Organizational Dynamics, 5-17. Their most recent book is Influence Without Authority. New York: Wiley and Sons, 2005.


3. Goleman, Daniel. 2000. Leadership That Gets Results. Harvard Business Review (March-April). Reprint R00204. [Goleman is the author of the concept of “emotional intelligence.” See also, Goleman, Daniel, Richard Boyatzis, and Anne McKee. 2002. Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press and the newest book, Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships by Daniel Goleman.]


4. Johnson. Craig E. 2005. Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. [Very good text with excellent cases and illustrations—paper back.]


5. Kee, James Edwin, Kathryn Newcomer and Mike Price. 2007 forthcoming. Transformational Stewardship: Leading Public Sector Change. In Leadership for the 21st Century, published by the National Academy of Public Administration and M.E. Sharp.



6. Kotter, John P. 1996. Leading Change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. [First important book on change leadership.]


7. Kouzes, James and Barry Posner. 2003. The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Part One” “What Leaders Do and What Constituents Expect,” 1-39. [This book continues to be a very good leadership book.]


8. Zaleznik, Abraham. 1977. Managers and Leaders: Are They Different? Harvard Business Review. May-June. Reprinted in Harvard Business Review on Leadership. 1998. [Considered a classic and thought provoking.]