Here is a list of books on the subject of LeaderShip. Please add, annotate, and categorize as you see fit. '''Alphabetical by Title''' * AuthenticLeadership : by William George, former Medtronics CEO. Business week comment "A CEO whose Life Is an Open Book" * AwakeningCorporateSoul : Four Paths to Unleash the Power of People at Work, by Eric Klein and John Izzo * BecomingATechnicalLeader, by GeraldWeinberg * BuiltToLast, by JimCollins and JerryPorras (more about corporate culture than leadership, but CultureIsTheManifestationOfLeadership) * CreatingaSoftwareEngineeringCulture, by KarlWiegers (ditto) * GoodToGreat by JimCollins (See chapter 2 on "Level 5" leadership) * HerdingCats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers by Hank Rainwater * LeadershipIsAnArt, by MaxDePree * LeadershipJazz, by MaxDePRee ("Art" is a bit more compelling. "Jazz" seems a little more actionable to me.) * ManagementChallengesForTheTwentyFirstCentury, by PeterDrucker * ManagingTechnicalPeople, by WattsHumphrey * MotivationInTheRealWorld by SaulGellerman (1992) ISBN 0452270235 * OnBecomingaLeader, by WarrenBennis * OnBecomingaTechnicalLeader, by JerryWeinberg (Deliberate play on the title of Bennis' book.) * OutOfTheCrisis, by Dr. WilliamEdwardsDeming ISBN 0911379010 * TheNewEconomics, by Dr. WilliamEdwardsDeming ISBN 091137907X * PeopleWare, by TomDeMarco and TimothyLister * TheServant, by JamesHunter * TheTaoOfLeadership, by JohnHeider * WhyLeadersCantLead, by WarrenBennis (OnBecomingaLeader is probably better) * LeadershipWithoutEasyAnswers, by Ronald A. Heifetz, ISBN 0674518586 * All the TomPeters books. * Powerful Project Leadership by Wayne Strider ISBN 1567261477 * TheOneMinuteManager * EmotionalIntelligence ---- "Leadership Ensemble" : Times Books Written about my good friends in the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, NY, NY In a nutshell it's about collaborative management and a boss-less organization. Orpheus has given many seminars on their rehearsal/recording/performance management model. Their model is used by corporate names such as J.P. Morgan, Morgan-Stanley, StonyField Farms, Gore and Associates (Gore-tex), San Diego Zoo, and many more. Orpheus is not "Leader-less," in fact everyone in the orchestra is a leader. For this very reason is why Orpheus is one of the greatest orchestras on planet earth. Wyatt Sutherland wyatt@yellowcello.com ---- CategoryBooks, CategoryLeadership