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100-Mile Walk Resources

There is quite a list of resources at the end of The 100-Mile Walk. There is an extensive list on leadership and a great list on zen practice.

The list is pretty long, so I am going to put it in the extended entry.

Click through if you are interested...

BOOKS ON LEADERSHIP

Adizes, Ichak. Managing Corporate Lifecycles. Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999 (out of print, ISBN 0735200572).

Barry, Douglas. Wisdom for the Young CEO. New York: Running Press Books, 2005.

Bennis, Warren. An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993 (out of print, 0201627140).
———. On Becoming a Leader. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1989.
———. Why Leaders Can't Lead: The Unconscious Conspiracy Continues. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1989.

Bennis, Warren, and Joan Goldsmith. Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1994 (out of print, ISBN 0201311402).

Bennis, Warren, and Burt Nanus. Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge. New York: Harper and Row, 1985 (out of print, 0887308392).

Bossidy, Larry, and Ram Charan. Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. New York: Crown Business, 2002.

Buckingham, Marcus, and Curt Coffman. First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.

Cobbs, Price M., and Judith L. Turnock. Cracking the Corporate Code: The Revealing Success Stories of 32 African-American Executives. New York: AMACOM, 2003.

Collins, James C., and Jerry I. Porras. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. New York: HarperBusiness, 1994.

Cooper, Robert K., and Aymen Sawaf. Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations. New York: Penguin Putnam, 1997.

Covey, Stephen R. Principle-Centered Leadership. New York: Summit, 1991.

DePree, Max. Leadership Is an Art. New York: Doubleday, 1989.

Drucker, Peter F. The Effective Executive. New York: Harper and Row, 1967.
———. The Essential Drucker: Selections from the Management Works of Peter F. Drucker. New York: HarperBusiness, 2001.

Eccles, Robert G., and Nitin Nohria, with James D. Berkley. Beyond the Hype: Rediscovering the Essence of Management. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1992.

Goleman, Daniel. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ. Toronto: Bantam, 1995.
———. Working with Emotional Intelligence. New York: Bantam, 1998.
Goleman, Daniel, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee. Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002.

Greenleaf, Robert K. Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness. New York: Paulist Press, 1977.

Hankin, Harriet. The New Workforce: Five Sweeping Trends That Will Shape Your Company's Future. New York: AMACOM, 2005.

Heider, John. The Tao of Leadership: Leadership Strategies for a New Age. Toronto: Bantam, 1986.

Katzenbach, Jon R. Peak Performance: Aligning the Hearts and Minds of Your Employees. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.

Kelley, Robert E. How to Be a Star at Work: 9 Breakthrough Strategies You Need to Succeed. Toronto: Random House, 1999.

Kotter, John P. Leading Change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.
———. Power and Influence: Beyond Formal Authority. New York: The Free Press, 1985.

Kotter, John P., and James L. Heskett. Corporate Culture and Performance. New York: The Free Press, 1992.

Kouzes, James M., and Barry Z. Posner. Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.
———. The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.

Mai, Robert and Alan Akerson. The Leader As Communicator: Strategies and Tactics to Build Loyalty, Focus Effort, and Spark Creativity. New York: AMACOM, 2003.

McHugh, Donald E. Golf and the Game of Leadership: An 18-Hole Guide for Success in Business and in Life. New York: AMACOM, 2004.

Nanus, Burt. Visionary Leadership: Creating a Compelling Sense of Direction for Your Organization. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1992.

Peters, Tom. The Pursuit of WOW! Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times. Toronto: Random House, 1994.

Peters, Tom, and Nancy Austin. A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference. New York: Random House, 1985.

Peters, Thomas J., and Robert H. Waterman, Jr. In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies. New York: Harper and Row, 1982.

Pitcher, Patricia. Artists, Craftsmen, and Technocrats: The Dreams, Realities, and Illusions of Leadership. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1995 (out of print, ISBN 0773758542).

Sample, Steven B. The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Seibert, Donald V., and William Proctor. The Ethical Executive: A Top C.E.O.'s Program for Success with Integrity in the Corporate World. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984 (out of print, ISBN 0346124506).

Seligman, Martin E. P. Learned Optimism. New York: Knopf, 1991.

Tulgan, Bruce. Winning the Talent Wars. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001.

Uldrich, Jack. Soldier, Statesman, Peacemaker: Leadership Lessons from George C. Marshall. New York: AMACOM, 2005.

Ulrich, David, Jack Zenger, and Norm Smallwood. Results-Based Leadership. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.

Walton, Sam. Sam Walton: Made in America. New York: Bantam, 1993.

Welch, Jack. Jack: Straight from the Gut. New York: Warner Business, 2002.

Welch, Jack, with Suzy Welch. Winning. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.

Zemke, Ron, Claire Raines, and Bob Filipczak. Generations at Work: Managing the Clash of Veterans, Boomers, Xers, and Nexters in Your Workplace. New York: AMACOM, 2000.

BOOKS ON ZEN PRACTICE

Aitken, Robert. Taking the Path of Zen. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1982.

Beck, Charlotte Joko. Everyday Zen, ed. Steve Smith. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1989.

Chödrön, Pema. Places that Scare You. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2002.
———. When Things Fall Apart. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1996.
———. The Wisdom of No Escape. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1991.

Hagen, Steve. Buddhism Plain and Simple. New York: Broadway Books, 1997.

Huber, Cheri. The Fear Book. Mountain View, Calif.: Keep It Simple Books, 1995.

Katigiri, Dainan. You Have to Say Something. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1998.