The Lewis J. Burger prides itself on providing leadership resources to our students. Below is a list of leadership and leisure reading books that you might find useful to you or your organization. The Center is constantly adding new books to the list so check back often or stop by Student Center 04 to see our newest offerings. All books can be checkout for a period of 3 weeks.
Name of Book | Author |
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1001 Ways to Energize Employees | Bob Nelson |
101 More Training Games | Gary Kroehnert |
25 Activities for Developing Team Leaders | Fran Rees |
2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Review | Paul Falcone |
50 Activities for Teaching - Emotional Intelligence - Level I: Elementary | Dianne Schilling |
58 ½ Ways to Improvise in Training | Paul Z. Jackson |
A Passion to Lead- How to Develop Your Natural Leadership Ability | Michael Plumstead |
A Social Change Model of Leadership Development, Guidebook | Higher Education Research Institute |
Advising Student Groups and Organizations | Norbert Dunkel/John Schuh |
Barnga - A Simulation Game on Cultural Clashes | Sivasailam Thiagarajan/Barbara Steinwach |
Bowling Alone | Robert D. Putnam |
Building Everyday Leadership in All Team- Promoting Attitudes and Actions for Respect and Success, A Curriculum Guide for Teachers and Youth Workers | Mariam G. MacGregor |
Charisma - Discover and Unleash Your Hidden Powers | Doe Lang, PH. D. |
College 101 - A First-Year Reader | John D. Lawry |
College- We Make the Road by Walking | Margit Misangyi Watts |
Common Fire- Leading Lives of Commitment in a Complex World | Laurent A. Parks Daloz, Cheryl H. Keen, James P. Keen, Sharon Daloz Parks |
Common Sense Leadership - A Handbook for Success as a Leader | Roger Fulton |
Cowstails and Cobras II - A Guide to Games, Initiatives, Ropes Courses & Adventure Curriculum | Karl Rohnke |
Discovering Leadership through Service - A Workbook on Integrating Service Into Leadership Curriculum | Kris Binard/Lynn Heertrick Leavitt |
Diversity Activities and Training Designs | Julie O'Mara |
Effective Meetings - The Complete Guide | Clyde W. Burleson |
Ethics in the Workplace | Craig E. Johnson |
Everyday Leadership- Attitudes and Actions for Respect and Success, A Guidebook for Teens | Mariam G. MacGregor |
Exploring Leadership | Susan R. Komvines, Nance Lucas, Timothy R. McMahon |
Fish Sticks! A Remarkable Way to Adapt to Changing Times and Keep Your Work Fresh | Stephen Lundin/John Christensen/Harry Paul |
Fish Tales! Real-Life Stories to Help You Transform Your Workplace and Your Life | Stephen Lundin/John Christensen/Harry Paul |
Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results | Stephen Lundin/John Christensen/Harry Paul |
Forgotten Angel - The Story of Lydia Moss Bradley | Allen A. Upton |
Forgotten Angel - The Story of Lydia Moss Bradley | Allen A. Upton |
Games Trainers Play Outdoors | Gary Kroehnert |
Getting Together - Icebreakers and Group Energizers | Lorraine Ukens |
Good to Great | Jim Collins |
Handbook for Student Leadership Programs | Susan R. Komvines, John P. Dugan, Julie E. Owen, Craig Slack, Wendy Wagner |
Hesselbein on Leadership | Frances Hesselbein |
I Believe - What Do You Believe? | Curtis Zimmerman |
Icebreakers- A Sourcebook of Games, Exercises and Simulations | Ken Jones |
Influence without Authority | Allan R. Cohen, David L. Bradford |
Leaders Who Dare - Pushing the Boundaries | Linda L. Lyman/Dianne E. Ashby/Jenny S. Tripses |
Leadership Magic - Practical Tools for Creating Extraordinary Organizations | Ben Valore-Caplan |
Leadership- Research Findings, Practice, and Skills | Andrew J. DuBrin |
Leading from the Heart- The Passion to Make a Difference | W.K. Kellogg Foundation |
Leading with Soul- An Uncommon Journey of Spirit | Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal |
Learning Reconsidered- A Practical Guide to Implementing a Campus-Wide Focus on the Student Experience | ed. Richard P. Keeling |
Lessons in Leadership Facilitator's Guide | Peter F. Drucker |
Lessons in Leadership Workbook | Peter F. Drucker |
Lifetime Plan for Success - How to Win Friends & Influence People. How to Stop Worrying & Start Living | Dale Carnegie |
Linchpin | Seth Godin |
Moral Authority in Young Adulthood | Ralph L. Mosher, David Connor, Katherine M. Kalliel, James M. Day, Norma Yokota, Mark R. Porter, John M. Whiteley |
Motivating People | Robert Heller |
No More Ramen- The 20-something's Real World Survival Guide | Nicholas Aretakis |
Now, Discover Your Strengths | Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D |
Outliers | Malcolm Gladwell |
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition | American Psychological Association |
Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers | Brian Cole Miller |
Reframing Organizations, Fourth Edition- Artistry, Choice, and Leadership | Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal |
Reframing Organizations, Third Edition- Artistry, Choice, and Leadership | Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal |
Research Design, Second Edition- Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches | John W. Creswell |
Sanborn on Success | Mark Sanborn |
Signs of Hope- In Praise of Ordinary Heroes | ed. Jon Wilson, Kimberly Ridley |
Silver Bullets - A Guide to Initiative Problems, Adventure Games and Trust Activities | Karl Rohnke |
Spark | Julie Burstein |
Students Against Sweatshops | Liza Featherstone, United Students Against Sweatshops |
Success One Day At A Time | John C. Maxwell |
Successful Assertive Management | Ken Lawson |
Successful Leadership Skills | Ken Lawson |
TeamThink - Using the Sports Connection to Develop, Motivate, and Manage a Winning Business Team | Don Martin |
Teamwork from the Inside Out- Exercises and Tools for Turning Team Performance Inside Out | Susan Nash, Courtney Bolin |
The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women - A Portable Mentor | Gail McMeekin |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Powerful Lessons in Personal Change | Stephen R. Covey |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Powerful Lessons in Personal Change | Stephen R. Covey |
The 8th Habit- From Effectiveness to Greatness | Stephen R. Covey |
The Advantage | Patrick Lencioni |
The Art of Living Consciously - The Power of Awareness to Transform Everyday Life | Nathaniel Branden |
The Big Book of Leadership Games - Quick, Fun Activities to Improve Communication, Increase Productivity and Bring Out the Best in Your Employees | Vasudha K. Deming |
The Big Book of Meeting Games- 75 Quick, Fun Activities for Leading Creative, Energetic, Productive Meetings | Marlene Caroselli |
The Big Book of Presentation Games- Wake-Em-Up Tricks, Ice Breakers, and Other Fun Stuff | Edward Scannell, John Newstrom |
The Big Book of Team Building Games - Trust-Building Activities, Team Spirit Exercises, and Other Fun Things to Do | Nohn Newstrom & Edward Scannell |
The Celestine Prophecy | James Redfield |
The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook for Leadership Development | Cynthia McCauley/Russ Moxley/Ellen Velsor |
The Complete Games Trainers Play- 287 Ready-to-Use Training Games PLUS the Trainer's Resource Kit | John W. Newstrom |
The Conscience of the Campus - Case Studies in Moral Reasoning Among Today's College Students | Joseph Dillon Davey/Linda DuBois Davey |
The Dance of Change | Peter Senge |
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook - Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization | Peter M. Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard B. Ross, Bryan J. Smith |
The Hero Within- Six Archetypes We Live By | Carol S. Pearson |
The Portable 7 Habits - Purpose - Focusing on What Matters Most | Franklin Covey |
The Power of Leadership | John C. Maxwell |
The Road Less Traveled - A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth | M. Scott Peck, M.D. |
The Time Trap - The New Version of the Classic Book on Time Management | Alec Mackenzie |
The World Café- Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations that Matter | Juanita Brown, David Isaacs |
The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle - How to Become A Servant Leader | James C. Hunter |
True to Ourselves - A Celebration of Women Making a Difference | Nancy M. Neuman |
Visual Thinking- Tools for Mapping Your Ideas | Nancy Margulies, Christine Valenza |
When Hope and Fear Collide- A Portrait of Today's College Student | Arthur Levine, Jeanette S. Cureton |
Wherever You Go There You Are -Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life | Jon Kabat-Zinn |