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The 21 Indispensable Qualities Of A Leader, Becoming The Person That People Want To Follow by John C. Maxwell In The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, Maxwell identifies these top traits as character, charisma, commitment, communication, competence, courage, discernment, focus, generosity, initiative, listening, passion, positive attitude, problem-solving, relationships, responsibility, security, self-discipline,  servanthood, teachability, and vision--and then defines them in ways that readers can absorb and utilize.  Each is covered in a separate chapter opening with a high-concept definition and continuing with relevant anecdotes, details on its meaning, suggestions for further reflection, and exercises for improvement.

The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership by John C. Maxwell The author, John C. Maxwell , October 23, 1998, Why I wrote The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, "I believe that to be successful in life, every person needs four skills: 1) The ability to cultivate relationships with others; 2) The ability to equip and develop other people; 3) A positive attitude; and 4) Leadership ability.  I wrote The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership to help people develop their leadership skills.  I've taken everything I've learned from over thirty years of leadership in business and volunteer organizations, and I've boiled it down to 21 timeless principles that anyone can use and apply, regardless of profession, culture, gender, or position."

Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell John Maxwell examines the differences between leadership styles, outlines principles for inspiring, motivating, and influencing others.  These principles can be used in any organization to foster integrity and self-discipline and bring a positive change. Developing the Leader Within You also allows readers to examine how to be effective in the highest calling of leadership by understanding the five characteristics that set “leader managers” apart from “run-of-the-mill managers.”  In this John Maxwell classic, he shows readers how to develop the vision, value, influence, and motivation required of successful leaders.

Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box Using the story/parable format so popular these days, Leadership and Self-Deception takes a novel  psychological approach to leadership.  It's not what you do that matters, say the authors (presumably plural--the book is credited to the esteemed Arbinger Institute), but why you do it.  Latching onto the latest  leadership trend won't make people follow you if your motives are selfish--people can smell a rat, even one that says it's trying to empower them.  The tricky thing is, we don't know that our motivation is flawed.  We deceive ourselves in subtle ways into thinking that we're doing the right thing for the right reason.  We really do know what the right thing to do is, but this constant self-justification becomes such an ingrained  habit that it's hard to break free of it--it's as though we're trapped in a box, the authors say.

Leadership Is an Art by Max Depree Max DePree's book on the art of leadership focuses on the need for covenantal relationships within organizations where people are bound to one another and enabled to meet corporate needs through meeting the needs of one another.

Lincoln on Leadership : Executive Strategies for Tough Times by Donald T. Phillips With its emphasis on the rights and power of the individual, Lincoln on Leadership is destined to become the must-have handbook for executives.  More Like This  (click here)

On Becoming a Leader by Warren G. Bennis The classic leadership guide, recommended by Vice President Al Gore to all his advisers, is now available with a new introduction by the author.  Bennis identifies the key ingredients of leadership success and offers a game plan for cultivating those qualities.

On Leadership by John W. Gardner "Leaders today are familiar with the demand that they come forward with a new vision.  But it is not a matter of fabricating a new vision out of whole cloth.  A vision relevant for us today will build on values deeply embedded in human history and in our own tradition.  It is not as though we come to the task unready.  Men and women from the beginning of history have groped and struggled for various pieces of the answer.  The materials out of which we build the vision will be the moral strivings of the species, today and in the distant past.       Most of the ingredients of a vision for this country have been with us for a long time.  As the poet wrote, "The light we sought is shining still."  That we have failed and fumbled in some of our attempts to achieve our ideals is obvious.  But the great ideas still beckon—freedom, equality, justice, the release of human possibilities.  The vision is to live up to the best in our past and to reach the goals we have yet to achieve, with respect to our domestic problems and our responsibilities worldwide." (From the Preface to On Leadership)

The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership by James C. Hunter In The Servant, a business manager and five other guests discover and prove the principles of leadership at a monastery retreat.  They are gently guided in their study by a former Fortune 500 executive turned Benedictine monk.  This surprising and inspirational book provides effective lessons for business and life in the guise of an absorbing narrative.  These sound lessons in effective, ethical leadership resonate in today's workplace.

The Caine Mutiny (1954)  DVD Partial Cast List:  Humphrey Bogart ...Lieutenant Commander Philip Francis Queeg José Ferrer ...Lieutenant Barney Greenwald Van Johnson ...Lieutenant Steve Maryk Fred MacMurray ...Lieutenant Tom Keefer Robert Francis ...Ensign Willie Keith May Wynn ...May Wynn Tom Tully ...Captain DeVriess E.G. Marshall ...Lieutenant Commander Challee Lee Marvin ...Meatball Claude Akins ...Horrible Jerry Paris ...Ensign Harding

Gandhi  DVD Partial Cast List:  Ben Kingsley ...Mahatma Gandhi Candice Bergen ...Margaret Bourke-White Edward Fox ...General Dyer Trevor Howard ...Judge Broomfield John Mills ...The Viceroy Martin Sheen ...Vince Walker, Reporter New York Times Ian Charleson ...Reverend Charlie Andrews

Gettysburg (1993)  DVD Partial Cast List:  Tom Berenger ...Lieutenant General James Longstreet Jeff Daniels ...Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Sam Elliott ...Brigadier General John Buford Richard Jordan ...Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead Stephen Lang ...Major General George E. Pickett Martin Sheen ...General Robert E. Lee

Other People's Money (1991)  VHS Partial Cast List: Danny DeVito ...Lawrence Garfield Gregory Peck ...Andrew Jorgenson Penelope Ann Miller ...Kate Sullivan Piper Laurie ...Bea Sullivan Dean Jones ...Bill Coles R.D. Call ...Arthur (This film is often used in professional seminars, especially the speeches/debate near the end between Andrew Jorgenson (Gregory Peck) and Larry "The Liquidator" Garfield (Danny DeVito).  My home Club used this debate for practice compare and contrast evaluation.)

Twelve O' Clock High (1949)  DVD Partial Cast List:  Gregory Peck ...Brig. General Frank Savage, Commanding Officer 918 Bomb Group Hugh Marlowe ...Lieutenant Colonel Ben R. Gately, Exec. Officer 918 Bomb Group Gary Merrill ...Colonel Keith Davenport, Commanding Officer 918 Bomb Group replaced by Savage Millard Mitchell ...Lt. General Prichard Dean Jagger ...Major/Colonel Harvey Stovall, 918 Group Adjutant/Ground Executive Officer Robert Arthur ...Sergeant McIllhenny, General Savage's Driver Paul Stewart ...Major 'Doc' Kaiser, 918 Group Medical Officer John Kellogg ...Major Joe Cobb, 918 Group Air Exec. (This film is used by the U.S. Navy as an example of leadership styles in its Leadership and Management Training School. The Air Force's College for Enlisted Professional Military Education also uses this film as a education aid in its Noncommissioned Officer Academies.)

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