Seven Kinds of Smart
Author(s): Thomas Armstrong
ISBN: 0452281377
Based on psychologist Howard Gardner's pioneering theory of "multiple intelligences," the original edition of 7 Kinds of Smart identified seven distinct ways of being smart, including "word smart," "music smart," "logic smart," and "people smart." Now, with the addition of two new kinds of smart--"naturalist" and "existential"--7 Kinds of Smart offers even more interesting information about how the human psyche functions. Complete with checklists for determining one's strongest and weakest intelligences, exercises, practical tips for developing each type of smart, a revised bibliography for further reading, and a guide to related Internet sites, this book continues to be an essential resource, offering cutting-edge research for general consumption.
On Becoming a Leader
Author(s): Warren Bennis
ISBN: 0738208175
"For many years, Warren Bennis has persuasively argued that leaders are not born -- they are made...In a world increasingly defined by turbulence and uncertainty, the call to leadership is more urgent than ever. Featuring fresh, new commentary on the challenges and opportunities that leaders face today, this new edition of On Becoming a Leader will inspire the next generation of leaders and guide us into the future."
Lives of Moral Leadership
Author(s): Robert Coles
ISBN: 0375758356
"Robert Coles should be declared a national treasure."
-- The Washington Post Book World
Stages of Faith
Author(s): James Fowler
ISBN: 0060628669
Groundbreaking study shows how human life is progressively centered around a basic set of meanings and values that shape the faith people live by.
Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet
Author(s): Howard Gardner, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon
ISBN: 0465026087
The authors are university professors and psychologists, and they have written a total of 20 books. "Good work," they posit, is "work that benefits the broader society." They focus on what it means to carry out good work--work that is both excellent in quality and socially responsible. In this first volume in the Good Work Project series, they explore this theme in the fields of journalism and genetics. More than 200 in-depth interviews, which began in the mid-1990s, were tape-recorded. From the time of their initial interviews, the authors believed that what was happening in journalism and genetics was of importance for the future. They concluded that "one can do well by doing good"--good work feels good, good work is innovative, and good work follows traditions. Wise words.
Discover Your Genius
Author(s): Michael Gelb
ISBN: 0066213762
Strategies for thinking smart drawn from Plato, Queen Elizabeth I, and more.
The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace
Author(s): Daniel Goleman, Cary Cherniss
ISBN: 0787956902
How does emotional intelligence as a competency go beyond the individual to become something a group or entire organization can build and utilize collectively? Written primarily by members of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations, founded by recognized EI experts Daniel Goleman and Cary Cherniss, this groundbreaking compendium examines the conceptual and strategic issues involved in defining, measuring and promoting emotional intelligence in organizations. The book's contributing authors share fifteen models that have been field-tested and empirically validated in existing organizations. They also detail twenty-two guidelines for promoting emotional intelligence and outline a variety of measurement strategies for assessing emotional and social competence in organizations.
Harvard Business Review on Corporate Ethics
Author(s): Harvard Business School Press, Harvard Business School Press, Joseph L. Badaracco
ISBN: 159139273X
Harvard Business Review on Corporate Ethics Resolving today's most pressing questions about business behavior has become a priority in today's corporate environment. In deciding how to act, managers reveal their inner values, test their commitment to those values, and ultimately shape their characters. Readers of this collection of articles will learn to identify the theoretical and practical issues of recognizing and responding to ethical dilemmas and will find the link between good ethics and good business. The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series The series is designed to bring today's managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious businesspeople in organizations around the globe.
Mindfulness
Author(s): Ellen Langer
ISBN: 0201523418
The mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life, contends Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, in this thought-provoking study in which she "translates" for lay readers the findings of her research, much of it among the elderly. With anecdotes and metaphors, she explains how the mindless--as opposed to the mindful--develop mindsets of categories, associations, habits of thought born of repetition in childhood and throughout schooling. To be mindful, she notes, emphasizing process over outcome, allows free rein to intuition and creativity, and opens us to new information and perspectives.
Moral Intelligence
Author(s): Doug Lennick, Fred Kiel
ISBN: 0131490508
"Lennick & Kiel are consulting masters who guide us the way they live-with moral intelligence. They prove that you don't have to sacrifice your soul to lead productively."
--Richard J. Leider, Founder, The Inventure Group and bestselling author of REPACKING YOUR BAGS and THE POWER OF PURPOSE.
The Life We Are Given
Author(s): George Leonard, Michael Murphy
ISBN: 0874777925
In this inspiring and practical book, the authors offer comprehensive, step-by-step instructions for joining body, mind, heart and soul in an evolutionary adventure that has powerful personal and social implications. The book celebrates the day-by-day joys of the path while opening fresh vistas to human futures.
Living in Balance
Author(s): Joel Levey, Michelle Levey
ISBN: 157324032X
A balanced life equals health--mental, emotional, and physical. "Living in Balance", written by two experts on the subject of balance, offers a synthesis of ancient wisdom traditions, such as mindfulness, with cutting-edge research on peak human performance, to show readers how to master the art of balancing within an environment of rapid change.
The Power of Full Engagement
Author(s): Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz
ISBN: 0743226747
Using their impressive work with athletes and corporate executives, Loehr and Schwartz lay out the new rules for getting exceptional results in any performance context. Instead of managing time, manage energy between performance sessions to maximize emotional recovery for the next time you push your personal limits. Don't rely on discipline alone; it takes too much effort to micromanage at every moment. What's needed are routines--effective and even rigid practices that optimize recovery between performance sessions. Narrated by the authors with understated passion for their ideas, this is one of the most important performance audios of the past 10 years.
Golf in the Kingdom
Author(s): Michael Murphy
ISBN: 0140195491
Esalen Institute founder Michael Murphy's divine meditation on the royal and ancient game defied categorization when it was first published in 1972, and it still does. Instantly hailed as a classic, Golf in the Kingdom is an altogether unique confluence of fiction, philosophy, myth, mysticism, enchantment, and golf instruction. The central character is a wily Scotsman named Shivas Irons, a golf professional by vocation and a shaman by design, whom Murphy, as participant in his own novel, meets in 1956 on the links of Burningbush, in Fife. The story of their round of golf together culminates in a wild night of whiskey and wisdom where, as Shivas demonstrates how the swing reflects the soul, their golf quite literally takes on a metaphysical glow. The events alter not only Murphy's game, but they also radically alter his mind and inner vision; it's truly unforgettable. For a golfer, Murphy's masterpiece is as essential as a set of clubs.
The Ant and the Elephant
Author(s): Vince Poscente
ISBN: 1893430146
Our ant is the intentional part of the brain, but our elephant is the instinctual, impulsive part of the brain that houses emotions and memories and even guides the body to perform vital functions. We often overlook the power of our elephantine subconscious minds. Having seen too many books focused on what a problem or solution is and too few focused on how to solve the problem, Poscente, with his trademark wit, wisdom and steely resolve, created The Ant and the Elephant . Leadership for the Self: A Parable and Five-Step Action Plan to Transform Workplace Performance.
The Fifth Discipline
Author(s): Peter M. Senge
ISBN: 0385517254
"Forget your old, tired ideas about leadership. The most successful corporation of the 1990s will be something called a learning organization." -- Fortune Magazine.
The Fifth Discipline Field Book
Author(s): Peter M. Senge, Bryan Smigh & Richard B. Ross
ISBN: 0385472560
The Fieldbook is an intensely pragmatic guide. It shows how to create an organization of learners where memories are brought to life, where collaboration is the lifeblood of every endeavor, and where the tough questions are fearlessly asked. The stories here show that companies, businesses, schools, agencies, and even communities can undo their "learning disabilities" and achieve superior performance.
Awakening Intuition
Author(s): Frances Vaughan
ISBN: 0385133715
The Awakening Intuition guides the reader to the greater realization of his or her own intuitive powers through specific exercises, which are combined with an examination of the role of intuition in such processes as creativity and problem solving. A concise overview of the most recent research in this area completes the book.
Managing the Unexpected
Author(s): Karl E. Weick, Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
ISBN: 0787956279
One of the great challenges any business or organization can face is how to deal with the unexpected. While traditional managerial practices such as planning are designed to manage unexpected threats, they often make things worse. How do you organize for high performance in a setting where the potential for error and disaster is overwhelming? In this book, the ninth in the University of Michigan Business School Management Series, Karl Weick and Kathleen Sutcliffe look to high reliability organizations (HROs) -- aircraft carriers, nuclear power plants, firefighting crews, and others -- for the answer.
How to Know God
Author(s): Deepak Chopra
ISBN: 0609805231
This is a book about the quest for God, the search for spiritual fulfillment that Chopra suggests is at the heart of what it is to be human. He draws from his own experience as he lays out seven layers of experience through which we can experience divinity. This book explores how each of us can meaningfully -- and successfully -- engage with this existential issue to bring new meaning and untold richness of experience into our lives.
Principle Centered Leadership
Author(s): Stephen R. Covey
ISBN: 0671792806
How do we as individuals and organizations survive and thrive amid tremendous change? Why are efforts to improve falling so short in real results despite the millions of dollars in time, capital, and human effort being spent on them? Stephen R. Covey demonstrates that the answer to these and other dilemmas is Principle-Centered Leadership, a long-term, inside-out approach to developing people and organizations.
Ethics for the New Millennium
Author(s): Dalai Lama
ISBN: 1573228834
The Dalai Lama bases his exquisitely argued cry for a new look at society on the radical notion that human beings are "originally pure" and presents a persuasive examination of man's fundamental nature. His moral system is founded on universal principles and can lead persons of any religion to a happier, more fulfilling life.
Peak Performers
Author(s): Charles Garfield
ISBN: 0380703041
This book covers skills that anyone can cultivate, and knowing them is the first step toward personal growth and top achievement.
Working with Emotional Intelligence
Author(s): Daniel Goleman
ISBN: 0553378589
Now, in Working With Emotional Intelligence, Goleman shows why emotional intelligence has become the new yardstick for success for CEOs and junior hires alike. Drawing on both unparalleled access to business leaders and in-depth research, he documents that star performance in every field depends more on emotional intelligence than IQ or technical skills. And the impact of emotional intelligence is even greater at the top of the leadership pyramid.
The Future of the Body
Author(s): Michael Murphy
ISBN: 0874777305
Are metanormal attributes latent within everyone? What is the evidence that all humanity has unrealized capacities for self-transcendence, that the limits of human growth are not fixed? And are there specific practices that ordinary people can do to develop these abilities? Michael Murphy has studied these questions for over thirty years. In The Future of the Body, he presents evidence for metanormal perception, cognition, movement, vitality, and spiritual development from more than 3,000 sources.
Essential Spirituality
Author(s): Roger Walsh, Dalai Lama
ISBN: 0471392162
Based on twenty-five years of study, research, and spiritual practice, and selected by One Spirit Book Club, Essential Spirituality is an accessible, practical book that shows readers how they can incorporate the seven practices common to all of the world's major religions into their daily lives.
SQ: Connecting with our Spiritual Intelligence
Author(s): Danah Zohar
ISBN: 1582341311
A radical new exploration of the human need for meaning and values. At the beginning of the 20th century, as psychologists discovered ways and means to measure intelligence, Aristotle's definition of man as "a rational animal" developed into an obsession with IQ. In the mid 1990's, Daniel Goleman popularized research into emotional intelligence, EQ. Now, in the twenty-first century, there is growing evidence that a third "Q" exists-"SQ," or Spiritual Intelligence.
