Leadership Resources
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Leadership Assessments & Tools
StrengthsQuest
StrengthsQuest offers you the opportunity to discover and develop your top five themes to achieve academic, career and personal excellence. This book includes a single-user ID code that gives you access to Gallup's Strengthsfinder and revolutionary online program for students.
The Myers & Briggs Foundation
The purpose of MBTI personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and useful in people’s lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment.
Personality Pathways
Individuals can take the MBTI online, examine its application to personal and professional contexts, and find information about numerous web and print resources related to the MBTI. Personality Pathways offers a free introduction to personality types, the Cognitive Style Inventory that approximates MBTI results.
LeaderValues
LeaderValues is one of the widest collections of free leadership resources available on the Web. Includes searchable themes, links, magazine articles, books, quotations, and a glossary of leadership-related terms.
Leadership Organizations
The following is a list of websites of organizations we have found helpful in helping people learn positive leadership skills.
Leadership Centers
Leadership Journals and Newsletters
Leadership Conferences
- National Conference on Student Leadership
- NCSL Certified Student Leader Weekend Retreats
- International Youth Leadership Conference
- National Collegiate Leadership Conference
- Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute
- National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL)
- Social Justice Training Institute
- ASGA's National Student Government Summit
Academic Skills
Time Management
- Time Management - Stanford University
- Time Management for Right-Brained People (or What To Do If To-Do Lists Aren't Your Style) - Cornell University
- A Simple Effective Time Management System - Cornell University
- 7 Easy Ways to Improve your Time Management Skills – Novoresume
- Managing your Time - Dartmouth
Procrastination
- One of These Days I'll Stop Procrastinating - University of Pennsylvania
- Battling the Block: Writing Through and Beyond Writer's Block - University of Pennsylvania
- Getting Past Perfectionism – Princeton University
Study Skills/Note-Taking
- Classes: Notetaking, Listening, Participation - Dartmouth
Recommended Reading List
Student Leadership
- Deeper Learning in Leadership: Helping College Students Find the Potential Within by Dennis C. Roberts
- The Essential Student Clubs & Organizations Guide by Eric Williams
Leadership for a Diverse Society
- Creating the Multicultural Organization: A Strategy for Capturing the Power of Diversity by Taylor Cox Jr.
- Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age by Juana Bordas
- Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America by David A. Thomas and John J. Gabarro
Women in Leadership
- Her Place at the Table: A Woman's Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success by Deborah M. Kolb Ph.D., Judith Williams Ph.D., and Carol Frohlinger JD
- Leading From the Front: No-Excuse Leadership Tactics for Women by Courtney Lynch, Amy Morgan, and Angie Morgan
- Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change by Barbara Kellerman, Deborah L. Rhode
- Women in Leadership by Tina Kothari
- Women Lead the Way: Your Guide to Stepping Up to Leadership and Changing the World by Linda Tarr-Whelan
Leaders on Leadership
- Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times by Donald T. Phillips
- Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times by Donald T. Phillips
- The Founding Fathers on Leadership: Classic Teamwork in Changing Times by Donald T. Phillips
- Churchill on Leadership : Executive Success in the Face of Adversity by Steven F. Hayward
- Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Bully Pulpit by James M. Strock
- The Founding Fathers on Leadership: Classic Teamwork in Changing Times by Donald T. Phillips
Types of Leadership
- Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations: Lessons From the Third Sector by Barry Michael Dym, and Mr. Harry Hutson
- Leadership: Theory and Practice by Dr. Peter G. (Guy) Northouse
- Strengths-Based Leadership by Tom Rath
Developing as a Leader
- Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time by Kevin Eikenberry
Communication
- Feedback Toolkit: 16 Tools for Better Communication in the Workplace (Empower Your Team-Based Work Force with Productivity's Tool) by Rick Maure
- The Art of Talking So That People Will Listen: Getting Through to Family, Friends & Business Associates by Paul W. Swets
Organizational Success
- Get Everyone in Your Boat Rowing in the Same Direction: 5 Leadership Principles to Follow So Others Will Follow You by Bob Boylan
- How to Delegate (Essential Managers Series) by Robert Heller
- Robert's Rules Of Order Newly Revised In Brief (Roberts Rules of Order (in Brief)) by Henry M. Robert III, William J. Evans, Daniel H. Honemann, and Thomas J. Balch
- Running a Meeting That Works (Barron's Business Success Guides) by Robert F. Miller
- The Big Book of Team Building Games: Trust-Building Activities, Team Spirit Exercises, and Other Fun Things to Do by John Newstrom and Edward Scannell
Real Life Experiences
- Leading at the Edge : Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition by Dennis N. T. Perkins