Recommended Reading

Below are some books on leadership recommended by NCL Board Members and Staff.

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Bennis, Warren, and Burt Nanus. Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge. Harper Collins, 1985.

Bennis, Warren. On Becoming A Leader. Perseus Publishing, 1989.

Buechner, Frederick. Wishful Thinking, A Theological ABC. San Francisco, Harper and Row, 1988.

Covey, Stephen, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. New York, Simon and Schuster,1989.

DePree, Max, Leadership Jazz. New York Dell, 1992.

DePree, Max, Leading Without Power -- Finding Hope in Serving Community. San Francisco, Jossey Bass, 1997.

Foster, Richard Celebration of Discipline, 20th Anniversary Edition, San Francisco, Harper Collins 1998.

Gardner, John W. On Leadership, New York Simon and Schuster, 1990.

Greenleaf, Robert K. Servant Leadership. NewYork Paulist Press, 1977.