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The Campus Activities Leadership Library is a goldmine for useful, relevant books addressing many aspects of leadership.

Our library has recently expanded! All new books are featured in bold.

All our books, organized in alphabetical order by title

All our books, organized by topic

All our new books

Alphabetical List of Books
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

50 Creative Training Closers by Lynn Solem and Bob Pike, CSP
101 Ways to Make Meetings Active by Mel Silberman
101 Ways to make Training Active by Mel Silberman

All Together Now! by Lorraine L. Ukens
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 by William Manchester
The Art of Negotiating: How to Become a Skilled Negotiator by Gerard I. Nierenberg
Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know by John C. Maxwell

Bad Leadership by Barbara Kellerman
Beyond Race and Gender: Unleashing the Total Power of Your Workforce by Managing Diversity by R. Roosevelt Thomas
The Big Book of Ice Breakers: Quick Fun Activities for Energizing Meetings and Workshops by Edie West
The Big Book of Team-Building Games: Trust-Building Activities, Team Spirirt Exercises, and Other Fun Things to Do by John W. Newstrom & Edward E. Scannell
Binge: Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess by Barrett Seaman
blink by Malcom Gladwell
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Can Women Reach the Top of America's Largest Corporations? by Ann M. Morrison, Ellen Van Velsor, & Ann M. Momson
Building A Dynamic Team: A Practical Guide to Maximizing Team Performance by Richard Y. Chang
Building a House for Diversity by R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras

Collaborative Leadership by David Chrislip and Carl E. Larson
The Complete Negotiator by Gerard I. Nierenburg
Cowstails and Cobras: A Guide to Ropes Courses, Initiative Games, and Other Adventure Activities by Karl Rohnke
Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life by Shakti Gawain

Deeper Learning in Leadership by Dennis C. Roberts
The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton
Developing Competency to Manage Diversity: Readings, Cases, and Activities by Taylor Cox, Jr. & Ruby L. Beale
Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell
Developing the Leaders Around You by John C. Maxwell
The Difference Maker by John C. Maxwell
Driver: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices by Paul R. Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker
Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change by Ed Oakley & Doug Krug
Enlightened Power: How Women Are Transforming the Practice of Leadership edited by Linda Coughlin, Ellen Wingard, and Keith Hollihan
The Ethical Challenge edited by Noel Tichy and Andrew R. McGill
The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book by Nicholas Nigro

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, & Charles Burck
Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference by Susan R. Komives, Nances Lucas, & Timothy R. McMahon

The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership by Sally Helgesen
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge
Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul, and John Christensen

The Gamesman: The New Corporate Leaders by Michael MacCoby
Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance by Marcus Buckingham
Good Guys: The Eight Steps to Limitless Possibility for Fraternity Recruitment by Matthew Mattson & Joshua Orendi
Good to Great by Jim Collins

The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By by Carol S. Pearson
Hidden Agendas by Dr. Marlin S. Potash
How Full Is Your Bucket: Positive Strategies for Work and Life by Tom Rath & Donald O. Clifton, M.D.
How to Manage in the Public Sector by Gordon Chase
How Washington Really Works by Charles Peters

In Deference of Politics by Bernard Crick
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-run Companies by Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman
Inspiration for Student Programmers by Duane Brown, Ed Cabellon, Jack Gottlieb, Kristen Hyman, Bethany Lombard, Holly Nonnemacher & Joe Urbanski
The Intuitive Manager by Roy Rowan

Journal About Women in Higher Education Vol. 1
Journal of College Student Development

The Knowledge Executive: Leadership in an Information Society by Harlan Cleveland

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Vols. 1 & 2 by William Manchester
Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge by Warren Bennis
The Leader's Edge: The Seven Keys to Leadership in a Turbulent World by Burt Nanus
Leadership by Rudolph W. Giuliani
Leadership by James M. Burns
Leadership: A Treasury of Great Quotations for Those Who Aspire to Lead by William Safire & Leonard Safir
"Leadership 2000: Building Leaders for the 21st Century"*
"Leadership: A Sampler of the Wisdom of John Gardner"*
Leadership Education: A Sourcebook ( 1992-93, 1994-95) by Frank H. Freedom & Sara N. King
"Leadership for Change Toward a Feminist Model" by Bruce Kopeli & George Lakey*
Leadership Is an Art by Max Dupree
Leadership: Multidisciplinary Perspectives by Barbara Kellerman
The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
Leading Change by John P. Kotter
Leading Change by James O'Toole
Leading in a Culture of Change by Michael Fullan
Leading Out Loud by Terry Pearce

Life After Television by George Gilder
Lucy: A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid

Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Mind by Robert J. Light
The Man Who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. Gorbachev by Gail Sheehy
Management of Organizational Behavior by Paul H. Hersey, Kenneth H. Blanchard, & Dewey E Johnson
The Managerial Woman by Margaret Hennig & Alice Jardin
Managing on the Edge: Companies That Use Conflict to Stay Ahead by Richard T. Pascale
Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities by George Starr Lashner
Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times by Donald T. Phillips
The Mask of Command by John Keegan
Measures of Leadership by The Center for Creative Leadership, Psychological Corporation, Kenneth E. Clark, and Miriam B. Clark
Men and Women of the Corporation by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Mind of a Manager, Soul of a Leader by Craig Hickman

The New Robert's Rules of Order by Mary A. De Vries
Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton

On Leadership by John W. Gardner
The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson

Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch
A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference by Nancy Austin & Thomas J. Peters
The Performance Edge: New Strategies to Maximize Your Work Effectiveness and Competitive Advantage by Robert K. Cooper
PlayFair: Everybody's Guide to Noncompetetive Play by Matt Weinstein & Joel Goodman
Positive Addiction by William Glasser
Presidential Power & Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan by Richard E. Neustadt
Principle Centered Leadership by Stephen R. Covey
Putting the One-Minute Manager to Work: How to Turn the Three Secrets Into Skills by Ken Blanchard

Readings for Diversity and Social Justice edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Rosie Castaneda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L. Peters and Ximena Zuniga
Reducing Underage Drinking by the National Reserach Council Institute of Medicine
The Renewal Factor: How the Best Get and Keep The Competitive Edge by Robert Waterman
Responsibility at Work edited by Howard Gardner
The Road to the White House by Stephen J. Wayne

Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
Self- Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society by John W. Gardner
The Semi-Sovereign People (A Realist's View of Deomcracy in America) by E. E. Schattschneider
The Servant Leader by Ken Blanchard
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Silver Bullets: A Guide to Initiative Problems, Adventure Games and Trust Activities by Karl E. Rohnke
The Six-Figure Woman: And How To Be One by Lois Wyse
State and Local Politics: Governments by the People (3rd Edition)

The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
To Be a Politician by Stimson Bullitt
To Lead Is To Serve: How To Attract Volunteers and Keep Them by Shar McBee
The Trouble with Money (A Prescription for America's Finanical Fever) by William S. Rukeyser & William Greider
The Visit: A Tragi-Comedy by Friedrich Durrenmatt and Patrick Bowles

Webster's New World Dictionary: 2nd College Edition
What Color is Your Personality? by Carol Ritberger, Ph.D.
When Giants Learn to Dance
by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in an American City by Robert A. Dahl
The Write Stuff: Writing As a Performing and Political Art by Thomas E. Cronin

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Books Organized by Topic

Biographies/Fiction
Business Leadership
College Leadership
Diversity in the Workplace
Ice-Breakers and Games
Leadership Philosophy
Leadership Skills
Memoirs
Reference
Political Leadership
Women and Leadership

Biographies/Fiction
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 by William Manchester
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Vols. 1 & 2 by William Manchester
Lucy: A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid
The Man Who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. Gorbachev by Gail Sheehy
Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
The Visit: A Tragi-Comedy by Friedrich Durrenmatt and Patrick Bowles

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Business Leadership
Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton
The Gamesman: The New Corporate Leaders by Michael MacCoby
Good to Great by Jim Collins
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-run Companies by Thomas J. Peters & Robert H. Waterman
Managing on the Edge: Companies That Use Conflict to Stay Ahead by Richard T. Pascale
Men and Women of the Corporation by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Responsibility at Work edited by Howard Gardner
The Trouble with Money (A Prescription for America's Finanical Fever) by William S. Rukeyser & William Greider

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College Leadership
Binge: Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess by Barrett Seaman
Deeper Learning in Leadership by Dennis C. Roberts
Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference by Susan R. Komives, Nances Lucas, & Timothy R. McMahon
Good Guys: The Eight Steps to Limitless Possibility for Fraternity Recruitment by Matthew Mattson & Joshua Orendi
Inspiration for Student Programmers by Duane Brown, Ed Cabellon, Jack Gottlieb, Kristen Hyman, Bethany Lombard, Holly Nonnemacher & Joe Urbanski
Journal of College Student Development
Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Mind by Robert J. Light
Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities by George Starr Lashner
Reducing Underage Drinking by the National Reserach Council Institute of Medicine

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Diversity in the Workplace
Beyond Race and Gender: Unleashing the Total Power of Your Workforce by Managing Diversity by R. Roosevelt Thomas
Building a House for Diversity by R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.
Developing Competency to Manage Diversity: Readings, Cases, and Activities
by Taylor Cox, Jr. & Ruby L. Beale
Readings for Diversity and Social Justice edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Rosie Castaneda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L. Peters and Ximena Zuniga

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Ice-Breakers and Games
All Together Now! by Lorraine L. Ukens
The Big Book of Ice Breakers: Quick Fun Activities for Energizing Meetings and Workshops
by Edie West
The Big Book of Team-Building Games: Trust-Building Activities, Team Spirirt Exercises, and Other Fun Things to Do by John W. Newstrom & Edward E. Scannell
Cowstails and Cobras: A Guide to Ropes Courses, Initiative Games, and Other Adventure Activities by Karl Rohnke
PlayFair: Everybody's Guide to Noncompetetive Play by Matt Weinstein & Joel Goodman
Silver Bullets: A Guide to Initiative Problems, Adventure Games and Trust Activities by Karl E. Rohnke

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Leadership Philosphy
Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know by John C. Maxwell
Bad Leadership by Barbara Kellerman
blink by Malcom Gladwell

Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life
by Shakti Gawain
Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell
The Difference Maker by John C. Maxwell
Driver: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices by Paul R. Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change by Ed Oakley & Doug Krug
The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By by Carol S. Pearson
Hidden Agendas by Dr. Marlin S. Potash
How Full Is Your Bucket: Positive Strategies for Work and Life by Tom Rath & Donald O. Clifton, M.D.
The Intuitive Manager by Roy Rowan
The Knowledge Executive: Leadership in an Information Society by Harlan Cleveland
The Leader's Edge: The Seven Keys to Leadership in a Turbulent World by Burt Nanus
Leadership Is an Art by Max Dupree
Leadership: Multidisciplinary Perspectives by Barbara Kellerman
The Leadership Challenge by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
Leading Change by John P. Kotter
Leading Change by James O'Toole
The Mask of Command by John Keegan
Measures of Leadership by The Center for Creative Leadership, Psychological Corporation, Kenneth E. Clark, and Miriam B. Clark
Mind of a Manager, Soul of a Leader by Craig Hickman
Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton
Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch
A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference by Nancy Austin & Thomas J. Peters
Positive Addiction by William Glasser
Principle Centered Leadership by Stephen R. Covey
Self- Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society by John W. Gardner
The Servant Leader by Ken Blanchard
The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
What Color is Your Personality? by Carol Ritberger, Ph.D.

When Giants Learn to Dance by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Leadership Skills
50 Creative Training Closers by Lynn Solem and Bob Pike, CSP
101 Ways to Make Meetings Active by Mel Silberman
101 Ways to make Training Active by Mel Silberman
The Art of Negotiating: How to Become a Skilled Negotiator by Gerard I. Nierenberg
Building A Dynamic Team: A Practical Guide to Maximizing Team Performance by Richard Y. Chang
The Complete Negotiator by Gerard I. Nierenburg
Developing the Leaders Around You by John C. Maxwell
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker
The Ethical Challenge edited by Noel Tichy and Andrew R. McGill
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, & Charles Burck
The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book by Nicholas Nigro
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge
Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul, and John Christensen
Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance by Marcus Buckingham
How to Manage in the Public Sector by Gordon Chase
Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge by Warren Bennis
"Leadership 2000: Building Leaders for the 21st Century"*
Leading in a Culture of Change by Michael Fullan
Leading Out Loud by Terry Pearce
Management of Organizational Behavior by Paul H. Hersey, Kenneth H. Blanchard, & Dewey E Johnson
The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
The Performance Edge: New Strategies to Maximize Your Work Effectiveness and Competitive Advantage by Robert K. Cooper
Putting the One-Minute Manager to Work: How to Turn the Three Secrets Into Skills by Ken Blanchard
The Renewal Factor: How the Best Get and Keep The Competitive Edge by Robert Waterman
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

To Lead Is To Serve: How To Attract Volunteers and Keep Them by Shar McBee

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Memoirs
Life After Television by George Gilder
Leadership by Rudolph W. Giuliani
Leadership by James M. Burns
Leadership: A Treasury of Great Quotations for Those Who Aspire to Lead by William Safire & Leonard Safir
"Leadership: A Sampler of the Wisdom of John Gardner"*
Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times by Donald T. Phillips
On Leadership by John W. Gardner

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Reference
Leadership Education: A Sourcebook ( 1992-93, 1994-95) by Frank H. Freedom & Sara N. King
The New Robert's Rules of Order by Mary A. De Vries
Webster's New World Dictionary: 2nd College Edition
The Write Stuff: Writing As a Performing and Political Art by Thomas E. Cronin

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Political Leadership
Collaborative Leadership by David Chrislip and Carl E. Larson
How Washington Really Works
by Charles Peters
In Deference of Politics by Bernard Crick
Presidential Power & Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan by Richard E. Neustadt
The Road to the White House by Stephen J. Wayne
The Semi-Sovereign People (A Realist's View of Deomcracy in America) by E. E. Schattschneider
State and Local Politics: Governments by the People (3rd Edition)
To Be a Politician by Stimson Bullitt
Who Governs?: Democracy and Power in an American City by Robert A. Dahl

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Women and Leadership
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Can Women Reach the Top of America's Largest Corporations? by Ann M. Morrison, Ellen Van Velsor, & Ann M. Momson
Enlightened Power: How Women Are Transforming the Practice of Leadership edited by Linda Coughlin, Ellen Wingard, and Keith Hollihan
The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership
by Sally Helgesen
Journal About Women in Higher Education Vol. 1
"Leadership for Change Toward a Feminist Model" by Bruce Kopeli & George Lakey*
The Managerial Woman by Margaret Hennig & Alice Jardin
The Six-Figure Woman: And How To Be One by Lois Wyse

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50 Creative Training Closers by Lynn Solem and Bob Pike, CSP
101 Ways to Make Meetings Active by Mel Silberman
101 Wats to make Training Active by Mel Silberman
All Together Now! by Lorraine L. Ukens
Bad Leadership by Barbara Kellerman
blink by Malcom Gladwell
Building a House for Diversity by R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.
Collaborative Leadership by David Chrislip and Carl E. Larson
Deeper Learning in Leadership by Dennis C. Roberts
Developing the Leaders Around You by John C. Maxwell
The Difference Maker by John C. Maxwell
Enlightened Power: How Women Are Transforming the Practice of Leadership edited by Linda Coughlin, Ellen Wingard, and Keith Hollihan
The Ethical Challenge edited by Noel Tichy and Andrew R. McGill
The Everything Coaching and Mentoring Book by Nicholas Nigro
Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results by Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D., Harry Paul, and John Christensen
Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance by Marcus Buckingham
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Leading in a Culture of Change by Michael Fullan
Leading Out Loud by Terry Pearce
Inspiration for Student Programmers by Duane Brown, Ed Cabellon, Jack Gottlieb, Kristen Hyman, Bethany Lombard, Holly Nonnemacher & Joe Urbanski
The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson
Readings for Diversity and Social Justice edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Rosie Castaneda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L. Peters and Ximena Zuniga
Responsibility at Work edited by Howard Gardner
The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell
What Color is Your Personality? by Carol Ritberger, Ph.D.

* These titles are spineless booklets that may be hard to find on the bookshelf

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