Resources

Articles

  • “What Can Coaches Do for You?”, (Coutu, Kauffman) Harvard Business Review, www.Hbr.com
  • “Centered leadership: How talented women thrive”, (Barsh, Cranston, Craske), McKinsey Quarterly

Books

This is limited to the top twenty valuable resources.  Check back, this list will periodically change!

Business/Leadership

It’s Hard to Make a Difference when You Can’t Find Your Keys (Paul)
Let Your Life Speak (Palmer)
Answering Your Call (Schuster)
Primal Leadership (Goleman)
Good to Great (Collins)

Leadership Challenge (Kouzes, Posner)
The Starfish and the Spider (Brofman & Beckstrom)
Leadership from the Inside Out (Cashman)
The Five Questions; and The Effective Executive (Drucker)
The Outliers (Gladwell)

Coaching, Conflict & Change

Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart (O’Neill)
The Coaching Handbook; Lifelaunch; (Hudson)
Crucial Conversations (Patterson)
Polarity Management (Johnson)
Managing Transitions (Bridges)

Creativity

The Artist’s Way (Cameron)
How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci (Gelb)

Gender
The Web of Inclusion; and The Female Advantage (Helgeson)
Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work (Tannen)
Leadership and the Sexes (Gurian & Annis)

Links of Interest

  • CATALYST: www.catalyst.org- A non-profit research and advocacy organization and think-tank, providing strategic studies and initiatives for advancing women in the workplace.
  • THE CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP-http://www.ccl.org A non-profit leadership research and training organization.
  • CREATRIX™- www.creatrix.com
  • THE DRUCKER INSTITUTE/ Drucker Societies- http://www.druckerinstitute.com This think tank was formed to bring the principles of Peter Drucker to communities worldwide.  Its mission is to stimulate effective management and ethical leadership.
  • THE HUDSON INSTITUTE OF SANTA BARBARA- www.hudsoninsitute.com- One of the premier coach training programs in the world, Hudson Institute was founded by Frederic Hudson and led by CEO Pam McLean
  • ICF- www.coachfederation.org: The international association for professional coaches
  • THE WHITE HOUSE PROJECT – http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/ A national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which aims to advance women’s leadership in all communities and sectors. The White House Project Report: Benchmarking Women’s Leadership is unique in that it looks at 10 sectors and gives concrete solutions from experts in each sector for improving women’s leadership.