Resources

Resources Recommended by Cynthia Scherr

Recommendations

IDEAS. EXAMPLES. INSPIRATION.

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t, Jim Collins

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, Jim Collins

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck: Why Some Thrive Despite Them All, Jim Collins

How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In, Jim Collins

Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes, William Bridges

Boards at Work: How Corporate Boards Create Competitive Advantage, Ram Charan

Managing at the Speed of Change, Daryl Conner

The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker’s Essential Writings on Management, Peter Drucker

A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, Edwin Friedman

Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life, Robert Fritz

On Leadership, John Gardner

Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society, John Gardner

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Daniel Goleman

The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything, Guy Kawasaki

The Exceptional Presenter: A Proven Formula to Open up and Own the Room, Timothy Koegel

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink

Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace, Gordon Mackenzie

Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model, John Mullins and Randy Komisar

Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd, Youngme Moon

Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Kerry Patterson, et. al.

Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior, Kerry Patterson, et. al.

Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart: A Systems Approach to Engaging Leaders with Their Challenges, Mary Beth O’Neill

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization, Peter Senge

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization, Edward Tufte

The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America, David Whyte