Resources
or What’s on my bedside reading table this year?
Books of Interest
The Geography of Bliss, Eric Weiner, Twelve, 2008
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewsk, Harper Collins, 2008
On the Business Bookshelf:
Leadership & Change
Another Country, Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders, Mary Piper, Riverhead Books, 1999
Blink, The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcom Gladwell, Little Brown, 2005
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond, Dec 27, 2005
Presence, Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society, Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2004
The Second Half of Life, Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom, Angeles Arrien, Sounds True, 2005
A Whole New Mind, Daniel H. Pink, The Berkeley Publishing Group, 2005
Communication Skills
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time, Susan Scott, Berkely Publishing Group, 2002
Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, University of Chicago Press, 1980
Negotiation
Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate
Roger Fisher, Daniel Shapiro, The Penguin Group, 2006
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, Roger Fisher, Penguin USA (Paper), 2000
Old Favorites
Enhancing Leadership Effectiveness, Roger Pearman, CAPT, 1999
The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, Peter Senge, Doubleday, 1994
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Harper Perennial, 1990
Gifts Differing, Isabel Briggs Myers, Consulting Psychology Press, 1980
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, Avon Books, 1982
Leadership & Learning, Personal Change in a Professional Setting, Barry Jentz & Joan Wofford, McGraw Hill, 1979
People Skills, Robert Bolton, Simon & Schuster, 1979
People Types & Tiger Stripes, Gordon Lawrence, Center for Applications of Psychological Type, 1982
The Right to Speak, Patsy Rodenburg, Routledge, 1992
On-Line Information
Negotiation Websites:
The Harvard Program on Negotiation
The Public Conversations Project
Birkman Method Assessment
The Birkman Method Home page
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Temperment Websites:
Consulting Psychology Press
Temperament Research Institute, Dr. Linda V. Berens
Center for Application of Psychological Type
Boston Area Chapter of The Association for Psychological Type (BACAPT)
Source material notes
The communication skills material I use in coaching and teaching is adapted primarily from Perry Carrison, Angeles Arrien, Roger Pearman, Robert Bolton, and Faber/Mazlish. See above publications. The Myers Briggs Type Indicator material is adapted from Otto Kroeger Associates, Joan Wofford, Jean Kummerow, Earl Page and others. |
