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Experiential Learning
Innovation
Leadership and Personal Development
Coaching
Management
Activities, Events, and Facilitator Resources
Organizational Effectiveness
Performance Enhancement and Skills
Teams and Teamwork
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| Experiential Learning David A. Kolb |
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| Kolb's "Experiential Learning" is a masterpiece. In it, he deftly synthesizes the strands of learning theory and psychological research that inform his 4 stage learning cycle. (Review from Amazon.com) | ||
| The Power of Experiential Learning Colin Beard, John P. Wilson |
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| Handbook pulls together both the theory and practice of this wide-ranging approach that covers all types of learning that employs activity-based experience. | ||
| Tempered Radicals: How People Use Difference to Inspire Change at Work Debra Meyerson |
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| Debra Meyerson shows how adaptive, diverse, family-friendly and socially responsible workplaces are built by "tempered radicals" -people who successfully walk the tightrope between conformity and rebellion. | ||
| The Art of Innovation Tom Kelley, Jonathan Littman, Tom Peters |
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| Execs from the world’s leading design firm, IDEO, share their secrets for building a better mousetrap. | ||
| The Disney Way Bill Capodaglia, Lynn Jackson |
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| The 10 beliefs at the heart of the Disney methodology. | ||
| The Leadership Challenge James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner |
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| Kouzes and Posner lay out a clear theory of the keys to leadership excellence, based on voluminous research. Now in a 3rd edition. | ||
| Primal Leadership Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, Richard E. Boyatzis |
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| Goleman et al. make the case for Emotional Intelligence as the foundation of leader effectiveness. Describes various leadership styles and discusses how to develop effective leaders. | ||
| The Essential Enneagram David N. Daniels, Virginia A. Price |
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| The first scientifically determined Enneagram personality test, combined with a detailed guide to both discovering your type and furthering your personal growth. | ||
| Working with Emotional Intelligence |
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| This book explains what emotional intelligence is and why it counts more than IQ or expertise for excelling on the job. | ||
| Leading at the Edge, Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition Dennis Perkins |
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| Dennis Perkins distills 10 leadership principles from Shackleton’s story of courage, endurance, and survival under extremely adverse conditions. | ||
| Leadership Is An Art Max Depree |
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| Max Depree, CEO of Herman Miller Inc., details, in simple but imaginative language, a humanitarian approach to leadership. | ||
| The Coach: Creating Partnerships for a Competitive Edge. Steven J. Stowell |
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| For leaders interested in the "how to" skills for becoming a more effective coach. | ||
| Win-Win Partnerships: Be On The Leading Edge With Synergistic Coaching Steven J. Stowell, Matt M. Starcevich |
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| Goes beyond the original research on coaching to those skills anyone can use in positively influencing and coaching others. | ||
| The One Minute Manager Kenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson |
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| A wonderful, to the point, easy to understand guide to managing people. | ||
| Cowstails and Cobras II Karl E. Rohnke |
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| Many of the basics in experiential education, includes low and high course events. | ||
| Islands of Healing John L. Luckner, Reldan S. Nadler |
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| A basic guide to processing or debriefing experiential activities. People who read it wish they had read it earlier. | ||
| Conscious Use of Metaphor in Outward Bound Stephen Bacon |
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| This book is a quick read. It explains and gives example of connecting one experience to another metaphorically (i.e. transfer of learning). | ||
| The New Games Book New Games Foundation |
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| Lots of activities, well organized, lots of pictures. | ||
| More New Games |
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| More of the above. "Play hard, play fair, and nobody hurt." | ||
| The Bottomless Bag Karl Rohnke |
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| A favorite. A thick accumulation of ideas, experience, and fun. | ||
| Silver Bullets Karl Rohnke |
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| A polished and pruned version of The Bottomless Bag. | ||
| Bottomless Baggie Karl Rohnke |
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| A continuation of The Bottomless Bag. More new ideas and adaptations. | ||
| QuickSilver Karl Rohnke |
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| More new ideas, activities, and insight. An outstanding section on adventure leadership. | ||
| Teamwork & Teamplay James Hallie Cain, Jim Cain, Barry Jolliff |
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| A good compilation of "tried and true" activities and new activities. An excellent collection of experiential references. | ||
| 99 of the Best Experiential Corporate Games We Know Faith Evans, Sam Sikes, and Simon Priest |
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| Great activities for use when opening, energizing, or closing sessions. Includes 46 previously unpublished activities. | ||
| 50 Ways To Use Your Noodle Chris Cavert & Sam Sikes |
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| Fun games and problem-solving activities. | ||
| Executive Marbles Sam Sikes |
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| New activities and ideas. | ||
| Feeding the Zircon Gorilla Sam Sikes |
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| New activities and ideas written by Sam Sikes for corporate trainers. | ||
| The Ashley Book of Knots Clifford W. Ashley |
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| Every practical knot- What it looks like, who uses it, where it comes from, and how to tie it. 7000 drawings, over 3900 knots! | ||
| Beyond Change Management: Advanced Strategies for Today's Transformational Leaders Dean Anderson, Linda Ackerman Anderson |
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| Specifically addresses the interaction of leadership style, mindset, and the change process in the overall picture of organizational change. | ||
| Built To Last Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras |
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| This look at “visionary” companies combines research with clear instructions for true organizational success. | ||
| Competing for the Future Gary Hamel, C.K. Prahalad |
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| Hamel and Prahalad urge companies to create their own futures, envision new markets, and reinvent themselves. | ||
| Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck |
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| "The missing link between aspirations and results," the absence of a discipline of execution may be the biggest obstacle to success. | ||
| Good to Great Jim Collins |
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| Jim Collins explores the way good organizations can be (and have been) turned into ones that produce great, sustained results. | ||
| Leading the Revolution Gary Hamel |
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| Gary Hamel says the key to thriving in today's world of business is a deeply embedded capability for continual, radical innovation. | ||
| The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Malcolm Gladwell |
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| Malcolm Gladwell discusses what makes ideas, products, messages, and behaviors spread like viruses. | ||
| Crucial Confrontations Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler |
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| Discover skills to resolve touchy, controversial, and complex issues at work and at home. | ||
| Crucial Conversations Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler |
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| Provides an approach to those conversations in life that are both most difficult and most necessary. | ||
| Getting to YES Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton |
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| Easy-to-read classic on "principled" (interest-based) negotiation. "Negotiating agreement without giving in." | ||
| The Team Handbook Barbara J. Streibel, Brian L. Joiner, Peter R. Scholtesl |
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| A great reference for teams within a Quality environment. The book has been updated several times based on user feedback. | ||
| Teamwork: We Have Met The Enemy and They Are Us Matt Starcevich, Steven J. Stowell |
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| Stories of how teams form, become functional and improve through the eyes of actual teams during experiential exercises. The Team Effectiveness Model and questionnaire are also discussed. | ||
| The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith |
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| Katzenbach and Smith’s bring analytical rigor to the concept of teams through minicase histories and commentary based on extensive interviews. | ||
| The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni |
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| Patrick Lencioni's easily digestible fable followed by a model for overcoming the behavioral tendencies that he says corrupt teams. | ||
| Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer |
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| A personal account of the Mt. Everest disaster. What went wrong? | ||
| Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom |
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| A touching story about living fully and robustly. | ||
| Oh, the Places You'll Go Dr. Seuss |
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| Dr. Seuss' story about the journey called "life." Great reading for group closures. | ||
| Yay, You! Sandra Boynton |
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| A more contemporary book along the lines of “Oh, the Places You’ll Go,” from Sandra Boynton. | ||
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