Leadership Library

Located on the second floor of the Sadler Center (within the Student Leadership Development office), the Leadership Library is a space dedicated to Leader Development and Organization Success. Here you can find different resources and experiences that will contribute to your growth as a leader and development as an organization.

Here is a list of books that are available through the Leadership Library.

Titles are organized based on the Framework for Leader Development and Organization Success.

List of books available in SLD's Leadership Library
Leader Development This is Day One: A Practical Guide to Leadership that Matters By Drew Dudley Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference By Susan R. Komives, Nance Lucas, and Timothy R. McMahon Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow By Tom Rath The Radical Leap By Steve Farber Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership By Steve Farber The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking By Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschappeler Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 10 Powerful Tools For Life and Work By Marilee Adams Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for Students By Marcy Levy Shankman, Scott J. Allen, and Paige Harber-Curran What I Know for Sure By Oprah Winfrey The Essential Wooden: A Lifetime of Lessons on Leaders and Leadership By John Wooden and Steve Jamison Five Voices: How to Communicate Effectively with Everyone You Lead By Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Becoming an Exemplary Leader By James Kouzes and Barry Posner Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom By the Dalai Lama Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead By Brene Brown Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. By Brene Brown The Three Languages of Politics By Arnold Killing
Organization Success The Big Book of Icebreakers By Edie West Over 600 Ice-Breakers and Games The Big Book of Team Building Games By John Newstrom and Edward Scannell Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take By Simon Sinek Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t By Simon Sinek Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for Your and Your Team By David Mead, Peter Docker, and Simon Sinek The Five Dysfunctions of a Team By Chip Heath and Dan Heath No Fail Meetings: 5 Steps to Orchestrate Productive Meetings (and Avoid all the Rest) By Michael Hyatt Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High By Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler XLR8: Accelerate By John P. Kotter Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t By Jim Collins Humble inquiry: The Gentle Art Asking Instead of Telling By Edgar H. Schein Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die By Chip Heath and Dan Heath Seeing Systems: Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational Life By Barry Oshry
Positive Change Leading Change By John P. Kotter Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard By Chip Heath and Dan Heat

Here is a list of books that are available through the Leadership Library.

Leader Development

Organization Success

Positive Change