
Chapter 2: Leadership
Inspiration. Challenge. Courage. Change.
Leadership is this seemingly unidentifiable quality we all wish for in politicians, chief executive officers, and—whether we admit it or not—parents. These books prove their is nothing elusive about what it takes to lead people. All of these authors take different routes to the same destination: everyone wants a leader to define what the future will be and take them there.

On Becoming a Leader (-20th Anniversary, Revised, Updated)
Warren G Bennis
Basic Books

The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All (Revised)
Michael Useem
Crown Business

The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations
James M Kouzes, Barry Z Posner
Jossey-Bass

Leadership Is an Art
Max DePree
Currency

The Radical Leap: Cultivate Love, Generate Energy, Inspire Audacity, Provide Proof
Steve Farber
Mission Boulevard Press

Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will (Revised)
Noel M Tichy, Stratford Sherman
HarperBusiness

An Analysis of John P. Kotter's Leading Change
Yaamina Salman, Nick Broten
Macat Library

Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature
Joseph L Badaracco
Harvard Business Review Press

Story Factor Inspiration, Influence, and Persuasion Through the Art of Storytelling

Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg
Knopf Publishing Group