Recommended Reading for Professional Development:

by Publication Date

1.         Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step (Perennial Library) by Edward De Bono (Paperback – Oct 29, 1973)

http://www.amazon.com/Lateral-Thinking-Creativity-Perennial-Library/dp/0060903252/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113304&sr=8-1

2.         Supermotivation: A Blueprint for Energizing Your Organization from Top to Bottom by Dean R. Spitzer (Hardcover – Sep 1995)

http://www.amazon.com/SuperMotivation-Blueprint-Energizing-Organization-Bottom/dp/0814402860/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113451&sr=1-1

3.         Leading Change by John P. Kotter (Hardcover – January 15, 1996)

http://www.amazon.com/Leading-Change-John-P-Kotter/dp/0875847471/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229350426&sr=8-1

4.         Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment: How to Improve Productivity, Quality, and Employee Satisfaction by William Byham and Jeff Cox (Paperback – Nov 11, 1997)

http://www.amazon.com/Zapp-Lightning-Empowerment-Productivity-Satisfaction/dp/0449002829/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113545&sr=1-1

5.         Riding The Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global Business by Charles Hampden-Turner and Fons Trompenaars (Hardcover – Dec 1, 1997)

http://www.amazon.com/Riding-Waves-Culture-Understanding-Diversity/dp/0786311258/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113584&sr=1-1

6.         Coaching for Improved Work Performance, Revised Edition by Ferdinand F. Fournies (Paperback – Nov 15, 1999)

http://www.amazon.com/Coaching-Improved-Work-Performance-Revised/dp/0071352937/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113626&sr=1-1

7.         Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono (Paperback – Oct 26, 2000)

http://www.amazon.com/Six-Thinking-Hats-Edward-Bono/dp/0316178314/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113669&sr=1-1

8.         The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell (Paperback – Jan 7, 2002)

http://www.amazon.com/Tipping-Point-Little-Things-Difference/dp/0316346624/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113698&sr=1-1

9.         The 1001 Rewards & Recognition Fieldbook: The Complete Guide by Bob Nelson and Dean R. Spitzer (Paperback – Jan 15, 2002)

http://www.amazon.com/1001-Rewards-Recognition-Fieldbook-Complete/dp/0761121390/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113726&sr=1-1

10.       High-Impact Consulting: How Clients and Consultants Can Work Together to Achieve Extraordinary Results (Completely Revised and Updated) by Robert H. Schaffer (Hardcover – Feb 15, 2002)

http://www.amazon.com/High-Impact-Consulting-Consultants-Extraordinary-Completely/dp/0787960497/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113775&sr=1-1

11.       Developing an Effective Safety Culture: A Leadership Approach by James E. Roughton, James J. Mercurio (Hardcover – March 1, 2002)

http://www.amazon.com/Developing-Effective-Safety-Culture-Leadership/dp/0750674113/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229354232&sr=8-1

12.       Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler (Paperback – Jun 18, 2002)

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Conversations-Tools-Talking-Stakes/dp/0071401946/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113807&sr=1-1

13.       Lean Thinking: Banish Waste And Create Wealth In Your Corporation, Revised and Updated by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones (Hardcover – June 10, 2003)

http://www.amazon.com/Lean-Thinking-Corporation-Revised-Updated/dp/0743249275/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229351723&sr=1-1

14.       The Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker’s Essential Writings on Management by Peter F. Drucker (Paperback – Jul 29, 2003)

http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Drucker-Druckers-Management-Essentials/dp/0061345016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113834&sr=1-1

15.       The Cycle of Leadership: How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win by Noel M. Tichy (Paperback – Aug 10, 2004)

http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Drucker-Druckers-Management-Essentials/dp/0061345016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113834&sr=1-1

16.       Rapid Results!: How 100-Day Projects Build the Capacity for Large-Scale Change by Robert H. Schaffer and Ron Ashkenas (Hardcover – Oct 5, 2005)

http://www.amazon.com/Rapid-Results-Projects-Capacity-Large-Scale/dp/0787977349/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245108283&sr=1-1

17.       Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (Hardcover – Jan 2, 2007)

http://www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-Ideas-Survive-Others/dp/1400064287/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245108233&sr=8-1

18.       What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter (Hardcover – January 8, 2007)

http://www.amazon.com/What-Got-Here-Wont-There/dp/1401301304/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229351411&sr=1-1

19.       Transforming Performance Measurement: Rethinking the Way We Measure And Drive Organizational Success by Dean R. Spitzer (Hardcover – Feb 16, 2007)

http://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Performance-Measurement-Rethinking-Organizational/dp/0814408915/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113937&sr=1-1

20.       The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Build the World’s Largest Private Company by Charles G. Koch (Hardcover – February 26, 2007)

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Success-Market-Based-Management-Largest/dp/0470139889/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229351933&sr=1-1

21.       Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell (Paperback – April 3, 2007)

http://www.amazon.com/Blink-Power-Thinking-Without/dp/0316010669/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229113960&sr=1-1

22.       Influencer: The Power to Change Anything by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler (Hardcover – September 13 2007)

http://www.amazon.com/Influencer-Change-Anything-Kerry-Patterson/dp/007148499X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229350690&sr=1-1

23.       The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (Hardcover – April 8, 2008)

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Lecture-Randy-Pausch/dp/1401323251/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229350956&sr=1-1