Additional Resources

This is a list of resources we recommend to deepen your learning from the topics covered in class.

Books

What Matters at Work by Harry M. Webne-Behrman
What Matters in this Moment by Harry M. Webne-Behrman
Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration by Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman
Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change by William Bridges and Susan Bridges
The Art of Quiet Influence by Jocelyn Davis
Standing in the Fire: Leading High-Heat Meetings with Clarity, Calm, and Courage by Larry Dressler
Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath
Conflict Across Cultures by Michelle LeBaron, Michelle and Venashri Pillay
The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash a Culture of Innovation by Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless
Driving Fear out of the Workplace: Creating the High-Trust, High-Performance Organization by Kathleen D. Ryan and Daniel K. Oestreich
Humble Inquiry: the Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling by Edgar H. Schein
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, and Roger Fisher
Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time by Margaret J. Wheatley
The Art of Possibility: Practices in Leadership, Relationship, and Passion by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

Websites

Podcasts

Hidden Brain - explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world
Work Life with Adam Grant - Organizational psychologist Adam Grant takes you inside some truly unusual places, where they’ve figured out how to make work not suck.
Freakonomics Radio - tells you things you always thought you knew (but didn’t) and things you never thought you wanted to know (but do)