Leadership Library

This Leadership Library is offered as a resource to current and aspiring faculty leaders. It includes materials that have been collected through people’s recommendations, past campus speakers and programs, and relevant scholarship from faculty colleagues at KU. The library has not been further curated by the Office of Faculty Affairs, and no endorsement should be assumed by the inclusion (or absence) of particular materials. We hope the Leadership Library will be a resource that stimulates personal growth and thought-provoking engagement with varied perspectives. We also welcome additional recommendations at facultyaffairs@ku.edu.

Title	Author Sort descending	Publication Date	Status	Tags
Talent Conversations: What They Are, Why They're Crucial, and How to Do Them Right	Roland Smith and Michael Campbell	2014	Available	Leadership, Ideas into Action
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League	Ron Suskind	1998	Available	Race
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World	Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, and Marty Linsky	2009	Available	Leadership, Change
On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life	Sara Ahmed	2012	Available	Race, Bias, Diversity, Whiteness
When I Was White: A Memoir	Sarah Valentine	2019	Available	Bias, Family, Social Identity, Race, Whiteness
The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life	Shawn Achor	2010	Available	Happiness, Leadership
Feedback That Works for Nonprofit Organizations	Shera Clark	2013	Available	Feedback, Ideas into Action
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action	Simon Sinek	2009	Available	Leadership
Feedback That Works: How to Build and Deliver Your Message	Sloan R. Weitzel	2000	Available	Feedback, Ideas into Action
The Diversity and Inclusion Handbook	Sondra Thiederman	2019	Available	Diversity, Teams, Employee Engagement
Making Creativity Practical: Innovation That Gets Results	Stan Gryskiewicz and Sylvester Taylor	2003	Available	Project Management, Ideas into Action
The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything	Stephen M. R. Covey	2006	Available	Trust
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change	Stephen R. Covey	1989	Available
Principle-Centered Leadership	Stephen R. Covey	1990	Available	Leadership, Work/Life Balance
Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life	Susan David, PhD	2016	Available	Emotional Intelligence, Change, Happiness
Learning to Speak, Learning to Listen: How Diversity Works on Campus	Susan E. Chase	2010	Available	Diversity
Peak Performance for Deans and Chairs: Reframing Higher Education's Middle	Susan Stavert Roper and Terrence E. Deal	2010	Available	Leadership, Department Chairs, Associate Deans, Deans
Communicating Your Vision	Talula Cartwright and David Baldwin	2006	Available	Leadership, Communication, Ideas into Action
Setting Priorities: Personal Values, Organizational Results	Talula Cartwright	2007	Available	Time Management, Ideas into Action
Managing Conflict with Peers	Talula Cartwright	2003	Available	Conflict, Ideas into Action