John Maxwell examines the differences between leadership styles, outlines principles for inspiring, motivating, and influencing others in his bestseller, Developing the Leader Within You.  These principles can be used in any organization to foster integrity and self-discipline and bring a positive change.  Maxwell’s book also examines how to be effective in the highest calling of leadership by understanding the five characteristics that set “leader managers” apart.

Leadership in the workplace, says Max De Pree, is like playing jazz; it’s more an art than a science. Today’s successful managers are attuned to the needs and ideas of their followers and even step aside at times to be followers themselves. They cultivate communication and spontaneity, diversity and creativity, and the unique potential of every person in the organization to contribute to the success of the team. In Leadership Jazz you’ll learn: *How to hold people accountable but still give them space to make mistakes *How to balance the needs of your employees with those of the company *How to inspire change and innovation and maintain a sense of stability *How to practice the art of delegation *How to work constructively with creative people *How to assess candidates for senior positions *Much more!

In Good to Great, author Jim Collins analyzes why some companies defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority and the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great.

Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of twenty-eight companies in the study. As a result, Collins discovered the key determinants of greatness’ why some companies make the leap and others don’t.  Some of the key concepts discerned in the study fly in the face of our modern business culture.

In The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, author John C. Maxwell combines insights learned from his 40-plus years of leadership successes and mistakes with observations from the worlds of business, politics, sports, religion, and military conflict.