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15 Leadership Books for IT Execs

By Brian P. Watson on 2011-09-27


“Leaders are born, they are not made.” So said legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, who has been hailed as quite the leadership expert. We’re sure the authors in this season’s collection of leadership books would beg to differ, though. Before the calendar flips to 2012, current and aspiring leaders have a vast collection of new books to choose from. This fall, an impressive collection of business professors, executive coaches and strategy experts offer unique perspectives on everything from personal leadership growth to team building and organizational strategy. CIOs and up-and-coming IT leaders can find crucial leadership lessons in each one of these works. Read up to learn more about what your bosses, peers, customers and partners expect you to deliver. Click the link above each slide to get more information. Note: All publication dates are subject to change.

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Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value

By Michael Beer and Flemming Norrgren
Harvard Business Review Press
Available September 13, 2011
A Harvard Business School professor and his consulting partners use interviews with CEOs to explain how leaders can build sustainable value on every level.

IT’s All About the People: Technology Management That Overcomes Disaffected People, Stupid Processes, and Deranged Corporate Cultures

By Stephen J. Andriole
Auerbach Publications
Available October 20, 2011
A guide for eliminating chaos, conflict and calamity in IT organizations, by a professor who served as a CTO and director at DARPA.

Winning at Innovation: The A-to-F Model

By Fernando Trias de Bes and Philip Kotler">
Palgrave MacMillan
Available November 22, 2011
A new systematic roadmap for driving innovation at all levels of the organization, by two business school professors.

Lead With Purpose: Giving Your Organization a Reason to Believe in Itself

Available November 18, 2011
The leadership expert and coach offers tips for creating consensus and direction that build into strategic advantage.

The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else

By George Anders
Portfolio Hardcover
Available October 18, 2011
Advice from leading headhunters, executives and coaches on finding diamonds in the rough, by a longtime business journalist.

You Need a Leader—Now What?: How to Choose the Best Person for Your Organization

By James M. Citrin and Julie Hembrock Daum
Crown Business
Available October 18, 2011
Two executive search veterans use breakthrough research and case studies to help organizations grasp the secrets to choosing the right leader.

Creative People Must Be Stopped: 6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying)

By David A. Owens
Jossey-Bass
Available November 22, 2011
Inside the six constraints that hinder innovation, and how organizations can effectively dismantle them.

Understanding Michael Porter: Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy

By Joan Magretta
Harvard Business Review Press
Available December 16, 2011
A guidebook that connects the dots across the acclaimed management scholar’s frameworks and methodologies.

I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words

By George Beahm
Agate B2
November 15, 2011
A compilation of sayings and speeches from Apple’s legendary creative genius.

One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to
Powerful, Personal Leadership

By Mike Figliuolo
Jossey-Bass
Available October 18, 2011
A simple, step-by-step approach to developing your personal leadership philosophy, from the executive coach and writer.

Thinking, Fast and Slow
By Daniel Kahneman Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Available October 25, 2011
The psychologist and Nobel Laureate explains two systems of thought that help determine decision making in business and other areas.

Changing on the Job: Developing Leaders for a Complex World
By Jennifer Garvey Berger
Stanford Business Press
Available November 2, 2011
A guide for utilizing adult growth and development concepts to cultivate an agile workforce.

India Inside: The Emerging Innovation Challenge to the West

By Nirmalya Kumar and Phanish Puranam
Harvard Business Review Press
Available November 8, 2011
Two London Business School professors chart the course of India’s growth from cost-effective offshoring target to competitive innovator.

The Leader Phrase Book: 3,000+ Powerful Phrases That Put You in Command

By Patrick Alain
Career Press
Available November 15, 2011
A multilingual video game developer offers a guide for communicating your way to the top.

Screw Business as Usual

By Richard Branson
Portfolio Hardcover
Available November 23, 2011
The outspoken entrepreneur provides a new thesis on changing the way we look at how we conduct our business—and our lives.

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