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| READING LIST |
ON BECOMING A LEADER by Warren Bennis
"Gets to the very heart of what it takes to become a leader."
BUILT TO LAST by James C. Collins and
Jerry I. Porras
"Proof positive that successful companies preserve the core purpose and values
of the organization, and change everything else." (more)
MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY by Peter F. Drucker
"Offers critical insights to the great challenges and opportunities to come."
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MANAGING THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION by Peter F. Drucker
"The 'father of modern management' focuses his expertise on the social sector."
ON LEADERSHIP by John Gardner
"A thought-provoking examination of leadership delving into issues far more
complicated and critical than image and charisma."
LEADER TO LEADER edited by Frances Hesselbein, Paul M. Cohen
"Profound leadership insights from 37 thought leaders from all three sectors."
WORLD CLASS by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
"The world market can serve the hometown."
LEADING CHANGE by John P. Kotter
"Offers compelling insights on how to not just manage, but lead change."
THE DANCE OF CHANGE by Peter M. Senge et al.
"Makes it easy to pick up and learn from many change leaders."
THE LEADERSHIP ENGINE by Noel M. Tichy and Eli Cohen
"This book helps demystify leadership development."
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| BIOGRAPHICAL INFO |
FRANCES HESSELBEIN
Chairman of the Board of Governors, Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management
Frances Hesselbein is the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Peter F. Drucker
Foundation for Nonprofit Management, and served as its founding president and chief
executive officer from 1990 to 1998. She is also chairman of the Board of Governors of
the Josephson Institute for the Advancement of Ethics, and serves on many other
nonprofit and private-sector corporate boards, including the board of the Mutual of
America Life Insurance Company, New York.
Mrs. Hesselbein was awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, in 1998.
The award recognized her leadership as chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of
America of the USA from 1976 to 1990 as well as her role in leading social-sector organizations
toward excellence in performance through her work at the Drucker Foundation. Her
contributions were also recognized by former President Bush, who appointed her to
two presidential commissions on national community service. Mrs. Hesselbein is
editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal Leader to Leader, and a co-editor of a
book of the same name. She also is a co-editor of the Drucker Foundation's
three-volume "Future" series and "Leading Beyond the Walls," the first book in the
foundation's "Wisdom to Action" Series.
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