About the Library
The Leadership Library collection contains a wide variety of titles ranging from autobiographies to academic scholarship. Students, faculty, and staff members may browse the collection or check out books for a period of 2 weeks. We hope the library can assist students in their academic discipline and campus involvement, faculty with classroom lectures, and staff members seeking personal development.
Book recommendations can be sent to cls@shsu.edu.
Featured Title:

True leadership isn't a matter of having a certain job or title. In fact, being chosen for a position is only the first of the five levels every effective leader achieves. To become more than "the boss" people follow only because they are required to, you have to master the ability to invest in people and inspire them. To grow further in your role, you must achieve results and build a team that produces. You need to help people to develop their skills to become leaders in their own right. And if you have the skill and dedication, you can reach the pinnacle of leadership - where experience will allow you to extend your influence beyond your immediate reach and time for the benefit of others. The 5 Levels of Leadership are:
- 1. Position - People follow because they have to.
- 2. Permission - People follow because they want to.
- 3. Production - People follow because of what you have done for the organization.
- 4. People Development - People follow because of what you have done for them personally.
- 5. Pinnacle - People follow because of who you are and what you represent.
Through humor, in-depth insight, and examples, internationally recognized leadership expert John C. Maxwell describes each of these stages of leadership. He shows you how to master each level and rise up to the next to become a more influential, respected, and successful leader.
Collection Titles
To ensure title availability, please call the Center for Leadership & Service at (936) 294-1633.
Title |
Author |
Available? |
| Achieving Educational Excellence | Alexander W. Astin | Y |
| Advising Student Groups & Organizations | Norbert W. Dunkel & John H. Schuh | |
All Together Now: A Seriously Fun Collection of Interactive Training Games & Activities |
Lorraine L. Ukens |
Y |
| The Allure of Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses and Corrupt Politicians--and How We Can Survive Them | Jean Lipman-Blumen |
Y |
The Art and Discipline of Strategic Leadership |
Mike Freedman |
Y |
The Ascent of a Leader: How Ordinary Relationships Develop Extraordinary Character and Influence |
Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol, & Ken McElrath |
Y |
Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters |
Barbara Kellerman |
Y |
Be Your Own Mentor: Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success |
Sheila Wellington |
Y |
| Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking | Malcolm Gladwell | Y |
| Book of Professional Standards for Higher Education | Theodore K.Miller | Y |
| The Big Book of Team Building Games: Quick, Fun Activities for Building Morale, Communication, and Team Spirit | John Newstrom & Edward Scannell |
N |
| Building Partnerships for Service-Learning | Barbara Jacoby | Y |
The Change Monster: The Human Forces that Fuel or Foil Corporate Transformation & Change |
Jeanie Daniel Duck |
Y |
Change the World : How Ordinary People Can Achieve Extraordinary Results |
Robert E. Quinn |
Y |
The Charismatic Leader: Behind the Mystique of Exceptional Leadership |
Jay A. Conger |
Y |
| Christian Reflections on Leadership the Challenge | James Kouzes & Barry Posner | Y |
The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness |
Thomas Peters |
Y |
| Civic Engagement in Higher Education Concepts & Practices | Barbara Jacoby | Y |
Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Make a Difference |
David Chrislip & Carl Larson |
Y |
Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary |
Joel Kurtzman & Marshall Goldsmith |
Y |
Competing for the Future |
Gary Hamel & C.K. Prahalad |
Y |
| The Complete Book of Questions | Garry Poole | Y |
| The Complete Guide to Service Learning | Cathryn Berger Kaye | Y |
Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End |
Rosabeth Moss Kanter |
Y |
Conflict Resolution Across Cultures: From Talking it Out to Third Party Mediation |
Selma Myers & Barbara Filner |
Y |
The Connective Edge: Leading in an Interdependent World |
Jean Lipman-Blumen |
Y |
The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership |
Steven B. Sample |
Y |
The Courageous Follower: Standing Up to and for Our Leaders |
Ira Chaleff |
Y |
Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It |
James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner |
Y |
| Daily Disciplines of Leadership: How to Improve Student Achievement, Staff Motivation, and Personal Organization | Douglas B. Reeves | Y |
Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business |
Patrick Lencioni |
Y |
The Deep Blue Sea: Rethinking the Source of Leadership |
Wilfred Drath |
Y |
The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions |
Barbara Pease |
Y |
| Designed for Success: The 10 Commandments For Women in the Workplace | Dondi Scumaci | Y |
| Diversity Leaders Not Labels: A New Plan for the 21st Century | Stedman Graham | Y |
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us |
Daniel H. Pink |
Y |
| Educating Citizens | Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, Elizabeth Beaumont, and Jason Stephens | Y |
| Educational Leadership | Josey-Bass | Y |
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ |
Daniel Goleman |
Y |
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: A Guide for College Students |
Marcy Shankman |
Y |
Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others |
James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner |
Y |
| Even More Games Trainers Play | John W. Newstrom & Edward E. Scannell | Y |
| Everyone Communicates Few Connect | John C. Maxwell | Y |
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done |
Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, & Charles Burck |
Y |
Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference |
Susan Komives, Nance Lucas, & Timothy McMahon |
Y |
Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference, 2nd Edition |
Susan Komives, Nance Lucas, & Timothy McMahon |
Y |
Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation |
Sally Hogshead |
Y |
The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership |
Sally Helgesen |
Y |
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization |
Peter M. Senge |
Y |
Finding Your Voice: Learning to Lead...Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference |
Larraine Matusak |
Y |
| Finish Your Dissertation Once and For All! | Alison B. Miller | Y |
First In, Last Out: Leadership Lessons from the New York Fire Department |
John Salka & Barret Neville |
Y |
Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results |
Stephen C. Lundin, Ph.D. |
Y |
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable |
Patrick Lencioni |
Y |
Flight of the Buffalo: Soaring to Excellence, Learning to Let Employees Lead |
James Belasco & Ralph Stayer |
Y |
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience |
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi |
Y |
A Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management |
John P. Kotter |
Y |
The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable |
Patrick Lencioni |
Y |
The G Quotient: Why Gay Executives are Excelling as Leaders… And What Every Manager Needs to Know |
Kirk Snyder |
Y |
| Games Trainers Play | John W. Newstrom & Edward E. Scannell | Y |
Gently Down the Stream: 4 Unforgettable Keys to Success |
Matt Weinstein & Luke Barker |
Y |
George Washington on Leadership |
Richard Brookhiser |
Y |
Get Up, Get Out, and Volunteer!: A Simple Book That Will Change Your Life |
Dale Wallenius |
Y |
| Getting Together: Icebreakers & Group Energizers | Lorraine L. Ukens | Y |
Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance |
Marcus Buckingham |
Y |
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap. . . And Others Don't |
Jim Collins |
Y |
Greater Than Yourself: The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership |
Steve Farber, Patrick Lencioni, & Matthew Kelly |
Y |
| The Handbook of Student Affairs Administration | Margaret J. Barr & Associates | Y |
Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them |
John McCain & Mark Salter |
Y |
The Heart of a Leader: Insights on the Art of Influence |
Ken Blanchard |
Y |
Hesselbein on Leadership |
Frances Hesselbein |
Y |
How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life |
Donald Clifton |
Y |
How Leaders Speak: Essential Rules for Engaging and Inspiring Others |
Jim Gray |
Y |
How To Lead Work Teams: Facilitation Skills |
Fran Rees |
Y |
| Ice-Breakers and Heart-Warmers: 101 Ways to Kick Off and End Meetings | Steve Sheely | Y
|
If It Ain't Broke...Break it!: And Other Unconventional Wisdom for a Changing Business World |
Robert Kriegel & Louis Patler |
Y |
In Search of Excellence : Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies |
Thomas J. Peters |
Y |
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything |
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, & Ron McMillan |
Y |
Insights on Leadership: Service, Stewardship, Spirit, and Servant-Leadership |
Larry C. Spears |
Y |
| Inspiration for Student Leaders | Joan Bolker | Y |
Integrity Works: Strategies for Becoming a Trusted, Respected and Admired Leader |
Dana Telford |
Y |
| Investing in Higher Education: A Handbook of Leadership Development | Madeline F. Green & Sharon A. McDade | Y |
| It's Not About the Coffee: Lessons on Putting People First from a life at Starbucks | Howard Behar | Y |
It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy |
Captain Michael Abrashoff |
Y |
Kinds of Power: A Guide to Its Intelligent Uses |
James Hillman |
Y |
The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life |
Robin Sharma |
Y |
| The Leader Within: Learning Enough About Yourself to Lead Others | Blanchard, Zigarmi, O'Connor & Edeburn | Y |
The Leader's Companion: Insights on Leadership Through the Ages |
J. Thomas Wren |
Y |
A Leader's Legacy |
James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner |
Y |
Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge |
Warren G. Bennis |
Y |
Leadership |
James MacGregor Burns |
Y |
Leadership |
Rudolph Giuliani |
Y |
Leadership: A Communication Perspective |
Michael Z. Hackman |
Y |
| The Leadership Experience | Richard Daft | Y |
| Leadership For A Better World: Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership Development | Susan Komives & Wendy Wagner | Y |
Leadership for the Twenty-First Century |
Joseph Rost |
Y |
The Leadership Odyssey: A Self-Development Guide to New Skills for New Times |
Carole S. Napolitano |
Y |
| Leadership Is Dead: How Influence Is Reviving It | Jeremie Kubicek | Y |
Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading |
Martin Linsky & Ronald A. Heifetz |
Y |
Leadership Presence: Dramatic Techniques to Reach Out, Motivate, and Inspire |
Belle Linda Halpern |
Y |
The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell |
Oren Harari |
Y |
Leadership Skills - Developing Volunteers for Organizational Success |
Emily Kittle Morrison |
Y |
Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage |
Robin Gerber |
Y |
Leadership: Theory and Practice, 5th Edition |
Peter Northouse |
Y |
Leadership Without Easy Answers |
Ronald Heifetz |
Y |
Leadership Without Excuses: How to Create Accountability and High-Performance (Instead of Just Talking About It) |
Jeff Grimshaw & Gregg Baron |
Y |
| Leading at a Higher Level | Ken Blanchard | Y |
Leading Change |
John Kotter |
Y |
Leading People from the Middle: The Universal Mission of Heart and Mind |
William P. Robinson |
Y |
| Learning Reconsidered 2 | Richard Keelling | Y |
Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader |
Warren Bennis |
Y |
| Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation | Parker J. Palmer | Y |
Letters from Leaders: Personal Advice for Tomorrow's Leaders from the World's Most Influential People |
Henry O. Dormann |
Y |
Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times |
Donald T. Phillips |
Y |
Lives of Moral Leadership: Men and Women Who Have Made a Difference |
Robert Coles |
Y |
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die |
Chip Heath & Dan Heath |
Y |
| Make Today Count: The Secret of Your Success is Determined by Your Daily Agenda | John C. Maxwell | Y |
Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality |
Scott Belsky |
Y |
Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk About How to Do It Right |
Linda Trevino & Katherine Nelson |
Y |
Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times |
Donald Phillips |
Y |
Measure of a Leader: The Legendary Leadership Formula For Producing Exceptional Performers and Outstanding Results |
Aubrey C. Daniels & James E. Daniels |
Y |
Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership |
Madeleine Albright |
Y |
Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss |
David Cottrell |
Y |
Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time |
Keith Ferrazzi |
Y |
Nuts! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success |
Kevin Freiberg |
Y |
On Creativity, Innovation and Renewal: A Leader to Leader Guide |
Rob Johnston |
Y |
| On Leadership | John W. Gardner | Y |
The One Thing You Need to Know: ... About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success |
Marcus Buckingham |
Y |
| The Only Writing Book You'll Ever Need: A Complete Resource for Perfecting Any Type of Writing | Pamela Rice Hahn | Y |
Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self |
Rosalene Glickman |
Y |
Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace |
Gordon MacKenzie |
Y |
Organizational Culture and Leadership |
Edgar H. Schein |
Y |
Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration |
Warren Bennis & Patricia Ward Biederman |
Y |
The Other 90%: How to Unlock Your Vast Untapped Potential for Leadership and Life |
Robert K. Cooper |
Y |
Outliers: The Story Of Success |
Malcolm Gladwell |
Y |
The Passion Test: The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose |
Janet Attwood |
Y |
The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life |
Laurie Beth Jones |
Y |
| Poke The Box: When Was The Last Time You Did Something for the First Time? | Seth Godin | Y |
The Power of Positive Habits |
Dan Robey |
Y |
The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion |
John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, & Lang Davison |
Y |
Power Up: Transforming Organizations Through Shared Leadership |
David L. Bradford |
Y |
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World |
Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky, & Alexander Grashow |
Y |
Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989 |
Michael Beschloss |
Y |
Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence |
Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis & Annie McKee |
Y |
Principle Centered Leadership |
Stephen Covey |
Y |
The Pursuit of Wow! Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times |
Thomas Peters |
Y |
| Reflections on Leadership | Larry C. Spears | Y |
| Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time | Kevin Eikenberry | Y |
Reviewing Leadership: A Christian Evaluation of Current Approaches |
Robert Banks |
Y |
Rules of the Red Rubber Ball: Find and Sustain Your Life's Work |
Kevin Carroll |
Y |
Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers: Developing Change-Ready People and Organizations |
Robert Kriegel |
Y |
Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age |
Juana Bordas |
Y |
Servant Leadership: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness |
Robert K. Greenleaf |
Y |
Servants of the People: The 1960s Legacy of African American Leadership |
Lea Williams |
Y |
| Service-Learning in Theory & Practice: The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education | Dan W. Butin | Y |
Simple Solutions: Harness the Power of Passion and Simplicity to Get Results |
Thomas Schmitt, Arnold Perl, & Frederick W. Smith |
Y |
A Simpler Way |
Margaret Wheatley & Myron Kellner-Rogers |
Y |
| Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times | Paul Rogat Loeb | Y |
Spirit at Work: Discovering the Spirituality in Leadership |
Jay Conger |
Y |
Spirited Leading and Learning: Process: Wisdom for a New Age |
Peter Vaill |
Y |
Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda |
Henry Blackaby & Richard Blackaby |
Y |
| Stand Out | Marcus Buckingham | Y |
The Starbucks Experience: 5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary |
Joseph Michelle |
Y |
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action |
Simon Sinek |
Y |
Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest |
Peter Block |
Y |
| Still More Games Trainers Play | John W. Newstrom & Edward E. Scannell | Y |
| Strapped: Why America's 20-and-30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead | Tamara Draut | Y |
| Strenghts Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Team, and Why People Follow | Tom Rath & Barry Conchie | Y |
StrengthsQuest: Discover And Develop Your Strengths In Academics, Career, And Beyond |
Donald Clifton, Edward Anderson, & Laurie Schreiner |
Y |
The Student Leadership Challenge: Five Practices for Exemplary Leaders |
James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner |
Y |
The Student Leadership Guide |
Brendon Burchard |
Y |
Surfing the Edge of Chaos: The Laws of Nature and the New Laws of Business |
Richard Pascale |
Y |
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard |
Chip Heath & Dan Heath |
Y |
Talking Leadership: Conversations with Powerful Women |
Mary Hartman |
Y |
The Tao of Leadership: Adapted for a New Age |
John Heider |
Y |
Teach Your Team to Fish: Using Ancient Wisdom for Inspired Teamwork |
Laurie Beth Jones |
Y |
Teaching Democracy by Being Democratic |
Various |
Y |
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference |
Malcolm Gladwell |
Y |
To Lead Is To Serve: How to Attract Volunteers & Keep Them |
Shar McBee |
Y |
To Lead the Way: A Fantasy Journey into Leadership Development |
Donald Clark |
Y |
Tony Soprano on Management: Leadership Lessons Inspired by America's Favorite Mobster |
Anthony Schneider |
Y |
Transformational Leadership, 2nd Edition |
Bernard M. Bass & Ronald E. Riggio |
Y |
Transforming Leadership |
James MacGregor Burns |
Y |
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us |
Seth Godin |
Y |
| Tricks for Trainers: 57 Tricks & Techniques to Grab and Hold the Attention of Any Audience...and Get Magical Results! | Dave Arch | Y |
Trump: Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life |
Donald Trump & Bill Zanker |
Y |
| Unusually Excellent | John Hamm | Y |
Visionary Leadership |
Burt Nanus |
Y |
| Vital Friends: The People You Can't Afford to Live Without | Tom Rath | Y |
The Volunteer Recruitment (and Membership Development) Book |
Susan Ellis |
Y |
Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements |
Tom Rath and James K. Harter |
Y |
What's Holding You Back?: 8 Critical Choices for Women's Success |
Linda Austin, M.D. |
Y |
| What Matters in College? | Alexander W. Astin | Y |
What Should I Do with My Life: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question |
Po Bronson |
Y |
| When Hope and Fear Collide: A Portrait of Today's College Student | Arthur Levine & Jeanette S. Cureton | Y |
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? |
Lee Iacocca & Catherine Whitney |
Y |
Where's the Learning in Service-Learning? |
Janet Eyler and Dwight Giles, Jr. |
Y |
Who Moved My Cheese? |
Spencer Johnson |
Y |
The Winning Attitude, Developing the Leaders Around You, and Becoming a Person of Influence |
John Maxwell |
Y |
Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization |
John Wooden |
Y |
| Writing a Dissertation for Dummies | Dr. Carrie Wihstanley | Y |
| Writing a Successful Thesis or Dissertation: Tips & Strategies for Students in the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Fred C. Lunenburg & Beverly J. Irby | Y |
| Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day | Joan Bolker | Y |
| 5 Leadership Essentials for Women: Developing Your Ability to Make Things Happen | Linda Clark | Y |
| 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential | John C. Maxwell | Y |
| 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change | Stephen R. Covey | Y |
| 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change | Stephen R. Covey | Y |
| 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens | Sean Covey | Y |
| The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness | Stephen R. Covey | Y |
| 12 Choices....That Lead to Your Success | David Cottrell | Y |
| The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow | John C. Maxwell | Y |
| The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You | John C. Maxwell | Y |
| The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less | Richard Koch | Y |
| 101 Ways to Make Meetings Active: Surefire Ideas to Engage Your Group | Mel Silberman | Y |
| The 360 Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization | John C. Maxwell | Y |

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