Top Ten Authors Read and Recommended by

Aspiring and Practicing School Leaders

In May 2003, the Top 10 list was updated to include the following titles:

Daniel Goleman, et al- Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence

Sara Lawrence Lightfoot- Respect: An Exploration

Robert Evans- The Human Side of Change: Reform, Resistance, and the Real-Life Problems of Innovation

John Kotter- Leading Change

James Kouzes, Barry Posner- The Leadership Challenge

  1. Michael Fullan

    2. Leading in a Culture of Change; What's Worth Fighting For series; Change Forces; Change Forces: The Sequel; The Meaning of Educational Change
  2. Terrence Deal

    3. Leading With Soul; Reframing Organizations; The Leadership Paradox; Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership
  3. Stephen Covey

    4. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People; Principle Centered Leadership
  4. Thomas Sergiovanni

    5. Moral Leadership; The Lifeworld of Leadership; Building Community in Schools; Leadership for the Schoolhouse; The Manufactured Crisis
  5. Peter Senge

    6. The Fifth Discipline; The Dance of Change
  6. Warren Bennis

    7. On Becoming a Leader; Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge; Organizing Genius; The Planning of Change
  7. John C. Maxwell

    8. 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

  8. William Glasser

    9. The Quality School
  9. John Gardner

    10. Excellence: Can We be Equal and Excellent Too?; On Leadership
  10. Charlotte Danielson

Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching; Teacher Evaluation to