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Welcome to the Book Club

By The Holdsworth Center|January 16, 2018
An assorted lot of books stacked on a shelf.
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At The Holdsworth Center, we believe that the best leaders never stop learning. That’s why we are pleased to introduce The Holdsworth Center Book Club, a curated list of thought-provoking book recommendations to fuel discussion and inspiration. Each month, we will share our thoughts on titles from this list and beyond. Interested in receiving Book Club recommendations in your inbox? Sign up for email updates from The Holdsworth Center and let us know that you are interested in Learning Resources and Inspiration.


Book:
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

By Amanda Ripley


Book:
Teaming: How Organizations Learn

By Amy C. Edmondson, Edgar H. Schein


Book:
The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers

By Bill Conaty, Ram Charan


Book:
Mindset

By Carol S. Dweck


Book:
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

By Chip Heath, Dan Heath


Book:
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

By Chip Heath, Dan Heath


Book:
The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact

By Chip Heath, Dan Heath


Book:
Someone Has to Fail: The Zero-Sum Game of Public Schooling

By David F. Labaree


Book:
The Trouble with Ed Schools

By David F. Labaree


Book:
Power Up: Transforming Organizations through Shared Leadership

By David L. Bradford, Allan R. Cohen


Book:
Fifteen Letters on Education in Singapore: Reflections from a Visit to Singapore in 2015 by a Delegation of Educators from Massachusetts

By Fernando Reimers, E. B. O’Donnell


Book:
When Performance Meets Alignment – A Compass For Coaching And Mentoring

By Jan Ardui, Peter Wrycza


Book:
How Great Leaders Think: The Art of Reframing

By Lee G. Bolman, Terrence E. Deal


Book:
Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts–Becoming the Person You Want to Be

By Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter


Book:
Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools

By Michael B. Horn, Heather Staker


Book:
Learning from Singapore: The Power of Paradoxes

By Pak Tee Ng


Book:
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

By Patrick M. Lencioni


Book:
The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization

By Peter M. Senge


Book:
Strategy in Action: How School Systems Can Support Powerful Learning and Teaching

By Rachel E. Curtis, Elizabeth A. City, Beverly L. Hall


Book:
The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company

By Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel


Book:
Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do about It

By Richard V. Reeves


Book:
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

By Robert D. Putnam


Book:
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

By Robert D. Putnam, D. Cohen, Lewis M. Feldstein


Book:
A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service

By Robert M Gates


Book:
End of Average

By Todd Rose


Book:
Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything

By Ulrich Boser

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