Readings – 2008 -2010 & currently in progress
– in addition to the Bible
1. The Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness
Gene Edwards
Christian Books, Scarborough, Maine, 1980
ASIN B000NRXNZ4
2. The Effective Board of Trustees
American Council on Education: Series on Higher Education
Richard P. Chait, Thomas P. Holland, Barbara e. Taylor
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ, 1993
ISBN 0-89774-806-9
3. Improving the Performance of Governing Boards
American Council on Education: Series on Higher Education
Richard P. Chait, Thomas P. Holland, Barbara e. Taylor
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ, 1996
ISBN 1-57356-037-5
4. The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki
Anchor Books, New York, 2005
ISBN 0-385-72170-6
5. A Sense of Urgency
John P. Kotter
Harvard Business Press, Boston, 2008
ISBN 978-1-4221-7971-0
6. The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community
Eric H. F. Law
Chalice Press, St. Louis, 1993
ISBN 0-8272-4231-X
7. God Reconsidered: The Promise and Peril of Process Theology
Al Truesdale
Beacon Hill Press, Kansas City, 2010
ISBN 978-0-8341-2537-7
8. Realizing Our Intentions: A Guide for Church and Colleges with Distinctive Missions
Albert J. Meyer
Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, TX, 2009
ISBN 978-0-89112-537-2
9. African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa
David Maranz
SIL International, Dallas, 2001
ISBN 1-55671-117-4
10. Fatal Attraction: America’s Youth and Their Affair with Alcohol
James E. Copple
Lulu Publishing, Inc., 2010
ISBN 978-0-557-27448-2
11. What is Mission: Theological Explorations
J. Andrew Kirk
Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2000
ISBN 0-8066-3233-8
12. Called to Serve: Creating and Nurturing the Effective Volunteer Board
Max De Pree
Eerdman’s Publishing, 2001
ISBN: 978-0802849229
13. A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix
Edwin H. Friedman, Margaret M. Treadwell, & Edward W. Beal
Seabury Books, 2007
ISBN: 978-1596270428
14. Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life
Tony Dungy & Nathan Whitaker
Tyndale House Publishers, 2007
ISBN: 978-1414318028
15. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams
Portfolio Publishing, 2006
ISBN: 1591841933
16. Nazarene Theology in Perspective NTS Presidential Inauguration Address
William Greathouse, 1969
Click here for the PDF version of this document
17. Speak the Truth and Point to Hope: the leader’s journey to maturity
Lisa J. Marshall
Kendall/Hunt publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa 2004
ISBN 0-7575-0823-5. www.leadershipmaturity.com
18. Fierce Conversations: Achieving success at Work & in Life, one Conversation at a Time.
Susan Scott (updated with new material)
Berkley Books, New York, 2004.
ISBN: 978-0-425-19337-2. www.fierceinc.com
19. VISTAS: The Changing Face of Nazarene Missions
R. Franklin Cook
Beacon Hill Press, 2009
ISBN: 978-0834124622
20. Postmodern and Wesleyan? Exploring the Boundaries and Possibilities
Jay R. Akkerman, Thomas J. Oord, and Brent D. Peterson, editors,
Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2009
ISBN: 978-0834124585
21. Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards
Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, Barbara E. Taylor
Wiley, 2004
ISBN: 978-0471684206
22. Paul Orjala: The Man, The Mission
R. Franklin Cook
Beacon Hill press of Kansas City, 2009
ISBN: 978-0834124615
23. A Theology of Love: the Dynamic of Wesleyanism
Mildred Bangs Wynkoop
Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 1972
ASIN: B0006C7848
24. Learning to be Last
E. Lebron Fairbanks and Stan Toler
Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2008
ISBN: 978-0834123533
25. Leading with a Limp: Turning Your Struggles into Strengths
Dan B. Allender
Waterbrook Press, 2006
ISBN: 978-1-57856-952-6
26. Nazarene Roots: Pastors, Prophets, Revivalists & Reformers
Stan Ingersol
Beacon Hill Press, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8341-2478-3
27. How the Mighty Fall: and Why Some Companies Never Give In
Jim collins
Harper Collins, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9773264-1-9
28. Outliers: The Story of Success
Malcolm Gladwell
Penguin Books, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-141-03625-0