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CEO & Executive Coaching
- Why CEO’s Fail? – Fortune Magazine
- Build To Last – James Collins
- CEO Appraisals: Holding Corporate Leadership Accountable – Ed Lawler
- Change Leaders: New Commandments of Change – Peter Drucker
- Enrolling Executives In The Coaching Process – Dr. Larry Kahn
- The Essence of Leadership – Keith Merron
- Developing a Coaching Culture at PwC Using Competencies – Echols & Sinek
- Coaching Executives to Lead Organizational Change – Averett & Mangold
- A Newly Appointed Leader Dilemma – Harrison & Dunnells
- Working With Tough-minded Executives – David Coleman
- 4 Essential Ways To Coach Executives – Witherspoon & White
- 16 Sources of Leverage in Executive Coaching – Robert Kaplan
- Coaching Experientially – Paul Kidder
- The Courage For Change: How to Turn Fear Into Success – Rich Fettke
- A Holistic Approach to Coaching – Ellen Harvey
- Executive Coaching – Michael O’Brien
- Coaching: Strategies to Boost Employee Performance – Alan Fine
- The Executive Coach: Helper of Healer? – Bob Filipczak
- C Players in an A World – Phyllis Doloff
- Professional Coaching: State of the Art, State of the Practice – Peterson & Hicks
- You Already Know How to Be Great – Alan Fine with Rebecca Merrill
- Grounded Theory of the Roots and Emergence of Coaching – Vikki Brock
- Professional Coaching Language for Greater Public Understanding – David Matthew Prior
- Bad Behavior – Marshall
- The Coaching Manager, Developing Top Talent in Business – James Hunt and Joseph Weintraub
- The Trend of Coaching: Adler, the Literature, and Marketplace Would Agree – Michael Davison and Frank Gasiorowski
- What role does advice play in professional coaching? – Mike Alafaci
- Who’s Who in Coaching – Vikki Brock
- Success Intelligence, Essential Lessons and Practices from the World’s Leading Coaching Program on Authentic Success – Robert Holden
- The Hands-Off Manager – Steve Chandler and Duane Black
- Executive Coaching Gets Personal
- Can I Get My Money Back? What’s the Return on Investment for Executive Coaching?
- 2012 ICF Global Coaching Study
- The Use and Abuse of Storytelling in Organization – Adrian Carr and Cheryl Lapp
- Action Coaching – David Dotlich and Peter Cairo
- Coaching: A Global Study of Successful Practices – American Management Association
- Great Expectations, The Secret to Coaching – Gregg Thompson
- Coaching, Counseling, and Mentoring – Florence Stone
- Coaching for Breakthrough Success – Jack Canfield and Dr. Peter Chee
- The Coaching Habit, Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever – Michael Bungay Stanier
- Crucial Conversations – Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
Leadership Development
- Building Team and Organizational Trust: Powerful Coaching Conversations for Every Leader & Manager – Michael K. Simpson with Stephen M.R. Covey
- The Art & Science of Leadership – Charles Palus
- Crisis in Credibility – Art Spikol
- Power & Leadership – Blain Lee
- 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
- Role of Leadership in Organizational Transformation – Edgar Schein
- Leadership That is Forceful & Enabling – Robert Kaplan
- Personal Mastery – Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline
- Honest, Simple, Solid, True – C. Terry Warner
- The Role of Conscience in Modern Business – Robert Gay
- Leadership & Empowerment – Warner Burke
- Control in the Age of Empowerment – Robert Simons
- Critical Conditions of Empowerment – Stephen Covey
- Leading Today & into The Future – Ann Van Eron
- An Adventure in Enlightened Leadership – Ed Oakley
- Five Moments of Truth in Becoming a Leader – Dr. Dee Groberg
- The Four Role of Leadership – Stephen Covey
- Principle Centered Living – Stephen Covey
- High Involvement Leadership – Ann Howard
- Strategic Leadership – Richard Hughes
- Integrity in Leadership – Nilson & Hernez-Broome
- Gandhi’s Seven Blunders – Donella Meadows
- Leading People to World Class Performance – Michael Simpson
- Leadership & Spirituality in the Workplace – Jay Conger
- The Other Side of Leadership – Stanley Herman
- You Can’t Order Change – Peter S. Cohan
- Leadership Excellence – Marshall Goldsmith
- The 8th Habit – Stephen Covey
- Becoming a Great Leader Interview with Michael Simpson – Accountants Today
- Insights Interview with Michael Simpson
- Just Listen – Mark Goulston
- Leaders Who Develop Leaders
- What’s so Effective About Stephen Covey? – Fortune
- Making Work Meaningful: A Leader’s Guide – Dan Cable and Freek Vermeulen
- The Speed of Trust – Stephen Covey with Rebecca Merrill
- Primal Leadership – Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee
- Average First – Level Leaders Are Falling Behind
Management Development
- The Transformation of American Management – Dr. W. Edwards Deming
- First Things First: Time Management – A. Roger Merrill
- Management by Positive Consequences – Kenneth Blanchard
- Character is Core of Effective Management – Stephen Covey
- Managing By Values – Mitchell & O’Neal, Business Week
- Management Mavericks – Pam Walsh
- Management: Why Reengineer Management? – Michael Hammer
- Managing – Phillip Zweig
- When to Help and When Not to Help – Kenneth Blanchard
- The Art of Control – Sarah Stiansen
- Empowering: The Expanding Role of Followers – Carri Jenkins
- My Boss Makes Me Sick! – Kenneth Blanchard
- Managing Your Boss – Gabarro & Kotter
- Why Managers Must Be Facilitators – John Naisbitt
- 4 Components of Management Authority – William Oncken
- Soviets Study U.S. Style of Management – Lawrence Goodrich
- Coaching as a Mentoring Tool – Bruce Hodes
- How to Manage Your Employees – Jim Cathcart
- Getting Management to Speak the Same Language: Talking Down Barriers – Trudy Fong
- Psychological Resistance to and Facilitation of Power-sharing in Organizations – Peter Coleman
Strategy & Business Planning
- The Execution-Focused Leader – Michael K. Simpson with Alan Hyatt and Amber Romine, from PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Creating & Leading Strategic Combinations – Delta Consulting
- Strategy Formulation – Change Integration Methodology
- Strategy Diagnostic & Strategy Formulation – Change Integration Methodology
- Model for Reinventing Strategic Planning – Centre for Strategic Management
- Strategy Concepts & Competitive Analysis – PwC Consulting
- Role of Leadership in Strategy Building – FranklinCovey
- Sustainable Advantage – James Anderson
- Creative Strategy – James Bandrowskis
- Competitive Advantage – Stephen Covey
- Alignment With The Stream – Marketing Institute of Cambridge Massachusetts
- Fishing The Stream – Ken Shelton
- Strategic Business Planning – Stromberg & Hunt
- Visioneering: The Path to the Future – Joe Batten
- Strategic Planning – John Byrne, Business Week
- Fighting Talk: War & Business – Wee Chow Hou, National University of Singapore
- The Cultural Roots of Strategy, Carlos Cavalle
- Considerations For Your Listening Strategy – Huw Wigley
- The 4 Disciplines of Execution – Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling
- Digital Strategy: The Four Fights You Have to Win – Tanguy Catlin, Laura LaBerge, and Shannon Varney
- Blue Ocean Strategy – W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
- Execution – Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
Organization Mission, Vision, & Values Planning
- Building Team and Organizational Trust: Powerful Coaching Conversations for Every Leader & Manager – Michael K. Simpson with Stephen M.R. Covey
- A New Lens on Mission & Vision – Robert Goldberg
- Does Your Organization Need a Mission? – Andrew Campbell
- Organizational Vision & Visionary Organizations? Collins & Porras
- Shaping & Managing Shared Values – Phillips & Kennedy
- Values, Knowledge Drive Growth – Jack Welch, GE
- Beyond Flexibility: Building & Managing the Dynamically Stable Organization – Boynton & Victor
- Organizational Impact Statement – White Paper
- Corporate Constitution – Covey Leadership Center
- Corporate Mission Statement: The Bottom Line – Pearce & David
- Why Do You Go To Work? – Michael Kinsman
- Mission Statement Research: Missions That Motivate – Stephen Covey
- VIP Connection: Writing a Personal Mission Statement – Principle Centered Leadership
- Why We Marched in 1963′? Mission, Vision, Values, & Speech – Martin Luther King
- I Have a Dream
Organizational Culture & Performance
- Building Team and Organizational Trust: Powerful Coaching Conversations for Every Leader & Manager – Michael K. Simpson with Stephen M.R. Covey
- Culture of Truth – Bill Adams
- Facing The Complexities of Culture Change – MIT Case Study
- Facing The Complexities of Culture Change – MIT Case Study
- Understanding & Assessing Your Organizations Culture – Hagberg & Heifetz
- Driving Fear Out of The Workplace – Ryan & Oestreich
- Culture Change: Managing Organizational Behavior – PwC Consulting
- Corporate Culture – Kotter & Heskett
- Culture & Performance: Focus Directly on Culture Indirectly – Paradox Principle book
- Forging A New Culture – Paradox Principle book
- Leadership Empowerment: Turning Resistance Into Commitment – Dr. Dee Groberg
- Leadership as Managed cultural Change – Ed. Schein
- Empowering Others: Paradigm, Principles, Processes – Dr. Dee Groberg
- 100 Best companies To Work For – Fortune Magazine
- Corporate Culture & Performance – Nathan & Tyler
- The Power of Gratitude in the Workplace – Taryn Barnes
- Strengthening the trust at Frito-Lay – Cheryl Hall
- Managing Your Time Survey
Organizational Design & Process Improvement
- Levers of Change & Organizational Performance Model – PwC Consulting
- Data Gathering & Analysis – PwC Consulting
- 8 Characteristics of Organizational Effectiveness – Joseph Toto
- 6 Conditions of Organizational Effectiveness – Stephen Covey
- Quality Means Satisfying Customers – Xerox Leadership Through Quality
- Out of Crisis – W. Edwards Deming
- Quality if Free – Philip Crosby
- Executive and Organizational Coaching Engagements: Roles
Managing Organizational Change
- Why Companies Fail?: 10 Fatal Mistakes – Charan & Useem, Fortune Magazine
- From Bogged Down to Fired Up: Inspiring Organizational Change – Bert Spector
- The 10 Laws of Change – Noel Tichey, Fast Company
- Why Is Change So Difficult to Assimilate? – Michael Feiner, Columbia Business School
- Talking About Change – Robert Goldberg
- Change Integration Life Cycle Consulting Stages – PwC Consulting
- Systems Thinking: What People Need During Transitions – Steven Haines
- Transformational vs. Transactional Leadership – Stephen Covey
- The Change Decision: Before and After – Paddy Miller
- Managing Change In Turbulent Times – Warner Burke, Columbia University
- Managing Change Questionnaire, Model, and Processes – Warner Burke, Columbia University
- Change Continuum: Typical Reactions to Change – John Katzenbach
- Transition Leaders: Transition Responsibilities – APEX Case
- Energizing Change Leaders: Roles and Behavior Coaching – Global Leaders White Paper
- Energizing Change Leaders: Delivering Executive Leadership – Global Leadership White Paper
- Metaphors for Change: Model of Change Management – Pearce & Osmond
- Large Scale Corporate Transformation – White Paper
- The Planned Change Process – White Paper
- Engineering Organizational Change – Holland & Davis
Organizational Learning
- Building Organizational Learning Capability – Anthony DiBella
- Building Learning Organizations – Peter Senge, MIT
- The Fifth Discipline – Peter Senge
- The Heart of Learning Organizations – Kofman & Senge
- The Leader’s New Work: Building Learning Organizations – Peter Senge
- Becoming Critically Reflective Through Action Learning – O’Neil & Marsick
- Who’s Learning What? – Victoria Marsick, Training Magazine
- Selecting Needs Analysis Methods – Edith Allen, ASTD Trainers Toolkit
- Supportive Learning Activities Through Effective Facilitation – Facilitators Toolkit
- Adult Learning: What Do We Know For Sure? – Ron Zemke
Team Building
- The Execution-Focused Leader – Michael K. Simpson with Alan Hyatt and Amber Romine, from PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Teams: It’s All in the Planning – Lawrence Holpp
- A Team Built on Trust – Ann Mahoney
- Real Teams Capability Framework – PwC Consulting Team Matrix, Model, & Elements
- Moving Beyond Team Myths – Beck & Yeager
- Realizing the Potential of Teams Through Team-based Rewards – Saunier & Hawk
- Competency-based Pay Systems – Jahja & Kleiner, HRM Magazine
- Conducting a Needs Assessment for Your Work Group – H. McArdle
- Wisdom of Teams – Katzenbach & Smith
- High Performance Teams – Corporate Case Study of Do’s & Don’ts
- It Starts With Trust: Building Organizational Effectiveness – Farnsworth & Blender
- Improve The Process of Team Evolution – Ed. Schein
- Role Clarification – CLC Role Exercise
- Getting To Yes – Fisher & Ury
- Creating Better Teams: 5 Dimensions of Effective Teams – Chronister & Gilliam
- Effects of Leadership Style & Problem Structure on Work Groups – Kahai, Sosik, Avolio
- Creating & Sustaining Win-Win Agreements – CLC Content & Exercise
- The Challenge for Team Development – Montebello & Buzzotta
- Performance Agreement – CLC Agreement Exercise
- Participatory Decision-Making – Sam Kaner, Facilitators Guide
- Peak Performer as Team Player – Charles Garfield
Conflict Resolution & Negotiations
- SMR Forum: Managing Conflict – Leonard Greenhalgh, Dartmouth College
- Cultural Perspectives on International Negotiations – Paul Kimmel
- Why Are Some Societies More Conflictual Than Others? – M. Ross
- Conflict, Culture, and Cross-Culture Methods – Axelrod
- Educating For a Peaceful World – Morton Deutsch, Columbia University ICCCR
- The Healing Power of Forgiveness – Dr. Eileen Borris
- Power & Leadership Content & Tools – Lee & Covey
- Paradigms & Paradigm Shifting Content & Tools – Dr. Stephen Covey
- The Balance Between Production and Production Capability – Dr. Stephen Covey
- Seek First To Understand Then To Be Understood Content 7 Tools – Dr. Stephen Covey
- Overview
- Typology of Conflict — Oomkes and Thomas
- Overview of Conflict and Negotiation
- Negotiation Behaviors
- Dealing With Anger
- Collaborative Negotiations: Skills Training Workbook – Raider & Coleman, ICCCR
- The Dynamic of Conflict – Conflict Workshop Skills Guide
- Critical Skills for conflict Resolution – Managing and Solving Conflict Guide
- The Solutions Focus – Paul Z. Jackson and Mark McKergow
Globalization & Business Process Outsourcing
- Off-shoring: Is It a Win-Win Game? – McKinsey Global Institute
- BPO Adoption in Asia/Pacific: A Demand-side Perspective – Gartner Group
- Trends, Accelerators and Inhibitors in the BPO Market – Gartner Group
- Multi-client Shared Services: Outsourcing’s New Model – Kathleen Goolsby
- India: Rise to BPO Dominance in Asia – Jones Lang LaSalle
- Cost vs. Value of Using an Outsourcing Consultant – Kathleen Goolsby
- Build Relationships Around Service Provider Strengths – Peter Samuel
- Outsourcing Abroad Draws Debate at Home – Clare Ansberry, Wall Street Journal
- Relocating The Back Office – The Economist
- Forward Thinking – Lynn Blodgett, ACS
- Global Outsourcing: Financial Services Options – Don Free, Gartner Group
- Finance & Accounting Outsourcing – Michael Gant, HRO Magazine
- Can Outsourcing Really Transform IT? – Tech Strategy, Forrester
- Can Buyers Live Happily Ever After with a BPO Niche Provider? K. Goolsby
- Outsourcing Collaborative Logistics Empowers Retail Supply Chain Managers – G. Bowen
- Universality of Principles – Dr. Dee Groberg
- A World Out of Control – Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Managing Cultural Differences for Competitive Advantage – Lisa Hoecklin
- Globalization, Jobs, Debt, & Recession – Peter Drucker
- A View of Globalization – Adel Safty
- Coaching Culturally Diverse Executives – Thorn & Blimline
- Understanding the Demands of Leading in a Global Environment – Wilson & Dalton
- Visions: Global Trends – Sharon Leonard, SHRM
- The Next China – Sancton & Davos, Time Magazine
Entrepreneur/Start-up Venture Launch Pad
- Entrepreneurialism & Culture – Jason Pontin
- Leading Renewal: The Value of Positive Turbulence – Stanley Gryskiewicz
- E-business – PWC
- My Son, The Downsizer – George Gendron
- Making Business Better Than Ever – Stephen Covey
- Visions of the Internet Age
- The Road To Riches – Carol Stabler
- American Competitiveness
Books by Michael K. Simpson
- Ready, Aim, Excel: The Expert Insights Weekly Guide to Personal and Professional Leadership – Michael K. Simpson with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith and Dr. Kenneth Blanchard
- Talent Unleashed: 3 Essential Leadership Conversations – Michael K. Simpson with Roger Merrill, Todd Davis, and Shawn Moon
- Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, & Organizations – Michael K. Simpson
- Your Seeds of Greatness: The World’s Greatest Individual Leadership Quote Book – Michael K. Simpson
- Your Seeds of Greatness: The World’s Greatest Team Leadership Quote Book – Michael K. Simpson
- Your Seeds of Greatness: The World’s Greatest Organizational Leadership Quote Book – Michael K. Simpson
- Your Seeds of Greatness: The World’s Greatest Societal Leadership Quote Book – Michael K. Simpson
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