May 2008 – Page 7 – Silence and Voice

Leadership Class (Y52.3300.001)

I am teaching a Leadership class at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies that begins tomorrow. The course is an elective course in the Strategy and Leadership Concentration toward an M.S. in Management and Systems through the Management and Information Technology Program within the Division of Programs in Business.

While the course description is already online for anybody to see here, I thought instead I will lead by setting an example of sharing text references. Academics (and even scholar-practitioners, which is a title I use for my own work) do not easily and publicly share what materials they are using for a certain course, so I thought I will share my required and recommended texts, specifically to assist others who may be building such a leadership course for the first time and are looking for appropriate texts.

Required:

Bass, B. M. & Riggio, R. E. (2006). Transformational Leadership (2^nd ed.). Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. ISBN 0805847626
Collins, J. (2001). Good to Great. New York: Collins. ISBN 0066620996
Northouse, P. G. (2007). Leadership: Theory and Practice (4^th ed.). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. ISBN 141294161X

Recommended:

Kouzes, J. M. & Posner, B. Z. (2007). The Leadership Challenge (4^th ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 0787984914
Marquardt, M. J. (2005). Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions By Knowing What To Ask. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0787977462

I am expecting great things from my students in this course, and expect to share a bit about the experience between here and Twitter.

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-05-11

$62.00 for gas. In New Jersey (the cheap gas capital), no less! #
Heading to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see a few shows that are about to close. #
Heading to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see a few shows that are about to close. #
The subways are such a mess on the weekends. #
Having a drink on the Met’s roof, enjoying the Jeff Koons’ sculptures. #
Took lots of pics at the museum and in Central Park with the new camera. Hope I did them right. #
Bus driver on the M3 just yelled at the passengers to move back. Cannot be an easy job. #
Doing some laundry I forgot to take with me this weekend. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-05-10

Still very wet outside, though the sun is out and it is warming up. #
Have a vet appointment this morning for annual shots and a check-up. Enjoying coffee until then. #
Doing laundry and about to vacuum. #
Washer and dryer finally got adjusted. Hurray; I can do my own laundry now! #
Tool cool and damp today to mow the lawn. First mow of the year will need to wait. #
Making stuffed shells for dinner. Walking the dogs first. #
Strange to not have Internet access over the weekend, outside of my BlackBerry. #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-05-09

Took today off as a vacation day. Wish the weather were nicer, but a still nice to have some time to myself. #
@dougsymington Thank you, Doug. Will remember that for the next time there is a Twitter issue like this. #
@eich0041 You have never had meetings where the focus was to schedule other meetings, too??!! #
@eich0041 I know, as a researcher you conduct research for the purpose of more research! #

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-05-08

Attending an Effective Meetings training session all day. As my day is filled with meetings, perhaps it may help. #
What happened to the Next button to see previous Tweets? #
Chocolate chocolate cookies for dessert. Should attend training every day! #
Seen in the PATH station at 33rd St.: Automatic External Defibrilator. Who would have imagined that there? #