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WhySimon Sinek

Almost everyone knows What your organization does. About 50% know How it’s done. But the most Important thing for everyone to know is Why you do it. Every successful person and organization has a meaningful Why.

http://www.amazon.com/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone/dp/1591842808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261943168&sr=1-1

2 Organic Leadership

Neil Cole While this book is primarily intended for church leaders, the principles and practices are useful for every type of leader. Neil's Top Ten Characteristics of a spiritually plateaued leader should be used annually by the elders of every church. Leadership that solely relies on a title is weak. Great leaders create leaders, not followers.

http://www.amazon.com/Organic-Leadership-Leading-Naturally-Shapevine/dp/0801072387/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261944233&sr=1-1#noop

3 The Speed of Trust

Stephen Covey

Most Americans don't trust anyone or anything in 2009. When trust is low, cost and time go up. To reverse this situation, Covey lists behaviors that grow trust including righting wrongs, getting better, listening, loyalty, straight talk, delivering results, clarifying expectations, accountability and confronting reality.

http://www.amazon.com/SPEED-Trust-Thing-Changes-Everything/dp/1416549005/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261944880&sr=1-1

4 Survivors Ben Sherwood

Want to survive? The author documents examples of what it takes to survive different situations, i.e., heart attack, job loss, marriage, ER visits, being a hostage, plane crash and many more. For example, networks like Linkedin help people survive. If you know 300 people and they each know 300, you have access to 90,000 contacts.

http://www.amazon.com/Survivors-Club-Secrets-Science-Could/dp/0446580244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262014824&sr=1-1

5 Confessions of a Radical Industrialist

Ray Anderson

An insightful book on the Triple Bottom-Line of Profit, Planet & People. Ray, founder and CEO of Interface carpets had no interest in being "green" or sustainability until 1994 when a customer asked" What is your company doing for the environment?" He had no answer but he crafted one: Become the world's first sustainable corporation by 2020. Waste free, pollution free, 100% of energy from renewable sources.

http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Radical-Industrialist-Purpose-Doing-Respecting/dp/0312543492/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262123690&sr=1-1

6 Community Peter Block

Creating community is a great accomplishment. Community is a feeling of belonging. The opposite is isolation, caused by our culture and our inward focus on our situations. Peter defines proven methods to create community. He stresses that community is formed by giving, not

http://www.amazon.com/Community-Structure-Belonging-Peter-Block/dp/1605092770/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262124441&sr=1-1