APLDC book list (Part 1)

There's a book entitled, What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Evenmore Successful. Ever read it? Well, this book is about change. What interests me about this is it's title and how it applies to leadership skills. If you don't have the skills, then how do you get them? You get these new skills by continued learning.  Learn from mentors, learn from your experiences, and learn from books.  In this post I want to focus on the later part, learning from books.

Actually, I want to share a book list recommended by the Microsoft Library created last April for the 2009 Asian Pacific Leadership and Development Conference, a conference presented by the Microsoft Asian Professional Society (MAPS). Now I know almost a year has gone by and new books have been published since then, but it's a comprehensive list that I'm still going through and find the books still relevant. As soon as I'm completed with this list, I'll get to the newer books, perhaps a list created for the 2010 NAAAP National Convention happening later this year!  :)

• Reading Category | Book by Author
• Managing Change, Project Mgt | A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter
• Delegation, Leadership, Managing Change | Becoming an Extraordinary Manager: The 5 Essentials for Success by Leonard Sandler
• Leadership, Communication Skills | Beyond the Babble: Leadership Communication that Drives Results by Bob Matha, Macy Boehm and Marcia Silverman
• Multi-tasking | Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School by John Medina
• Career Growth, Communication Skills, Cultural Differences | Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling by Jane Hyun
• Conflict Mgt | Building Conflict Competent Teams by Craig E. Runde and Tim A. Flanagan
• Career Growth, Changing Perceptions | Stand Out by Building Your Brand by William Arruda and Kirsten Dixson
• Conflict Mgt, Cultural Differences | Conflict Across Cultures: A Unique Experience of Bridging Differences by Michelle LeBaron and Venashri Pillay
• Social Responsibility, Public Service, Economics | Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunas
• Personality Types, Career Growth | Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Types by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron
• Emotional Intelligence | The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book: Everything You Need to Know to Put Your EQ to Work by Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, and Patrick Lencioni
• Cultural Differences | The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently ... and Why by Richard Nisbett
• Globalization, Leadership | Global Leadership: The Next Generation by Marshall Goldsmith, Cathy Greenberg, Alastair Robertson, and Maya Hu-chan
• Innovation, Secrets to Success | Grabbing Lightning: Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation by G. Colarelli O'Connor
• Distributed Teams, Cultural Differences | The Handbook of High-Performance Virtual Teams: A toolkit for Collaborating Across Boundaries by Jill Nemiro, Michael M. Beyerlein, Lori Bradley, and Susan Beyerlein
• Leadership, Secrets to Success | Hit the Ground Running: a Manual for new Leaders by Jason Jennings
• Social Responsibility, Public service | Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why we need a green revolution - and how it can renew America by Thomas L. Friedman
• Networking, Mentoring, Career Growth | How to Succeed in Business Using LinkedIn: Making Connections and Capturing Opportunities on the Web's #1 Business Networking Site by Eric Butow and Kathleen Taylor
• Economics, Globalization | Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation by Nandan Nilekani
• Globalization | India Arriving: How this Economic Powerhouse is Redefining Global Business by Rafiq Dossani

Regards,
Gil Gido
NAAAP Seattle
President

Related post: APLDC book list (Part 2) - http://gilgido.blogspot.com/2010/04/apldc-book-list-part-2.html