These resources support the City of Carrollton's Supervisors' Training Curriculum and Carrollton Leadership Academy. Items in the Municipal Resource Collection are for non-exclusive use by City employees. These materials are designed to complement and enhance training course materials.

Leadership

Badaracco, Joseph L. Jr. Questions of character : illuminating the heart of leadership through literature.

Charan, Ram, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel. The leadership pipeline.

Crocker, H.W. III. Robert E. Lee on leadership.

Goffee , Rob and Gareth Jones. Why should anyone be led by you? : what it takes to be an authentic leader.

Harris, Richard M. The listening leader : powerful new strategies for becoming an influential communicator.

Kouzes, James M. and Barry Z. Posner. A leader's legacy.

Krames, Jeffrey A. Jack Welch and the 4E's of leadership : how to put GE's leadership formula to work in your organization.

Lencioni, Patrick. Silos, politics, and turf wars : a leadership fable about destroying the barriers that turn colleagues into competitors.

Sosnik, Douglas B., Matthew J. Dowd, and Ron Fournier. Applebee's America : how successful political, business, and religious leaders connect with the new American community.

Tracy, Brian and Zig Ziglar. Leadership.

Watkins, Michael. The first 90 days : critical success strategies for new leaders at all levels.

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Management

Blanchard, Ken, Jim Ballard, Fred Finch. Customer mania! : it's never too late to build a customer-focused company.

Buckingham, Marcus and Donald O. Clifton. Now, discover your strengths.

Burke, W. Warne and William Trahant, with Richard Koonce. Business climate shifts : profiles of change makers.

Donahue, John D. and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., editors. For the people : can we fix public service?.

Edersheim, Elizabeth Haas. The definitive Drucker.

Hale, Judith. Performance-based management : what every manager should do to get results.

Haughton, Laurence. It's not what you say-- it's what you do : how following through at every level can make or break your company.

Mosby, David and Michael Weissman. The paradox of excellence : how great performance can kill your business.

Reichheld, Fred. The ultimate question : driving good profits and true growth.

Tulgan, Bruce. It's okay to be the boss : the step-by-step guide to becoming the manager your employees need.

Wagner, Rodd and James K. Harter. 12 : the elements of great managing.

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