Leadership for Intelligence Professionals   

Leadership Competencies 

(March 2009)

Textbook Readings (If available)

In The Leader's Companion, read

         -Chapter 44 “Understanding and Influencing Follower Motivation” by Richard L. Hughes, Robert C. Ginnett and Gordon J. Curphy.
          -Chapter 48 “The Artform of Leadership” by Warren Bennis.
          -Chapter 55  “Leadership Communication Skills” by Michael Z. Hackman and Craig E. Johnson.

In Dynamics of Leadership in Public Service read:

          -Chapter 4 “Emotional Maturity”, pages 118-122. 
          -Chapter 5 “Skills that Contribute to Leadership Effectiveness”, pages 128-156. 

          -Chapter 6 “Delegating”, pages 173-176.

          -In Chapter 7 “Developing Staff”, pages 200-205; “Motivating”, pages 206-215; “Managing Conflict”, pages 221-225.    

In The Powers to Lead read:

-Chapter 3, “Types and Skills” sections on “Emotional Intelligence” and “Communications” .

 –Chapter 4, “Followers Needs and Demands”.

Supplemental Article Readings  (All are accessible via library-held electronic databases such as Proquest, Ebsco, Infotrac.) 

Emotional Intelligence

-“Emotional Intelligence: What it is and Why it Matters” by Cary Cherniss cherniss@rci.rutgers.edu

-“What Makes a Leader?" by Daniel Goleman (1998) reprinted in Harvard Business Review, Janurary 2004.

-“Intelligent Leadership” by Daniel Goleman from Executive Excellence, Apr. 2000..

-“Primal Leadership” by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee in Harvard Business Review, December 2001.

-“Leading by Emotion” by Robert J. Emmerling and Daniel Goleman in Executive Excellence,July 2005.

-“Emotional Intelligence” by Alexandra Herrera, Travis Bradbury in leadership Excellence, June 2007.

People Skills

-“People Skills” by Marshall Goldsmith in Leadership Excellence, June 2007.

-“Transparent Leaders” by Marshall Goldsmith, Patricia Wheeler in Leadership Excellence, November 2007.

Personal Development

            -“How to Play to Your Strengths” by Laura Morgan Roberts, Gretchen Spreitzer, Jane Dutton, Robert Quinn, Emily Heaphy, and Brianna Barker in

              Harvard Business Review, January 2005.

            -“Strengths Finder” by Tom Rath in Leadership Excellence, July 2007.

Feedback

-“Why Wait to Evaluate?”, Washington Post, 24 March 2002.
-“Recognizing Contributions” by James Kouzes and Barry Posner from Executive Excellence, November 2003.

Coaching

            -“New Leaders: Coach Them for Success” by Stephen L. Cohen in Leadership Excellence 10 October 2008.

            -“Developing Leaders: Get Creative on a Tight Budget” by Steve Arneson in Leadership Excellence 8 October 2008.

Motivating Individuals

-“One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees?” by Frederick Herzberg in Harvard Business Review, January 2003.

-“How to Motivate Your Problem People” by Nigel Nicholson from Harvard Business Review,  January 2003.

-“Motivating and Delegating” by James MacKenzie from Executive Excellence,  October. 2003.
-“Ten Principles of Motivation” by Nido Qubein from Executive Excellence, Oct. 2003.

-“What Great Managers Do” by Marcus Buckingham in Harvard Business Review, March 2006.

-“Inspiring Others” by Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee from Executive Excellence, Mar. 2006
-“Competent Jerks, Loveable Fools and the Formation of Social Networks” by Tiziana Casciaro and Miguel Sousa Lobo in Harvard Business Review, July 2006.

-“Generational Differences” by Jennifer J. Deal in Leadership Ethics, June 2007.

-“Satisfaction” by Patrick Lencioni in Leadership Excellence, October 2007.

Leading Intelligence Professionals

            -“Leading Clever People” by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones in Harvard Business Review, March 2007.

Communications

            -“Communication from the Inside Out” by Terry Pearce from Executive Excellence, 8 December. 2001.
             -"The Art of Listening” by Frances Hesselbein from Executive Excellence, May 2006.

For Military

-“‘Leadership in a Combat Zone”, William G. Pagonis, LGEN USA (Ret.) in Harvard Business Review.

-“Emotional Intelligence and Army Leadership” by Major David Abrahams U.S. Army in Military Review, March-April 2007.