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Leadership -- Audiocassettes
Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership
Joseph Jaworski
1996 3 hours on two audiocassette tapes
Jaworski says leadership is about the release of human possibilities. When leaders are
committed, they begin to experience "synchronicity" or predictable miracles.
This tape encourages leaders to shift from seeing a world made up of things to seeing a
world primarily composed of relationships and to enter a realm of endless possibilities.
Fifth Discipline
Peter M. Senge
1994 240 minutes on 4 audiocassette tapes
Peter Senge's groundbreaking ideas on building organizations have made him a household
name among corporate managers. His theories help businesses clarify their goals, defy the
odds, more clearly understand threats, and recognize new opportunities. He introduces
managers to a new source of competitive advantage and offers a marvelously empowering
approach to work.
Leadership and the One Minute Manager
Kenneth Blanchard/Lifetime Research Company
2 Tapes
Increasing effectiveness through situational Leadership.
Legendary Service
Ken Blanchard, Gary Heil, and Richard Tate
1990 6 audiocassette tapes
This 6-cassette program will help you learn what it takes to provide legendary service.
You'll learn a whole new way of thinking and responding to frontline and customer needs.
You'll learn through a nuts-and-bolts approach, through stories and examples based on
real, in-the-field experience, stories that reveal how some of the most successful,
innovative companies get results.
Make Meetings Work
Gayle Carson
1992, 2.5 Hours
This book will teach you the techniques to being a leader, making sure meetings
are worthwhile, organized, useful, and make sure that the people are
participating, grasping the point without taking forever and even to decide if
the meeting really needs to take place.
Manager's Edge
Rudy Savage
1988 11 audiocassette tapes
This is the information age. More than ever, knowledge is power. Having the right idea is
important. Having the know-how to put the idea into action is even more important. Today's
successful managers know the learning never stops. There are always fresh skills to
practice, daring ideas to gather, wonderful examples to inspire.
New Leadership: Managing People and Change
Alan Brache
1984 6 audiocassette tapes
In The New Leadership, you'll find out why there are many leadership behaviors
but only one that is best in a given situation. You'll learn when to seek participation in
decision making and when to avoid it. You'll explore ways of uncovering and analyzing
information pertinent to the problem or decision at hand. You'll learn techniques for
investing your time wisely. You'll be exposed to ways of conducting meetings successfully
and resolving conflict over alternatives.
Plant Your Feet Firmly in Mid-Air: Guidance Through
Turbulent Change
Janet E. Lapp, Ph.D.
1996 6 audiocassette tapes with 50-page workbook
Lapp uncovers blocks to change, examines which beliefs hinder and which promote
transformation, and gives step-by-step guidance through change efforts. She was a keynote
speaker at the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents conference in Bismarck in
October 2001.
Books can be checked out for one month, audio and video tapes for two weeks. Contact the Distribution Center at NDSU.distributioncenter@ndsu.edu or 701 231-7882 to check out Staff Resource Library materials, or stop by Morrill 10 to browse the shelves.