Suggested Reading

Compiled by Lyn Fiscus

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There is a wealth of material available for those who are interested in furthering their knowledge of leadership and student activities.  Your local bookstore’s sections on business, psychology, and self-help also have many books that are applicable.  Following are a few of the many titles available.

Adams, James L.  The Care and Feeding of Our Ideas: A Guide to Encouraging Creativity.  Reading, Mass: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1986.

Agor, Weston H., ed. Intuition in Organizations: Leading and Managing Productively.  Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1989.

Albert, Burt. Fat Free Meetings. Princeton, N.J.: Peterson’s, 1996.

Asimakoupoulos, Greg, John Maxwell, and Steve McKinley.  The Time Crunch. Sisters, OR: Multnomah Books, 1993.

Biech, Elaine, ed. The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Team-Building Tools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2001.

Blanchard, Ken, and Patricia Zigarmi. Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness through Situational Leadership. New York, NY: William Morrow, 1999.

Bothwell, Lin.  The Art of Leadership.  New York: Pentice Hall Press, 1983.

Bracey, Hyler, Jack Rosenblum, Aubrey Sanford, and Roy Trueblood. Managing from the Heart.  New York, NY:  Dell Publishing, 1990.

Butler, Susan.  Non-Competitive Games.  Minneapolis, Minnesota:  Bethany House Publishers, 1986.

Burton, Bob. Spirit Works. Fallbrook, CA: Spirit Works, 1997.

Buzan, Tony.  Use Both Sides of Your Brain.  Rev. ed. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1983.

Collins, Jim. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

Cottrell, David. Monday Morning Leadership. Cornerstone Leadership, 2002.

Covey, Sean. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.

Covey, Stephen R. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.

Crawford, Roger. How High Can You Bounce? New York: Bantam, 1999.

Danforth, William H.  I Dare You.  St. Louis: The Danforth Foundation, 1963.

Fiscus, Lyn. Adviser’s Guide to Student Activities. Indianapolis, IN: Herff Jones, 2004.

Fiscus, Lyn and Earl Reum, The Bucks $tart Here: Fundraising for Student Activities. Reston, VA: Leadership Logistics, 2007.

Fiscus, Lyn, ed. Leadership Lessons: Lessons To Lead By. Reston, VA: NASSP, 1998.

Fiscus, Lyn, ed. More Leadership Lessons. Reston, VA: NASSP, 2003.

Fiscus, Lyn, National Leadership Camp Leadership Curriculum Guide. Reston, VA: NASSP, 2003.

Fiscus, Lyn.  Who Says You Can't Change the World?: A Student Leader’s Guide to Making a Difference. O'Fallon, MO: MAGIC Press, 1991.

Gerety, Ed. Combinations: Opening the Door to Student Leadership. Exeter, NH: Gerety Presentations. 2003.

Greenberg, Scott. Jump Start: Ignite Your Ability to Lead and Succeed. www.scottgreenberg.com 1999.

Heider, John.  The Tao of Leadership: Leadership Strategies for a New Age.  New York: Bantam Books, 1985.

Helgesen, Sally.  The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership.  New York: Doubleday Currency, 1990.

Jennings, Wayne and Joe Nathan.  "Startling/Disturbing Research on School Program Activities."  Phi Delta Kappan (March, 1977), pp. 568-572.

Joachim, Jean C. Beyond the Bake Sale: The Ultimate School Fund-Raising Book. New York, NY: St. Martin Press. 2003

Johnson, Spencer. Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life. New York, NY: Putnam Pub Group. 1998.

Jones, Alanna. Team Building Activities for Every Group. Richland, WA: Rec Room Publishing, 1999.

Jones, Alanna. More Team Building Activities for Every Group. Richland, WA: Rec Room Publishing, 2002.

Jones, Ron. 10 Minute Lessons That Bring Learning into FOCUS. Author (ronjones@ncbb.net), 2004.

Kielburger, Marc and Craig Kielburger. Take Action! A Guide to Active Citizenship.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2002.

Kivel, Paul and Creighton, Allan.  Making the Peace: A 15-Session Violence Prevention Curriculum for Young People. Alameda, Calif.: Hunter House, Inc., 1997.

Kotter, John P. “What Leaders Really Do,” Harvard Business Review,  May-June 1990.

Kouzes, James M. and Barry Z. Posner, Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Kouzes, James M. and Barry Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How to get extraordinary things done in organizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1990.

Lewis, Barbara.  The Kid’s Guide to Service Projects. Minneapolis, MN.: Free Spirit Publishing, 1995.

Lewis, Barbara.  The Kid’s Guide to Social Action. Minneapolis, MN.: Free Spirit Publishing, 1998.

Lewis, Barbara.  What Do You Stand For?  Minneapolis, MN.: Free Spirit Publishing, 1998.

Lesko, Wendy Schaetzel. Youth! The 26% Solution.  Youthactivism.com.

Lesko, Wendy Schaetzel. No Kidding Around! America’s Young Activists Are Changing Our World. Kensington, Md.: Information USA, Inc., 1992.

Loeb, Marshall and Stephen Kindel. Leadership for Dummies. Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., 1999.

Lundin, Stephen, Harry Paul, and John Christensen. Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results. New York, NY: Hyperion Press, 2000.

MacGregor, Mariam.  Leadership 101. Denver, CO: youthleadership.com. 2000.
Marx, Jeff.  How To Win a High School Election.  New York, NY: publisher@schoolelection.com, 1999.

Maxwell, John C. Developing the Leaders Around You. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1995.

Maxwell, John. The 21 Indispensable Qualities of A Leader. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1998.

Maxwell, John.  The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.  Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1999.

McDow, Roberta.  Parliamentary Procedure Without Stress.  (Revised) Reston, VA: NASSP, 2001.

McGinnis, Alan Loy. Bringing Out the Best in People.  Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1985.

McWilliams, Peter and John-Roger, Do It!: Let’s Get Off Our Buts.  Los Angeles, CA: Prelude Press, 1991.

McWilliams, Peter and John-Roger,  Life 101.  Los Angeles, CA: Prelude Press, 1990.

Neirenberg, Gerard I.  The Art of Creative Thinking.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982.

Nilson, Carolyn.  Team Games for Trainers.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.

Nicola, Ron. "A Guide for Starting a Student Leadership Course." Student Advocate  (December, 1980), pp.5–7.

Olson, Carl. Energizers: Calisthenics for the Mind.Educational Media Corporation, 2001.

O'Toole James.  Leadership A to Z: A Guide for the Appropriately Ambitious. San Francisco, CA: James O'Toole and Jossey-Bass, Inc., 1999.

Phillips, Donald T. The Founding Fathers on Leadership: Classic Teamwork in Changing Times. New York: Warner Books, 1997.

Reivich, Karen and Andrew Shatte. The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life's Hurdles. New York: Broadway Books, 2002.
Project Planning: This Is Where the Fun Starts!, Reston, VA: NASSP, 1996.

Reum, Earl, et. al.  Meetings That Matter: Effective Meeting Management for Student Activities.  Reston, VA: NASSP, 2007.

Reum, Earl.  Organizing an Inter-Club Leadership Conference. Reston, VA: NASSP, 1999.

Rimmer, Sue and Arico, Jim, Middle Level Activities to Involve the Invisible Student, Reston, VA: NASSP, 1997.

Roberts, Wess.  Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun.  New York: Warner Books, 1985.

Roberts, Wess.  Straight A’s Never Made Anybody Rich: Lessons in Personal Achievement.  New York:  Harper Collins, 1991.

Schaefer. John H. and Marcelle A. Brashear.  Impact: A Guide to Public Speaking.  New York: Berkley Books, 1989.

Schrumpf, Fred, Crawford, Donna, and Bodine, Richard.  Peer Mediation: Conflict Resolution in Schools. Champaign, Illinois: Research Press, 1997.
Service Learning: Raising Service Projects to the Next Level, Reston, VA: NASSP, 1997.

Shoop, Robert and Edwards, Debra.  How to Stop Sexual Harassment in Our Schools. Boston, Mass.: Allyn and Bacon, 1994.

Sikes, Sam, Feeding the Zircon Gorilla: And Other Teambuilding Activities. Tulsa, OK: Learning Unlimited Corp, 1995.

Sikes, Sam, Executive Marbles: And Other Teambuilding Activities, Tulsa, OK: Learning Unlimited Corp, 1998.

Sikes, Sam, Raptor and Other Teambuilding Activities, Tulsa, OK: Learning Unlimited Corp, 2003.

Silberman, Mel. 101 Ways to Make Meetings Active. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer. 1999.

Sinetar, Marsha.  Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood.  New York: Dell Publishing, 1987.

Smith, Perry M.  Rules & Tools for Leaders: A Down-to-Earth Guide for Effective Managing.  Garden City Park, NY:  Avery Publishing Group, 1998.

Sugar, Steve and George Takacs.  Games that Teach Teams: 21 Activities to Super-Charge Your Group.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 1999.
Student Council Handbook.  Reston, VA:  NASSP, 2001.

Thompson, Charles “Chic”.  What A Great Idea!: Key Steps Creative People Take.  New York: Harper Perennial, 1992.

VanGundy, Arthur. 101 Great Games & Activities. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 1998.

von Oech, Roger.  A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge and Warrior to Be More Creative.  New York: Harper & Row, 1986.

von Oech, Roger.  A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative.  New York: Warner Books, 1998.

Wycoff, Joyce.  Mindmapping: Your Personal guide to Exploring Creativity and Problem Solving.  New York: Berkley Books, 1991.

Ziglar, Zig.  Top Performance: How to Develop Excellence in Yourself and Others.  New York:  Berkley Books, 1986.

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