Recommended Reading
We welcome members of the medical community and beyond to explore this list of scholarly articles and books compiled by the Feagin Program. We hope these resources will provide information and guidance for those interested in the development of leadership skills and ethical practices in medicine and medical education.
Leadership
Good to Great, Jim Collins24/7:
The First Person You Must Lead is You, Rebecca Halstead
Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman
How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie
The Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale
On Becoming a Leader Warren Bennis
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader, Vince Molinaro
Let My People Go Surfing, Yvon Chouinard
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, Sheryl Sandberg
Leading with the Heart, Mike Krzyzewski and Donald T. Phillips
What Makes an Effective Executive, Peter F. Drucker
The Secret Language of Leadership: How Leaders Inspire Action Through Narrative, S. Denning
It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership, Colin Powell
Diversity and Leadership, J. Lau Chin and J.E. Trimble
How Doctors Think, Jerome Groopman, M.D.
Becoming a Leader of Character, J. Anderson and D. Anderson
The Power Paradox: How we Gain and Lose Influence, K. Dacher
The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle; How to Become a Servant Leader, J. Hunter
Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness, R. Greenleaf
Authentic Leadership, B. George
Other
Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
The Soul of Money, Lynn Twist and Teresa Barker
Oh, The Places You’ll Go, Dr. Seuss
The Presidents Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity, Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
Leading Up: Transformational Leadership for Fundraisers, Lilya Wagner
Love & Profit: The Art of Caring Leadership, James Autry
Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Values, B. George
The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone, Especially Ourselves, D. Ariely
Finding Your True North, B. George, A. Mclean, and N. Craig
A Leader’s Legacy, J. Kouzes and B. Posner
The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, P. Senge
Don’t Believe Everything You Think: The Six Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking, T. Kida
Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking; The Foundation for Critical Thinking, R. Paul and L. Elder
Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You Can Learn From Their Mistakes, S. Finkelstein
Biographical
Duke History/Leadership
Medicine
Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder
Doc (Autobiography), Ron E. Losee, M.D.
Forgive and Remember: Managing Medical Failure, Charles L. Bosk
Growing Physician Leaders: Empower Doctors to Improve Our Healthcare, Mark Hertling
The Innovator’s Prescription, Charles Christensen
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, A. Gwande
Checklist Manifesto, A. Gwande
Payoff; The Hidden Logic that Shapes our Motivations, Dan Ariely
Athletics Leadership
Military Leadership/West Point
We Were Soldiers Once and Young, Harold G. Moore
Building Leaders the West Point Way, Joseph P. Franklin
American Caesar (MacArthur Biography), William Manchester
It Doesn’t Take a Hero (Autobiography), Norman Schwarzkopf
My American Journey (Autobiography), Colin Powell
Born at Reveille (Autobiography), Red Reeder
Service: A Navy Seal at War, Marcus Luttrell
The Nightingale’s Song, Robert Timberg