A wealth of resources are available to help you develop your creative leadership skills. The following suggestions include books on creativity, teams, requirements elicitation, facilitation, and portfolio management.
Kao, John. Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
Kayser, Thomas. Mining Group Gold. El Segundo, CA: Serif Publishing, 1990.
Knowles, Malcolm. The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species. London: GulfPublishing, 1990.
Rosen, Robert. The Healthy Company. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons,1991.
Senge, Peter. The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization. New York: Doubleday Books, 1994.
Ancona, Deborah, and Henrik Bresman. X-Teams: How to Build Teams that Lead, Innovate, and Succeed. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
Burke, Rory, and Steve Barron. Project Management Leadership: Building Creative Teams. London: Burke Publishing, 2007.
Guttman, Howard M. Great Business Teams: Cracking the Code for Standout Performance. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.
Hackman, J. Richard. Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2002.
Katzenback, Jon R., and Douglas K. Smith. The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization. New York: Harper Collins, 2003.
Mackin, Deborah. The Teambuilding Tool Kit: Tips and Tactics for Effective Workplace Teams. New York: AMACOM, 2007.
Scholtes, Peter R., Brian L. Joiner, and Barbara J. Streibel. The Team Handbook, Third Edition. Madison, WI: Oriel, Inc., 2003.
Gottesdiener, Ellen. The Software Requirements Memory Jogger: A Pocket Guide to Help Software and Business Teams Develop and Manage Requirements. Salem, NH: Goal/QPC, 2005.
Gottesdiener, Ellen. Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs. Boston: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002.
Hossenlopp, Rosemary, and Kathleen B. Hass. Unearthing Business Requirements: Elicitation Tools and Techniques. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, 2008.
Wiegers, Karl E. More About Software Requirements: Thorny Issues and Practical Advice. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 2006.
Young, Ralph R. The Requirements Engineering Handbook. Norwood, MA: Artech House, 2003.
Andler, Nicolai. Tools for Project Management, Workshops, and Consulting: A Compendium of Must-Have Tools and Techniques. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008.
Hunter, Dale, Stephen Thorpe, Hamish Brown, and Anne Bailey. The Art of Facilitation, Revised Edition: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009.
Putz, Gregory B. Facilitation Skills: Helping Groups Make Decisions, Second Edition. Bountiful, UT: Deep Space Technology Co., 2002.
Schwarz, Roger. The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers, and Coaches. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002.
Wilkinson, Michael. The Secrets of Facilitation: The S.M.A.R.T. Guide to Getting Results with Groups. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.
Zavala, Alice, and Kathleen B. Hass. The Art and Power of Facilitation: Running Powerful Meetings. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts,2008.
Dye, Lowell D., and James S. Pennypacker. Project Portfolio Management: Selecting and Prioritizing Projects for Competitive Advantage. West Chester, PA: Center for Business Practices, 1999.
Goodpasture, John C. Managing Projects for Value. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, 2002.
Hass, Kathleen B. “From Strategy To Action: Enterprise Portfolio Management,” a white paper. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, 2005.
Kaplan, Robert, and David Norton. The Balanced Scorecard: Translating a Strategy into Action. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.
The Standish Group International. Unfinished Voyages I. West Yarmouth, MA: The Standish Group International, 1996.