Leadership Study

This is an evolving list of books and other resources shared with those in leadership roles at Appamada. There’s a good chance they would benefit anyone who finds they are in a leadership role, in their workplace, families, organizations, or in the larger public sphere. The links below are usually to bookshop.org, which raises money for local independent bookstores.

What we’re reading right now:

Other Resources:

• Training Curriculum and first year map, draft originally developed by Peg Syverson for San Francisco Zen Center residential training program

• Right Use of Power: The Heart of Ethics: A Guide and Resource for Professional Relationships, 10th Anniversary Edition, Cedar Barstow

• Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects (Revised), Joanna Macy and Molly Young Brown

• The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook: For Leaders of Change (2nd Edition), David Cooperrider, Diana Whitney, and Jacqueline M. Stavros

• The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging, Charles Vogl

• Zen Lessons: The Art of Leadership, Thomas Cleary, tr.

• Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World, Margaret Wheatley