Lorraine's Library

Some of Lorraine's favourite books.

Change and Leadership:

• Built to Last by Jim Collins

• Business as Unusual by Anita Roddick

• Everybody Wins by Phil Harkins and Keith Hollihan

• Fish Tales by Stephen C. Lundin, John Christensen, and Harry Strand

• From Chaos to Confidence by Susan Campbell

• Good to Great by Jim Collins

• Go Put Your Strengths to Work by Marcus Buckingham

• High Five by Ken Blanchard

• Leading Change by John P. Kotter

• Life Strategies by Phillip McGraw

• Make it So by Wess Roberts and Bill Ross

• Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy

• Now, Discover your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton

• Reinventing Work (series of three books) by Tom Peters, Knopf, 1999

• Renaissance 2000: Liberal Arts Essentials for Tomorrow's Leaders by Linda Pinkham and Luigi Salvaneschi

• Leadership and The New Science by Margaret Wheatley

• The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

• The Upside of Down by Thomas Homer-Dixon

• Throwing the Elephant by Stanley Bing

• Why Smart Executives Fail by Sydney Finkelstein

• Zap the Gap by Ken Blanchard

Communication:

• Attracting Perfect Customers by Stacey Hall & Jan Brogniez

• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

• Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

• How To Be A Great Communicator by Nido R. Qubein

• How to Read a Person Like a Book by Gerard Nierenberg

• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

• Improv Yourself - Business Spontaneity at the Speed of Thought by Joseph A. Keefe

• Make the Most of Your Mind by Tony Buzan

• Mirror Mirror on the Wall Am I the most Valued of Them All? by Leo Pusateri

• Put Your Best Foot Forward by Jo-Ellan Dimitrius

• Reading People by Jo-Ellan Dimitrius

• Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith

• Silent Messages by Dr. Albert Mehrabian

• Speak from the Heart by Steve Adbuto

• Speech Can Change Your Life by Sarnoff, Dorothy

• Spotlight on Presentations by Lorraine Behnan

• Stop The Meeting I Want to Get Off! by Scott Snair

• Storyselling for Financial Advisors by Scott West and Mitch Anthony

• The Likeability Factor by Tim Sanders

• This is Your Time by Alan Parisse and David Richman

• What Clients Love by Harry Beckwith

Humour and Wellness:

• It's Always Something by Gilda Radner

• Laughing 9 to 5 by Clyde Furhmann

• My Point...and I Do Have One by Ellen DeGeneres

• shortstuff by Lorraine Behnan

• The Artist Way by Julia Cameron

• The Funny Thing is... by Ellen DeGeneres

• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

• The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner

• Vein of Gold by Julia Cameron

Innovation:

• It's Not How Good You are, It's How Good You Want to Be by Paul Arden

• Improv Yourself - Business Spontaneity at the Speed of Thought by Joseph A. Keefe

• The Purple Cow by Seth Godin

• Unleashing the Killer App by Larry Downs and Chunka Mui

• What's the Big Idea by Thomas H. Davenport and Laurence Prusak

Novels: A Compelling and Diverse Selection:

• Animal Farm by George Orwell

• Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton

• Fall on Your Knees by Ann Marie MacDonald

• Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda

• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

• The Bean Tree by Barbara Kingsolver

• The Diviners by Margaret Laurence

• The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

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