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This page features a variety of books, articles and other resources that can help leaders and teams in each phase of their EMPOWER journey. The resources are organized into the following categories: Engage, Manage, Partner, Observe, Wonder, Execute, and Renew.

Engage.  
   
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels – Michael Watkins
   
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time – Susan Scott
   
The Art of Possibility – Zander and Zander
   

Manage.  
   
Leadership Presence: Dramatic Techniques to Reach Out, Motivate and Inspire – Belle Linda Halpern and Kathy Luba
   
Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader - Warren Bennis & Joan Goldsmith
   
The Strategy Focused Organization – Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
   

Partner.  
   
The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success – Scott Eblin
   
Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play: The Demise of Dysfunctional Selling and the Advent of Helping Clients Succeed – Mahan Khalsa
   
Why don’t you want what I want – Rick Maurer
   
Getting to Yes – Roger Fisher and William Ury
   
Crucial Conversations - Peterson
   

Observe.  
   
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
   

Wonder.  
   
Creativity Inc.: Building an Inventive Organization - Jeff Mauzy and Richard A. Harriman
   
10 Rules for Strategic Innovators – Vijay Govindarajan
   

Execute.  
   
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done – Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
   
Flow - the Psychology of Optimal Experience – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
   

Renew.  
   
The Inner Game of Work: Focus, Learning, Pleasure and Mobility in the Workplace – W. Timothy Gallwey
   
The Power of Full Engagement – Jom Loehr and Tony Schwartz