Organizational development

Books

Blink, The Outliers, The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
Three great books by Mr. Gladwell. Check them out.

Built to Last, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras, New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1994

Clicks and Mortar, David S. Pottruck and Terry Pearce, Jossey-Bass Publishers Inc.

Dialogue: Rediscover the Transforming Power of Conversation, Linda Ellinor and Glenna Gerard, John Wiley & Sons

Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant

Good to Great, James C. Collins

Good to Great in the Social Sectors, Jim Collins
Must-read monograph for nonprofits

Managing the Nonprofit Organization: Principles and Practices, Peter F. Drucker, HarperCollins Publishers

Our Wildest Dreams: Women Entrepreneurs Making Money Having Fun Doing Good, Joline Godfrey, HarperCollins Publishers

Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self-Interest, Peter Block, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

The Big Moo: Stop Trying to Be Perfect and Start Being Remarkable, Seth Godin, Editor
Delightful and informative book with chapters written by 33 business leaders.

The Charismatic Organization: 8 Ways to Grow a Nonprofit, Shirley Sagawa and Deborah Jospin

The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of a Learning Organization, Peter Senge
A must-read business book!

The Four Pillars of High Performance: How Robust Organizations Achieve Extraordinary Results, Paul C. Light

The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations, Rod A. Beckstrom and Ori Brafman

The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization, Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith

Tribes, Seth Godin
Read all of Seth's books. Check out the marketing / communications booklist.

Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential, Dan Pallotta

When Generations Collide: Who They Are. Why They Clash. How to Solve the Generational Puzzle At Work, Lynne Lancaster and David Stillman

The Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande

Periodicals

Changing the Role of Top Management: Beyond Strategy to Purpose, Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra, Harvard Business Review

Decision making in ethics, Barbara H. Marion
Ethics in Fundraising: Putting Values Into Practice, Marianne G. Briscoe, editor. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, Number 6, Winter 1994.

Ethics in Practice, Kenneth R. Andrews, Harvard Business Review

Good Communication That Blocks Learning, Chris Argyris, Harvard Business Review

How Management Teams Can Have a Good Fight, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Jean L. Kahwajy and L.J. Bourgeois, Harvard Business Review

Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail, John P. Kotter, Harvard Business Review

Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity, David A.Thomas and Robin J. Ely, Harvard Business Review

Managing Change: The Art of Balancing, Jeanie Daniel Duck, Harvard Business Review

What is Strategy?, Michael E. Porter, Harvard Business Review

Breakthrough Thinking for Nonprofit Organizations: Creative Strategies for Extraordinary Results, Bernard Ross and Clare Segal, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002

Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations, Philip Kotler and Alan R. Andreason