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Date: Mar 13, 2005

Spring Break Reading List

Date: Mar 13, 2005

Always support your local bookseller first, of course--e.g., Hattiesburg has BAM at 268-2431, and other shops that can be ID'd by locals--but if folks are sold out and you're in a hurry, you can order on line from amazon.com with expedited delivery, as well as with other internet booksellers, new and used. Note the telling subtitles of these texts and the amazon links:

Barbara Kellerman, Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591391660/qid=1110722655/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-1316534-1624662

Jean Lipman-Blumen, The Allure Of Toxic Leaders: Why We Follow Destructive Bosses And Corrupt Politicians--and How We Can Survive Them. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195166345/ref=pd_luc_23_lc_a3x0_r1c1_a1_t/103-1316534-1624662?v=glance&s=books

Date: Mar 13, 2005

Don't forget Main Street Books. Any bookstore can special order.

Date: Mar 13, 2005

Do I really want to read these? Won't I just get more depressed? Do they provide any framework for how to cope with bad leadership?

Date: Mar 13, 2005

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Originally posted by: foot soldier
"Do I really want to read these? Won't I just get more depressed? Do they provide any framework for how to cope with bad leadership?"

If true to the self-help genre, the books will include abundant success stories. The second subtitle promises to outline specific strategies. Both books probably do.

Date: Mar 13, 2005

Foot Soldier,

Maybe something "lighter" would help. Try Testosterone Inc by Christopher Byron. Although this is more expose than scholarship, the salient point is that these characters always crash and burn. At least for me, hope is a coping mechanism and I would bet that most of us here have hope. We only disagree on the time frame.

Date: Mar 13, 2005

Thanks very much. My lighter reading is usually mystery novels, because in them justice always prevails. This week I've got to catch up on some professional reading and writing. (Stuck that in there for those readers who don't realize that professors work nights, weekends, and holidays, It may be break, but I'll mostly be working.)

Date: Mar 13, 2005

I suggest we read the SACS principles. It is available online and is quite short! Then we can do other fun things over spring break like carpool up to Jackson on Thursday.

Amy Young