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The idea behind the Leadership Library is to provide organizations with the basic materials and knowledge needed to be a successful leader. The hope is that the library will help individuals and organizations grow, and in turn enrich the Northwest Missouri State University Campus. All materials are available for use/check out through the Office of Campus Activities Office.
The Leadership Library Includes:
Activity Supplies:
Balloons, Bandanas, Beach Balls, Bowls, Buckets, Dice, Dish Soap, Lunch Bags, Mega Horn, Name Tags, Play-Doh, Radio, CD and Cassette Player, Rope, Stickers, and Yarn.
Board and Card Games:
Barrel O' Monkeys, Block by Clock, Boggle, Buzz Word, Checkers, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Connect 4, CSI, Dominos, Jenga, Legos, Life, Mad Libs Car Game, Monopoly, Playing Cards, Scrabble, Shape by Shape, Skip Bo, Taboo, Tinker toys, UNO, Wig Out, and Yahtzee.
Office Supplies:
Colored Pencils, Construction Paper, Crayons, Easel Dry Erase Board, Easel Paper, Glue, Index Cards, Markers, Masking Tape, Permanent Markers, and Scissors.
Leadership Library Book Listing
BOOK TITLE |
DESCRIPTION |
AUTHOR(S) |
| 101 Ways to Make Training Active (with CD-Rom) | Tips to promote learning, involvement and change | Mel Silberman |
| 37 Keys to Greek Success | Leading inside and outside the classroom | Andy Masters |
| 50 Creative Training Closers | Bob Pike, Lynn Solem | |
| 50 Creative Training Opens and Energizers | Bob Pike, Lynn Solem | |
| 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The | Stephen Covey | |
| 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The (audio) | Stephen Covey | |
| Alcohol 101 Plus (10 copies) | Making Safe and Responsible Decisions On-Campus | Alcohol 101.org |
| Alcohol Solutions for Special Populations | PaperClip Communication | |
| Best of Active Training, The | 25 one-day workshops guaranteed to promote involvement, learning, and change | Mel Silberman |
| Big Binder of Leadership Activities, The | PaperClip Communication | |
| Big Book of Customer Service Training Games, The | quick, fun activities for training customer service reps, salespeople, and anyone else who deals with customers | Peggy Carlaw and Vasudha Kathleen Deming |
| Big Book of Icebreakers, The | Quick, Fun Activities for Energizing Meetings and Workshops | Edie West |
| Big Book of Leadership Games, The | Quick, Fun Activities to Improve Communication, Increase Productivity, and Bring Out the Best in Your Employees | Vasudha K. Deming |
| Big Book of Meeting Games, The | 75 quick, fun activities for elading creative, energetic, productive meetings | Marlene Caroselli |
| Big Book of Motivational Games, The | quick, fun activities for energizing people at work and at home | Robert Epstein with Jessica Rogers |
| Big Book of Stress Relief Games, The | Quick, fun activities for feeling better | Robert Epstein |
| Bordertown (DVD) | Inspired by true events | |
| Building Team Spirit | Activities for Inspiring and Energizing Teams | Barry Heermann |
| Business Etiquette in Brief | Ann Marie Sabeth | |
| Chicken Soup of the College Soul | Inspiring and humorous stories about college | Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger and Dan Clark |
| Choices that Change Lives | 15 ways to find more purpose, meaning and joy | Hal Urban |
| Coaching for Leadership | The Practice of Leadership Coaching from the World's Greatest Coaches | Marshall Goldsmith & Laurence Lyons |
| Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Time, The | Jeff Davidson | |
| Credibility | How leaders gain and lose it, why people demand it | James Kouzes and Barry Posner |
| Diversity Training Activity Book | 50 Activities for Promoting Communication and Understanding at Work | Jonamay Lambert and Selma Myers |
| Educating Citizens | Preparing America's undergraduates for lives of moral and civic responsibility | Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, Elizabeth Beaumont and Jason Stephens |
| Encouraging the Heart | A leader's guide to rewarding and recognizing others | James Kouzes and Barry Posner |
| Energize Your Audience | 75 quick activities that get them started & keep them going | Lorraine Ukens |
| Everything Stress Management Book, The | Practical ways to relax, be healthy and maintain your sanity | Eve Adamson |
| Exploring Leadership | For college students who want to make a difference | Susan Komives, Nance Lucas and Timothy McMahon |
| Fan Etiquette | Will Keim with Lynn Lashbrook and Eileen Sullivan | |
| First Things First | Stephen Covey, A. Roger Merrill & Rebecca Merrill | |
| Five Temptations of a CEO, The | A leadership fable | Patrick Lencioni |
| Girls Fight Back | The College Girl's Guide to Protecting Herself | Erin Weed |
| How the Way We Talk can Change the Way We Work | Seven Languages for Transformation | Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey |
| How to Stop Worrying and Start Living | Dale Carnegie | |
| How to Win Friends and Influence People | Dale Carnegie | |
| Human Issues Programming Binder | PaperClip Communications | |
| I Belive. What do you Believe? | Curtis Zimmerman | |
| Ice Breakers & Teambuilding Exercises | Energize your next meeting! | Gregory P. Smith |
| InspiRAtion | Encouragement, Humor and Motivation for RAs by RAs | Tony D'Angelo, Amy Connolly and Dan Oltersdorf |
| Inventories, Questionnaires & Surveys for Training & Development | Pfeiffer Publishing | |
| Keys to Success in College and Life | Will Keim, Curtis Zimmerman and Nora Vitz Harrison | |
| Let Your Leadership Speak | How to lead and be heard | The Future is Yours to Create! Company |
| Let Your Life Speak | Listening for the voice of vocation | Parker J. Palmer |
| Life after school. Explained | The definitive reference guide | Cap and Compass |
| Living Learning Communities | Learning where they live | PaperClip Communication |
| Make It Happen | The Hip-Hop Generation Guide to Success | Kevin Liles with Samantha Marshall |
| Martin Luther King, Jr on Leadership | Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times | Donald Phillips |
| Moving Beyond Icebreakers | An Innovative Approach to Group Facilitation, Learning, and Action | Stanley Pollack with Mary Fusoni |
| New Encyclopedia of Icebreakers, The (with CD-Rom) | Pfeiffer Publishing | |
| New Programming Binder, The | Programming ideas for the new millennium | PaperClip Communications |
| Personal Style Inventory | Facilitator Guide | David W. Champagne and R. Craig Hogan |
| Pfeiffer Book of Successful Team-Building Tools, The | Elaine Biech | |
| Pillars of Success | A rare group of visionaries and achievers share their proven success principles | Insight Publishing |
| Preventing Hazing | How parents, teachers and coaches can stop the violence, harassment and humiliation | Susan Lipkins |
| Principle-Centered Leadership | Stephen Covey | |
| Programming Binder, The | PaperClip Communications | |
| Programming Themes | Special months, weeks and days | PaperClip Communication |
| Recognizing Student Leaders | PaperClip Communication | |
| Retreat Planner, The | PaperClip Communication | |
| Retreats the Work (with CD-Rom) | Everything you need to know about planning and leading great offsites | Merianne Litman, Sheila Campbell and Jeff Litman |
| Robert's Rules of Order | Simplified & Applied | Wiley Publishing |
| Speeches that Changed the World | The stories & transcripts of the moments that made history | Smith-Davies Publishing |
| Student Leadership Development | Approaches Methods and Models, | Sara Boatman |
| Student Leadership Practices Inventory (with CD-Rom) | Includes Facilitator's Guide, workbook, inventories | James Kouzes and Barry Posner |
| Student Success | How to succeed in college and still have time for your friends | Tim Walter and Al Siebert |
| Successful Leadership Development Program, The (with CD-Rom) | How to build it and how to keep it going | Jo-ann C. Byrne and Richard T. Rees |
| Sustainable Leadership | Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink | |
| Team Adventure: Outback | Facilitator Guide | HRDQ |
| Team Adventure: Swamped | Facilitator Guide | HRDQ |
| The Handbook of Leadership Development (with CD-Rom) | Cynthia McCauley and Ellen Van Velsor | |
| Winning Ways | How to Achieve Success...No Matter What | A'Yanna Webster |
| Women Who Changed the World | 50 inspirational women who shaped history | Quercus Publishing |
| Worst-Case Scenario | Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex | Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, and Jennifer Worick |