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Reading List for 2022-2023 Cohort

The Art of Gathering How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
How Colleges Work: The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership by Robert Birnbaum
How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive by Jennifer Brown
Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of World’s Top Minds by Carmine Gallo
Strength Finders 2.0 by Tom Rath
Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life: One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott
Change the Culture, Change the Game by Roger Connors
Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek.

The Art of Gathering How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
Change Leadership in Higher Education: A Practical Guide to Academic Transformation by Jeffrey L. Buller
How Colleges Work: The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership by Robert Birnbaum
How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive by Jennifer Brown
Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of World’s Top Minds by Carmine Gallo

The Art of Gathering How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker
Change Leadership in Higher Education: A Practical Guide to Academic Transformation by Jeffrey L. Buller
The Emotionally Intelligent Leader by Daniel Goleman
How Colleges Work: The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership by Robert Birnbaum
Leadership Lessons: Vision and Values for a New Generation by Louise Lonabocker and Heather Zimar (editors)
Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott
Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of World’s Top Minds by Carmine Gallo

Change Leadership in Higher Education by Jeffrey L. Buller
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
The Emotionally Intelligent Leader by Daniel Goleman
How Colleges Work: The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership by Robert Birnbaum
Leadership Lessons: Vision and Values for a New Generation, edited by Louise Lonabocker and Heather Zimar
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Dan and Chip Heath
Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of World’s Top Minds by Carmine Gallo
Transformational Encounters by Doris M. Ching, Lori S. White, Robert D. Kelly, and Anna K. Gonzalez.

This schedule gives potential applicants a sense of how the year will go.

November: Virtual gathering of both incoming and outgoing cohorts
December: Virtual cohort gathering, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
January: Virtual cohort gathering, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
February: Virtual cohort gathering, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
March: Virtual cohort gathering, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
April: Virtual cohort gathering, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
May: Virtual cohort gathering, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
June: Virtual cohort gathering, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
July: Summer project, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
August: Summer project, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
September: Virtual cohort gathering, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
October: Virtual cohort gathering, small group gathering, and one-on-one mentor meeting
October/November: In-person gathering with the other LDI cohort at PACRAO's annual meeting