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Resource Reading There is no way to develop an effective vision without first gaining adequate information to establish your paradigm.  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
By Stephen R. Covey Amazon.com
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change was a groundbreaker when it was first published in 1990, and it continues to be a business bestseller with more than 10 million copies sold. Stephen Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas. His anecdotes are as frequently from family situations as from business challenges.
Herman Cain believes there is a better leader in everyone and that leadership is about recognizing the potential in yourself and others. In Leadership Is Common Sense, the reader is provided with the necessary tools to realize that potential. Cain, former Chairman of the Board of Godfather's Pizza, Inc., also shares an in-depth account of Godfather's Pizza turnaround to profitability.
With infectious enthusiasm, Herman Cain demonstrates the value of having a dream with the motivation, determination and passion needed to achieve it.
Discusses three critical things a leader must do. This book also teaches us the value of having dreams with the motivation and passion to achieve them. DLC: Leadership.
About the Author
Herman Cain is the CEO/President of T.H.E. New Voice, Inc., a business and leadership consulting company, specializing in keynote speaking. Herman hosts a weekly radio talk show, The Bottom Line". Herman is the former Chairman of Godfather's Pizza, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Board of the National Restaurant Association.
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In Cities on the Rebound, author William Hudnut draws on his experiences as four-term mayor of Indianapolis, former congressman, and president of the National League of Cities to offer his reflections on the successful city of the future.
At the core of the book is Hudnut's vision for dealing with diversity, encouraging sustainable development, finding alternatives to sprawl, managing technological change, persuading cities and suburbs to collaborate, improving government efficiency, and urging citizens to participate as advocates, rather than adversaries.
Rather than dwelling on the problems and deficiencies of today's cities, Hudnut recognizes them, then offers realistic strategies and guidance to the leaders shaping urban America.
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"The best way to understand the dramatic transformation of unknown books into bestsellers, or the rise of teenage smoking, or the phenomena of word of mouth or any number of the other mysterious changes that mark everyday life," writes Malcolm Gladwell, "is to think of them as epidemics. Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread just like viruses do." Although anyone familiar with the theory of memetics will recognize this concept, Gladwell's The Tipping Point has quite a few interesting twists on the subject. Product Description
A fundamental, but mostly hidden, transformation is happening in the way public services are being delivered, and in the way local and national governments fulfill their policy goals. Government executives are redefining their core responsibilities away from managing workers and providing services directly to orchestrating networks of public, private, and nonprofit organizations to deliver the services that government once did itself. Authors Stephen Goldsmith and William D. Eggers call this new model "governing by network" and maintain that the new approach is a dramatically different type of endeavor that simply managing divisions of employees.  The Entrepreneurial City: A How-To Handbook for Urban Innovators
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New York's Rudolph Giuliani, Chicago's Richard Daley, Philadelphia's Ed Rendell, Indianapolis's Stephen Goldsmith, San Diego's Susan Golding and Milwaukee's John Norquist are among the mayors contributing essays to this book,
The Entrepreneurial City also includes over 20 case studies of successful programs from other cities, names and phone numbers of hundred of firms helping cities nationwide, and lists of suggested reading on each topic. The Entrepreneurial City is a comprehensive guide to successful urban policy, making it an indispensable resource for anyone who cares about the future of the American city.  CEO of Self: You Are in Charge
By Herman Cain
If your goal in life is success and happiness, your job in life is to be in charge of your life. In fact, Cain says, you won't be happy unless and until you're "CEO of SELF." And he's taken his own fascinating life as CEO and entrepreneur, extracted the main lessons, and distilled it all into an eminently livable philosophy.
A gifted and inspiring communicator, Herman Cain encourages all of us to achieve the happiness and success we deserve, while giving us the steps - and confidence - we need along the way.
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