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During the design and development of our learning experiences, we found the following to be really useful and insightful:

On Generations | On Mentoring | On Leadership & Managing | On Knowledge Transfer

On Generations

Books and Guides

  • Beck, John C. and Wade, Mitchell, Got Game, Harvard Business School Press 2004.
  • Bennis, Warren G. and Thomas, Robert J., Geeks and Geezers How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders, Harvard Business School Press 2002.
  • Bradford, Lawrence J. and Raines, Claire, Twentysomething: Managing and Motivating Today's New Work Force, Merrill-Alexander Publishing, 1992.
  • Brooks, David, Bobos In Paradise, Simon and Schuster, 2000.
  • Boyett, Joseph H., Beyond Workplace 2000, Penguin Books, 1995.
  • Dychtwald, Dr. Ken, Age Wave: How the Most Important Trend of Our Time Will Change Your Future, Bantam, 1990.
  • Fordham, John, Jazz, Dorling Kindersley Inc. 1993.
  • Gaslin, Glenn and Porter, Rick, The Complete Cross-Referenced Guide to the Baby Buster Generation's Collective Unconscious, Boulevard Books, 1998.
  • Goldberg, Beverly, Age Works: What Corporate America Must Do to Survive the Graying fo the Workforce, The Free Press 2000
  • Grun, Bernard, The Timetables of History, Simon and Schuster, Inc. 1979.
  • Heslan, David, Ed., The Rock and Roll Years, Crescent Books, Reed International Books, 1990.
  • Hicks, Dr. Rick and Kathy, Boomers, Xers and Other Strangers: Understanding the Generational Differences That Divide Us, Tyndale, 1999.
  • Howe, Neil and Strauss, William, Millennials Rising, Random House, Inc. 2000.
  • Lancaster, Lynne C. and Stillman, David, When Generations Collide, Harper Business 2002.
  • McLees, David, Johnson, Michael Wesley & Skene, Gordon, Great Moments of The 20th Century, WorldBeat, 2000.
  • Matthews, Scott, Kerness, Jay, Nikuradse, Tamara, Steele, Jay and White, Greg, Stuck in the Seventies: A Groovy Nostalgia Trip To The Wildest Era Ever, Bonus Books, 1995.
  • Mitchell, Susan, American Generations — Who They Are, How They Live, What They Think, New Strategist Publication, Inc., 1998.
  • Raines, Claire, Beyond Generation X: A Practical Guide for Managers, Crisp, 1997.
  • Raines, Claire and Hunt, Jim, The Xers and The Boomers: From Adversaries to Allies — A Diplomat's Guide, Crisp, 2000.
  • Rettenmund, Matthew, Totally Awesome 80's: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars and Trends of That Decadent Decade, St. Martin's Press, 1996.
  • Scheffel , Richard L, Ed., Discovering America's Past, Reader's Digest Association, 1993.
  • Smith, J. Walker, Clurman, Ann, Rocking the Ages, Harper Collins, 1997.
  • Strauss, William and Howe, Neil, Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069, William Morrow and Company, 1991.
  • Tapscott, Don, Growing Up Digital, McGraw-Hill 1998.
  • Tulgan, Bruce, Managing Generation X, How to Bring Out the Best in Young Talent, W.W. Norton & Company 2000.
  • Wolfe, David B. and Snyder Robert E., Ageless Marketing, Dearborn Trade Publishing 2003.
  • Zemke, Ron, Raines, Claire, Filipczak, Bob, Generations At Work — Managing the Clash of Veterans, Boomers, Xers, and Nexters in Your Workplace, AMACOM, 2000.

On Mentoring

Books and Guides

  • Managers as Mentors, Building Partnerships for Learning by Chip R. Bell, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1996.
  • ASTD Info-Line, Mentoring How To's by Beverly Kaye and Devon Scheef, American Society for Training & Development.
  • 50 Activities for Coaching/Mentoring by Donna Berry, Charles Cadwell, Joe Fehrmann, Human Resource Development Press, 1993.
  • Mentoring — The Tao of Giving and Receiving Wisdom by Chungliang Al Huang and Jerry Lynch, Harper, 1995.
  • The New Managerial Mentor by Patricia J. Fritts, Davies-Black Publishing, 1998.

Training Programs

  • Mentworking™ — Building Relationships for the 21st Century. Available from Beverly Bernstein, 310-474-0959. A stand-alone training notebook or available in classes.

Leadership & Managing

Books and Guides

  • Developing Global Executives by Morgan McCall, George Hollenbeck
  • Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ by Daniel Goleman
  • High Flyers: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders by Morgan McCall
  • Management Challenges for the 21st Century by Peter Drucker
  • Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning by Chip Bell
  • Managing People is Like Herding Cats by Warren Bennis
  • Managing the Dream: Reflections on Leadership and Change by Warren Bennis
  • The New Deal at Work: Managing the Market-Driven Workforce by Peter Capelli
  • On Becoming a Leader: The Leadership Classic — Updated and Expanded by Warren Bennis
  • Encourage Your Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others by James Kouzes and Barry Posner
  • Leadership From the Inside Out by Kevin Cashman
  • Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
  • The Leadership Engine: How Winning Companies Build Leadrs at Every Level by Noel M. Tichy
  • Leadership and the New Science: Learning about Organization fron an Orderly Universe by Margaret J. Wheatley
  • In Your Hands: The Behaviors of a World Class Leader by Phil Geldart
  • Love It Don't Leave It: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work by Beverly Kaye & Sharon Jordan-Evans
  • Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay: 26 Engagement Strategies That Work by Beverly Kaye & Sharon Jordan-Evans

Knowledge Transfer

Books and Guides

  • Leonard, Dorothy and Swap, Walter Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom, Harvard Business School Press 2005.
  • O'Dell, Carla and Grayson, C. Jackson Jr. with Nilly Essaides, If Only we Knew What We Know, The Free Press 1998.
  • Phillips, Jack J. and Bonner, Dede, Leading Knowledge Management and Learning, ASTD 2000.
  • Tiwana, Amrit, The Knowledge Management Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Building a Knowledge Management System, Prentice Hall 2000.
  • Von Krogh, Georgr, Ichijo, Kazuo and Nonaka, Ikujiro, Enabling Knowledge Creation: How to Unlock the Mystery of Tacit Knowledge and Release the Power of Innovation, Oxford University Press, 2000.


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