Our friends over at the Coast Guard Office of Leadership and Professional Development (CG-133) have just released the updated Coast Guard Reading list:
I've been a big fan of the list over the years as I've pursued my leadership journey. An exciting addition to this year's list is the selection of readings by a number of senior CG leaders. Check out the entire list with details at the link above.
- Commandant Papp's choice: Rescue Warriors: The U.S. Coast Guard, America's Forgotten Heroes, by David Helvarg
- VADM Brice-O’Hara’s choice: Until the Sea Shall Free Them, by Robert Frump
- VADM Currier’s choice: Bloodstained Sea, by Michael G. Walling
- RADM Salerno’s choice: Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World, by Chris Lowney
- VADM Brown’s choice: Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships, by Daniel Goleman
- VADM Parker’s choice: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson
- MCPO-CG Leavitt’s choice: Successful Leadership Today, by Douglas L. Drewry
- MCPO-CGRF Allen’s choice: Ask the Chief: Backbone of the Navy, by J. F. Leahy
- CAPT Weeden’s Chaplain of the Coast Guard choice: Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership, by Ruth Haley Barton
My recommended reading for 2011 is The Little Big Things, by Tom Peters. The book is an easily digestible set of lessons, 163 in all, to pursue excellence. Tom presents these lessons in an accessible, personal style informed by decades in leadership roles from his early years in the Navy to his work with organizations around the world today. If reading isn't your thing Tom has been publishing free audio versions of each lesson under the title "New Audio: Tom Reads The Little BIG Things" at his blog - you have to hunt for them a bit but the other material you find is worth the time: http://www.tompeters.com/recently.php
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