Presidential Library

Printable supplements to the session handout

Reading recommendations from:
          Gary Althen
          John Greisberger
          Jerry Wilcox
          Valerie Woolston

 

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Printable supplements to the session handout

• Ideas addressed in Richard Brislin's The Art of Getting Things Done: A Practical Guide to the User of Power

• Thirty Methods of Influence from Stephen R. Covey's Principle-Centered Leadership

• Do-It-Yourself Professional Development by Gary Althen

• Saying No to Foreign Students by Gary Althen and Virginia Gross

• "Hot Sockets" of Communication Noise, by Kay Clifford, University of Michigan

• STOP! Let’s Look at What’s Happening Here by Mark M. Harris, University of Iowa

• The American Educational Administrator: Examining Some Assumptions by Gary Althen

• A Baker's Dozen Suggestions on Advancing Your Career by Mary M. Dwyer, President/CEO, IES Abroad

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Gary Althen

• Birnbaum, Robert. (1988). How colleges work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Goldberg, Ronald J. (1999). The 9 ways of working. New York: Marlowe & Co.

• Hofner Saphiere, Dianne, Kappler Mikk, B. & Ibrahim Devries, B. (2005). Communication highwire: Leveraging the power of diverse communication styles. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.

• Stone, Douglas, Patton, B, & Heen, S. (1999). Difficult conversations. New York: Penguin.

• Storti, Craig. (2004). Americans at work. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.

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John Greisberger

• Abrashoff, Captain D. Mivhael. (2002). It's your ship: Management techniques from the best damn ship in the navy. New York: Warner Books.

• Collins, James C. & Porras, J. I., (1994). Built to last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. New York: HarperCollins (HarperBusiness).

• Peters, Thomas J. & Waterman, Jr., R. H. (1984). In search of excellence: Lessons from America's best-run companies. New York: Warner Books.

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Jerry Wilcox

• Blanchard, Ken. Author of the "situational leadership" model, which is used in NAFSA management training. www.kenblanchard.com

• Gladwell, Malcolm. (2002). The tipping point: How little things can make a big difference. New York and Boston: Little, Brown and Company

• Johnson, Spencer. (1998). Who moved my cheese? An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

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Valerie Woolston

• Chinua, Achebe. (1959). Things fall apart. New York: Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

• Fisher, Roger & Ury, W. (1981). Getting to yes: Negotiating agreement without giving in. New York: Penguin Book Group ,Viking Penguin Inc.

• Friedman, Thomas L. (2005). The world is flat. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

• Journal of Research in International Education. The International Baccalaureate Organization and SAGE Publication Ltd., 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP, UK. Journal published 3 times a year in April, August and December

• Hoffman, Eva. (1989). Lost in translation: A life in a new language. New York: Penguin Books.
          N.B. This is not the Lost in Translation that was made into the movie about Japanese/U.S. culture. This is an incredible book about a Polish girl's exile experience of moving to Canada and then the U.S.

• Hosseini, Khaled. (2003). The kite runner. New York: Riverhead Books, Division of Penguin Books.

• Mestenhauser, Joesef A., Gayland, M. & Steglitz, I. (1988). Culture, Learning and The Disciplines. Washington, D.C.: NAFSA.

• Pham, Andrew X. (1999). Catfish and mandala: A two-wheeled voyage through the landscape and memory of Vietnam. New York; Picador.
          A memoir and travelogue and a deep look into Vietnam. A very surprising book.

• Schultz, Patricia. (2003). 1000 places to see before you die: A traveler's life list. New York: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.