Center for Leadership

Reading List

Freshman & Sophomore Years

• Dilecti Amici, Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II to the Youth of the World on the Occasion of the International Youth Year
• Christfidelis Laici, Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II on The Lay Members of Christ's Faithful People
• Render Unto Caesar, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM, Cap.
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey
• The Leadership Challenge 4th Edition, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
• The Way of the Lord Jesus, Germain Grisez

Junior and senior years' reading lists will be added as they are developed.

Recommended Readings

On Leadership in General

• Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power, Josef Pieper (Ignatius Press)
• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... And Others Don't, Jim Collins (Harper Collins)
• Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450 Year Old Company that Changed the World, Chris Lowney (Loyola Press)
• The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes & Barry Posner (Jossey-Bass)
• The Pope & the CEO: Leadership Lessons to a Young Swiss Guard, Andreas Widmer (Emmaus Road)
• The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You, John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson)
• Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness, Robert Greenleaf (Paulist Press)
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey (Free Press)
• Virtuous Leadership: An Agenda for Personal Excellence, Alexandre Havard (Scepter Press)
• Let the Fire Fall, Fr. Michael Scanlan, TOR (Franciscan University Press)

On Vocational Discernment

• “An Introduction to the Art of Christian Decision-Making When Facing Any of the Alternatives of Life,” in The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola [sections 169-189], St. Ignatius of Loyola (Joseph Wagner Publishers)
• Lifework: Finding Your Purpose in Life, Rick Sarkisian (Ignatius Press)
• What Does God Want?: A Practical Guide to Making Decisions, Fr. Michael Scanlan, TOR (Franciscan University Press)
• On Discerning Your Unique Gifts  
• The Power of Uniqueness: How to Become Who You Really Are, Arthur Miller, Jr. & William Hendricks (Zondervan)
• The Truth About You, Marcus Buckingham (Thomas Nelson)