Welcome to the Facilitation Library The following books have been recommended by our members. If you would like to purchase a book, simply mouse over the title and click "buy now" in the Amazon.com dialogue box. A portion of each purchase will be donated to the IAF. If you have a book to add, please send the book title, author, and a 250 word overview to globalflipchart@iaf-world.org.
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Adams, T., Means, J.A., Spivey, M. 
The Project Meeting Facilitator: Facilitation Skills to Make the Most of Project Meetings

Argyris, C. & Schön D.
Theory in Practice

Atlee, T.
The Tao of Democracy: Using Co-Intelligence to Create a World That Works for All

 

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Becker, William
How to OD ...And Live to Tell About It

Bell, D., Raiffa, H., & Tversky, A
Decision Making: Descriptive, Normative, and Prescriptive Interactions

Bence, Brenda
How YOU(tm) Are Like Shampoo: The breakthrough Personal Branding System based on big-brand marketing methods to help you earn more, do more, and be more at work

Bens, Ingrid
Advanced Facilitation Strategies: Tools & Techniques to Master Difficult Situations

Bens, Ingrid
Facilitating to Lead!: Leadership Strategies for a Networked World

Bens, Ingrid
Facilitating with Ease! Core Skills for Facilitators, Team Leaders, and Members, Managers, Consultants, and Trainers

Bergdall, T. D
Methods for Active Participation: Experiences in Rural Development from East and Central Africa, Nairobi:

Brandt, R. C.
Flip Charts, How to Draw Them and How to Use Them

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Camus, A.
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Casey, David
Managing Learning in Organizations (Managing Work and Organizations Series)

Castaneda, C.
Journey to Ixtlan

Clemen, R.
Making Hard Decisions: An introduction to decision analysis

Collins, J. & Porras, J.
Built to last: Successful habits of visionary companies

Collins, Jim
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Cooperrider, D. & Dutton, J. (Editors)
Organizational Dimensions of Global Change: No Limits to Cooperation.

Cooperrider, D. L. & Whitney, D. L.  
Appreciative Inquiry Handbook: The First in a Series of Ai Workbooks for Leaders of Change

Cooperrider, D., Sorensen Jr., P., Whitney, D., &  Yaeger, T.
Appreciative Inquiry: Rethinking Human Organization Toward a Positive Theory of Change

Covey, Stephen
7 habits of highly effective people

Csikszentmihalyi, M.
Flow: The psychology of optimal experience

The Center for Conflict Resolution
A Manual for Group Facilitators

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Davis, Steve
This Meeting Sux: 12 Acts of Courage to Change Meetings for Good

DeBono, Ed
Lateral Thinking

DeBono, Ed
Six Action Shoes

Decker, Diane C.
First-Job Survival Guide: How To Thrive And Advance in Your New Career

Dixon, N.
The Organizational Learning Cycle

Doyle, Michael and Straus, David
How to Make Meetings Work!

Dresseler, Larry
Consensus Through Conversation: How to Achieve High-Commitment Decisions

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Edwards, W.
Utility Theories: Measurements and Applications (Studies in Risk and Uncertainty)

Eoyang, G. & Olson, E.
Facilitating Organization Change: Lessons from Complexity Science

 

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French, S.
Decision Theory: An Introduction to the Mathematics of Rationality (Ellis Horwood Series in Mathematics and Its Applications)

Friere, P.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Freshly, Craig
Tips to Make a Good Group Decision
Review

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Goleman, D.
Emotional intelligence: Why It can matter more than IQ

Gottesdiener, Ellen
Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs
Overview: This book focuses on the human side of software
development--how well we work with our customers and teammates.
Review

Greenleaf, R.
Servant Leadership: A Journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness