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Essential resources There are no essential resources required for this unit. Indicative resource materials Textbooks Adair J – Effective Leadership: How to be a Successful Leader (Pan, 2009) ISBN 0330504193 Adair J – How to Grow Leaders: The Seven Key Principles of Effective Leadership Development (Kogan Page, 2009) 0749454806 Gold J, Thorpe R and Mumford A – Leadership and Management Development (CIPD, 2010) ISBN 1843982447 Kouzes J M and Posner, B Z – The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition (Jossey-Bass, 2008) ISBN 0787984922 Mullins L J – Management and Organisational Behaviour, 9th Edition (Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2010) ISBN 0273724088 Journals Management Today (Haymarket Business Media) People Management (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) Professional Manager (Chartered Management Institute) Training Journal (www.trainingjournal.com) Websites www.cipd.co.uk Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development www.leadershipnow.com Articles and blogs on leadership challenges www.managementhelp.org Free management library for articles and blogs on leadership development planning www.managers.org.uk Chartered Management Institute – searchable database which members can use to access journal articles and other publications www.peterhoney.com Questionnaires and trainer packs www.strategicmanagement.net The Strategic Management Society