books

Community: The Structure of Belonging. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2008
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The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2001 
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Freedom and Accountability at Work: Applying Philosophic Insight to the Real World, by Peter Koestenbaum and Peter Block; San Francisco: Jossey Bass/Pfeiffer, 2001 
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Flawless Consulting Fieldbook & Companion: A Guide to Understanding Your Expertise, by Peter Block and 30 Flawless Consultants; San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2000 
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Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used, Second Edition. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1999 
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Stewardship: Choosing Service Over Self Interest. San Francisco: Berrett Koehler, 1993 
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The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1987 
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e-documents - available on Amazon

Finding Community at Work
From Leadershp to Citizenship
The End of Leadership
Essays on Caring about Place
Essays on Modern Culture, Parts 1 and 2
Essays on Trust in Government, Parts 1 and 2
Essays on Leadership, Parts 1 and 2
Essays on Accountable Employees & Citizens, Parts 1 and 2
Successfully Bringing Baldrige and Total Quality to Schools

essays and forewords

"Managing Change through Small Group Connections," by Theresa Szczurek in Leadership Made Simple, May 7, 2007 
www.Leadershipmadesimple

"Radical Ideas: How to Behave in Business," in Thoughts from the Top: A Collection of Interviews with Business Gurus, Aurora, Ontario, Canada: HR.com, 2004 
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"Everything Counts," in Learning Journeys: Top Management Experts Share Hard-Earned Lessons on Becoming Great Mentors and Leaders,edited by Marshall Goldsmith, et al, Palo Alto, California: Davies-Black Publishing, 2000 
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"From Leadership to Citizenship," in Insights on Leadership: Service, Stewardship, Spirit, and Servant Leadership, edited by Larry C. Spears, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998 
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"The School for Managing," in The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations; A Fifth Discipline Resource,by Peter Senge et al. New York: Doubleday, 1999 
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"Reassigning Responsibility," in A New Paradigm of Leadership: Visions of Excellence for 21st Century Organizations, edited by Ken Shelton, Provo, Utah: Executive Excellence Publishing, 1997 
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Foreword, "The Means of Engagement," in Terms of Engagement: Changing the Way We Change Organizations, by Richard H. Axelrod. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2000 
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Foreword, Abolishing Performance Appraisals: Why They Backfire and What To Do Instead, by Tom Coens and Mary Jenkins. San Francisco, Berrett-Koeher, October 2000 
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Introduction: The Inner Game of Work, by Tim Gallwey. New York: Random House, 1999
 
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Foreword, Consultant's Journey: A Dance of Work and Spirit,by Roger Harrison. San Francisco, Jossey Bass, 1995. 
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Foreword, The Consultant's Calling: Bringing Who You Are to What You Do, by Geoffrey M. Bellman. San Francisco, Jossey Bass, 1990 
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interviews with peter

Heartland Circle VisionHolder TeleConference, April 16, 2008
www.heartlandcircle.com

"Improvisation, Business, Learning and Cincinnati: An Interview with Peter Block," by Jennie Toner, The Edge, Fall 2007
www.gcastd.org

ASTD Profiles Peter Block, T&D Magazine, February 2007
www.astd.org

"Look Who's Talking," Cincinnati Enquirer, February 4, 2007
www.cincinnatienquirer.com

"Tips for Successful Consulting," The Advisor, Consultants Practice Specialty Newsletter of the American Society of Safety Engineers, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2006
www.asse.org/practice_spec_

"Leading the Way," by Pat Matson Knapp, How Magazine, April 2005.

"Peter's Principles" by Stephanie Dunlap, CityBeat, Sep 3-9, 2003
www.CityBeat.com

"The Answer to 'When' is 'Now'" by Dennis Sparks, JSD, Journal of National Staff Development Council, Spring 2003,
www.nsdc.org

"The Power of Provacative Questions," February 11, 2001 on Invent the Future radio program of Vision in a Box (www.visioninabox.com/vamerica.htm)
To listen

"Fireside Chat," Consulting Magazine, March 2002

"You can create the boss you have," Cincinnati Enquirer, January 14, 2002.

"The Authentic Consultant: How Best to Help Schools Search for the Answers They Need," by Dennis Sparks in Conversations That Matter: Ideas About Education I Can’t Wait to Share, National Staff Development Council, 2001 

"A Conversation with Peter Block: Excerpted from an Interview with Roger Breisch, March 2001," Entre Nous, a publication of the Midwest Organizational Learning Network, October-December 2001 

"Redefining Accountability: A Talk with Peter Block," Leadership in Action, a publication of the Center for Creative Leadership and Jossey Bass, Jan/Feb 2001 

"The Radical Ideas of Peter Block" HR.com, November 10, 2000. 
 HR.com

"Accountability for Results," Executive Excellence, May 2000. 
www.eep.com

"Once Around the Block: Peter Block Speaks Candidly About His Work, Life, Influences and Ambitions," News for a Change, Association for Quality and Participation. December 1998 

"Looking Out for Number One: Are Consumerism, Materialism and Globalization Killing Corporate Stewardship?" Life @ Work, November/December 1998. 

"Citizen Block Finds a New Road," by Nandini Sen Gupta, The Economic Times New Delhi, April 19, 1998 

"An Interview with Peter Block," by Jim Delia, Vision/Action; the Journal of the Bay Area OD Network, Winter 1997 

recent articles

"Active Leadership," Leadership Excellence, January 2008

"A Time to Heal: Creating healthy conditions for service," Reflections on Nursing Leadership, Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, Fourth Quarter, 2004. www.nursingsociety.org

"Changing Our Thinking About Action," March 1, 2003, Link and Learn Newsletter, www.linkageinc.com

"Organization and Development," Practicing: An On-Line OD Network Magazine, Organization Development Network, March 2002
Practicing: An On-Line OD Network Magazine

"Refusal as a Doorway to Commitment," News for a Change, Association for Quality and Participation, February 2002

"My Kingdom for a Team," News for a Change, Association for Quality and Participation, January 2002.

"Actions That Might Matter," News for a Change, Association for Quality and Participation, November 2001. 
 

"A Day in the Life of a Fool," News for a Change, Association for Quality and Participation, October  2001. 

"Successfully Bringing Baldrige and  Total Quality to Schools," Quality News Network, American Association of School Administrators, March/April 2001 
 

"Ours is not a crisis of leadership, but of responsibility," Miami Herald, May 7, 2000. 

"Choose Engagement," Consulting Today, Winter 1999. 
www.consultingtoday.com

"Doing for Each Other What Leaders Do for Us," Insights (publication of the Northeast Human Resources Association), Winter 1999. 
www.nehra.com

"The End of Leadership," Leader to Leader, Winter 1997. Published by the Drucker Foundation and Jossey-Bass Inc. 
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"Thoughts on Consulting and Leadership," Consulting Today, Winter 1997. 
www.consultingtoday.com

"What's Leadership Got to Do with It?" At Work, November/December 1997. 
Email: AtWorkNews@aol.com
 
 


 

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