Recommended Books

This resource list of books allows you to click through to purchase or find out more information about those books that interest you. Through a partner relationship with Powell's Books, Hosfeld & Associates does receive a commission for any sale of the book that results from your clickthrough. We have chosen Powell's as our partner in part due to our support of privately held business. They also have a great inventory of used and out-of-print books. We donate 10% of income generated by these sales to Northwest Harvest and PAWS.

We can also recommend online ordering of used and out-of-print books from Alibris.com, which often has used and out-of-print books one can't find elsewhere, and also ABEBooks.com, another used-book resource that supports independent bookstores.

New Entrepreneur's Toolkit
Growing Through Strategy
High Leverage Marketing Tools
Soul and Spirit at Work
Profitable Sustainability, Entrepreneurship
Organizations that Thrive
Ethics, Values and Virtues
Vocation
Books by People We Know and Love

New Entrepreneur's Toolkit

by Michael E. Gerber
This book will help you explore the question of why you want to start an organization, and how to make it successful from the beginning.

by Paul Coehlo
A fictional work, this book speaks to the importance of following your dreams, and a glimpse at what you'll encounter on the journey.

Growing Through Strategy

by Hamel, Prahalad
Written by Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad, this conveys two very useful strategy concepts: strategic intent and core competence.

by Michael E Porter
A landmark book, whose core concepts remain useful and relevant -- especially for those who want to deliver value to clients and customers.

by Thompson and Strickland
Read the fifth edition; I hope it continues to be updated.

by Chris Anderson
This fascinating book highlights the emergence of the niche market as a more and more viable business model. It’s a radical reframe for those of us who grew up in a mass-media culture where the number of TV networks, radio stations and the shelf space in stores determined what we saw and purchased. Today, given the efficiencies of the Internet, many products and services flourish financially outside mainstream channels.

High Leverage Marketing Tools

by Sharon Drew Morgan
This book emphasizes the importance of listening in the sales process.

by Harvey Hartman
As traditional segmentation methods become less helpful, the Hartman group provides a new way to understand "why they buy."

by Chip Conley, Eric Friedenwald-Fishman
An excellent summarization of what comprises not just socially responsible marketing, but good marketing - period.

by Kip Gregory
Kip Gregory is a tireless cultivator of ideas and creativity, and a brilliant example of what one can achieve by following the call of vocation. Kip owns The Gregory Group, and partners with Hosfeld & Associates in service to shared clients.

by Stacey Hall
Harness the power of clarity and focus to connect with the clients you truly want to work with and how you want to be of service to them.

Soul and Spirit at Work

by Lewis Richmond

by Alan Briskin

by Eric Booth

Profitable Sustainability, Entrepreneurship

by Anita Roddick

by Tom Chappell

by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield

by Paul Dolan

by Jeffery Hollender

by Paul Hawken

by Jill Bamburg
Our colleague Jill Bamburg, consultant and professor at the local Bainbridge Graduate Institute, based her book on intensive interviews with over 30 growth-oriented, mission-driven entrepreneurs whose stories demonstrate that it is possible for socially responsible businesses to grow and compete with what – sadly – are more conventional ones. Bamburg explodes the myths of scale from both ends of the spectrum, debunking the limiting “small is beautiful" approach as well as the “you have to sell out to grow" mandate (which can mean both literally or figuratively). The book provides a blueprint for entrepreneurs who want to grow their socially responsible business while remaining true to their principles.

Organizations that Thrive

by Peter Bloch

by Margaret Wheatley

by Peggy Holman, Tom Devane
An excellent compendium of different change methodologies for use in organizations and communities.

by Pat Hughes
Describing both a philosophy and a tool for changing conversations, relationships and cultures, Gracious Space: A practical guide for working better together is a work of deceptive simplicity. Written by Center for Ethical Leadership Director of Curriculum Pat Hughes, Gracious Space is a 92-page monograph that explores the philosophy of Gracious Space and its applications to personal, organizational and community life. What makes this book so powerful is the understated delivery of a profound approach to reframing our view of ourselves and others in community.

by Cameron, Dutton and Quinn
Highly academic but a foundational book in mapping the territory of what makes organizations self-renewing and resilient.

by Alan Deutschman
The title of the book reflects the way most people try to get others to change – by threat or coercion. The author, instead, lays out his theory of how successful change occurs. The first key to change is forming a relationship that gives us hope that change is possible. The second is using that relationship to practice new behaviors that create change. The third is to use the relationship to develop new ways of thinking to support the desired change. This book offers a positive life-giving model for organizations and individuals seeking change.

Ethics, Values and Virtues

by Matthew Fox

by Robert Phillips
A scholarly analysis of the argument for organizaitonal decision-making on the basis of how decisions affect broad stakeholders rather than profit alone.

Vocation

The organizations we create or the work we choose can be our greatest teachers. They offer us the opportunity to live out our calling and values. These books speak to the challenges of vocation and authenticity in work.

by David Whyte

by Parker Palmer

by Thomas Moore

by James Hillman

Books by People We Know and Love

by Kim Stafford
Kim Stafford is a national treasure; I choose his workshops as my opportunities for spiritual renewal as a writer. His books are soul-nurturing gifts of beauty and grace.

by Pete Geissler
Pete Geissler is a highly regarded freelance writer and writing teacher, whose most recent book makes the case for how the ability to be articulate and persuasive enables individuals from all walks of life to achieve their goals and intentions.
You can purchase this book at www.qualitypress.asq.org The publisher is part of the American Society for Quality, an organization that promotes quality process management tools and technologies.

by Darol Anger
The pasta recipe in this book of scores is a clue that this is more than a collection of original fiddle tunes by one of the most original musicians of our time. This book represents just one facet of a revolution that Darol and colleagues such as Mike Marshall, Béla Fleck, and Edgar Meyer are creating through innovative collaborations across musical boundaries.

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