Our Reference Library contains Books and Reference Materials that we highly recommend. Each book is listed in conjunction with the Fosterbrook RPA Key Component that it supports. Although they are not necessary for participation in the RPA Process - they are helpful for further reading and research.

Many of these are available online - simply click on the chosen title and you will be brought to the Amazon Online Bookstore. Alternatively you can print this page and purchase or order through your local Bookstore.

Values & Beliefs

Core values and beliefs help employees understand their company’s commitment to customers, to shareholders, to the community, and to themselves. Values describe the standards and ideals that a company holds in high regard. They provide a framework for implementing strategic initiatives.

Recommended Reading

Corporate Culture and Performance, John Kotter and James L. Heskett

Built to Last, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras

Organizational Culture & Leadership, Edgar H. Schein

Visionary Leadership, Burt Nanus

Integrated Strategic Change, Worley, Hitchen, & Ross

Healing the Wounds, David M . Noer

Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership & Organizations, Robert K. Cooper, Ph.D. & Ayman Sawaf

The Mission Statement Book, Abrahams

The Lessons of Experience: How Successful Executives Develop on the Job, McCall, Lombardo, Morrison

Principle-Centered Leadership, Stephen R. Covey

An Invented Life, Warren Bennis

The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck, M.D.

Modern Organizations and Emerging Conundrums: Exploring the Postindustrial Subculture of the Third Millennium, Richard A. Goodman

Forging the Heroic Organization, Emmet C. Murphy

Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality, W. Michael Hoffman and Jennifer Mills Moore

People and Profits: The Ethics of Capitalism, Paul Steidlmeir