Leadership Resources

The Center for Student Involvement (CSI) believes anyone has the ability to become a leader if they are willing to invest in their own growth. This section of resources is designed to help you develop new skills to help you become an effective leader. Additional resources will continue to be added. If you would like to recommend an article or video relating to leadership development, please email your suggestion to LeadUH@uh.edu.

Skills, Inspiration, Leadership, and More

General:

Team Building Activity Websites & E-Books:

Communication:

General

Books and Texts - M.D. Anderson Library

Other great leadership books are available through the M.D. Anderson Library. Titles can be found in the catalog or in the library primarily under call numbers HD50-HD70. Examples include the following texts:

  • Start with Why (2009), Simon Sinek
  • Good to Great (2001), James Collins
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (2013), Stephen Covey
  • Our Iceberg is Melting: changing and succeeding under any condition (2006), John Kotter

Master Class Management

Masterclassmanagement.com offers a free online management course that covers topics such as "How to Be a Great Manager through Leadership," "How to Organize and Manage Your Department to Meet Goals," "How to Hire and Retain the Right People," "How to Deal With Conflict, Problems, Difficult Employees, and Firing," and "How to Get Your Point Across Through the Art of Business Communications." Each topic has subpoints and a quiz at the end of each section.

Leadership and Management

Via open.edu.

Open Learn has a series of Leadership and Management courses that are all available online and free. Learn about operations management at an introductory level, and study the theory of management perspective and practice. Participants will have the opportunity to take courses on managing people, better decision making, how teams work, and more.

Do you have other ideas for leadership resources? Please send your ideas to csi@uh.edu. We would love to hear them. The information on this page was compiled from a variety of online sources by the Center for Student Involvement staff; in some cases, it is original content. If you would like to know the specific source of any of the above information, please contact csi@uh.edu and we will be happy to help you out!