Philmont Leadership Challenge

Leadership Challenge at Philmont

• Philmont Leadership Challange Syllabus

• Scouts BSA Senior Patrol Leader Handbook 

• Troop Leaders Guidebook – Volumes I and II

• The Scoutmaster's Handbook

• The Leadership Challenge, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

• Followership: How Followers Are Creating Change and Changing Leaders (Center for Public Leadership), Barbara Kellerman

Please refer to all other sections on our Leadership Challenge at Summit page.

For my latest travel journal please see the entry under  Scouting Resources

Inspirational Stories

• Gene Hayward PLC Narration

• The Power of Eagles: Nature's Way to Individual Accomplishment

• I Wanna Go Back: Stories of Philmont Rangers, Warren Smith with Marty Tschetter

• The Freedom Writers Diary, by The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell

• Teach with Your Heart, Erin Gruwell

• The Ranger Handbook, Philmont

Servant Leadership

• Servant-Leader Within, The: A Transformative Path, Robert Greenleaf

Also see our page on Servant Leadership

Journaling

• The NAYLE and PLC Journal

• The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future, Ryder Carroll

• Journal to the Self: Twenty-Two Paths to Personal Growth, Kathleen Adams

• The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, Julia Cameron

• Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Natalie Goldberg

Woodbadge

• Woodbadge Curriculum, Souting America

• A History of Woodbadge in the United States, Scatabook District

• Wood Badge: A Pictorial History, Boy Scouts of America

• The Gilwell Story: Wood Badge in the United States, A.J. McCracken

Drive Vision, Mission and Values

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey

• Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't, Jim Collins

Know Thyself

• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck

Know the Territory

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable,  Patrick Lencioni

Include and Optimize Diverse Talent

• The Inclusion Dividend: Why Investing in Diversity & Inclusion Pays Off, Mark Kaplan and Mason Donovan

Communicate Effectively

• Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler

Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey

Apply Interpersonal Savvy

• Situational Leadership, Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard

• Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman

Manage Conversations

• Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts, Brené Brown

Develop Individuals and Teams

• Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t, Simon Sinek

• Team Leadership in High-Hazard Environments, Randy Okray and Thomas Lubnau II

Coach and Mentor

• The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever, Michael Bungay Stanier

• The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams That Win Consistently, Tony Dungy

See also our section on Mentoring

Plan with a Bias for Action

• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, David Allen

• Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman

Create a Culture

• The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business, Erin Meyer

Embrace and Lead Change

• Leading Change, John P. Kotter

• The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, Eric Ries

Inspire the Heart

• Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon Sinek

• The Heart of Leadership: Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow, Mark Miller

• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel H. Pink

New Mexico Natural Heritage

• The Philmont Fieldguide, Stephen C. McBeth and David L. McKee

• Wildlife of the Philmont Scout Ranch: Natural History of a Mountain Wilderness, Edwin L. and Marcia S. Mayer

• Flora of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, George S. Johnson

• Geology of the Philmont Country, Arthur S. Meyer and Steven G. Johnson

• Birds of New Mexico, Richard C. Banks

• Rocky Mountain Flora, William Weber

• New Mexico’s High Peaks: A Hiker’s Guide to the Mountain Summits, Mike Butterfield

• Field Guide to the North American Prairie" by Stephen R. Jones and Ruth Carol Cushman

• Roadside Geology of New Mexico, Halka Chronic

• Plants of the Rocky Mountains, Linda Kershaw, Andy MacKinnon, and Jim Pojar

New Mexico Historical and Cultural Heritage

• Out In God's Country

• Colfax County, Stanley

• Colfax County Chronicles: Tales from the Coal Camps, Stephen Zimmer

• Chronicles of the Cimarron: Colfax County, New Mexico, Fred Baca

Native American Heritage

• The Jicarilla Apache Tribe: A History, 1598–1887, Veronica E. Velarde Tiller

• Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, Virginia McConnell Simmons

• Taos Pueblo and Its Sacred Blue Lake, R.C. Gordon-McCutchan

• Comanche Empire, Pekka Hämäläinen

• The Kiowas, Mildred P. Mayhall

• The Pueblo Indians of North America, Edward P. Dozier

• Indians of the Greater Southwest: A History of Ancient and Contemporary Puebloan Cultures, Donald E. Worcester

Waite Phillips

• Beyond The Hills: The Waite Phillips Story

• Waite Phillips: The Man and His Legacy, Michael Wallis

• The Phillips Legacy: The Benefaction of Waite and Genevieve Phillips, Michael R. Grauer

• Waite Phillips and His Time: The Story of a Pioneer Oilman and Rancher, Harold R. Stovall

Interfaith

• Duty to God Award, Philmont

• Eagles Souring High, Philmont

• A Scout Is Reverent: A Guide to Interfaith Worship Services" by the Boy Scouts of America

• Scouting and Spirituality: The Faith Traditions of Scouting" by various contributors

• The Philmont Hymn: History and Meaning, Various Authors

Facilitation

• The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers, and Coaches, Roger Schwarz

• Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, Sam Kaner

• The Art of Facilitation: How to Create Group Synergy, Dale Hunter

• The Facilitator's Handbook, John Heron

• The Art of Focused Conversation: 100 Ways to Access Group Wisdom in the Workplace, R. Brian Stanfield

• Teamwork and Teamplay: Games and Activities for Building and Training Teams, Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan and Glenn Parker

• Facilitating with Ease! Core Skills for Facilitators, Team Leaders and Members, Managers, Consultants, and Trainers, Ingrid Bens

• The Facilitator's Fieldbook”, Tom Justice and David Jamieson

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Patrick Lencioni

• Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers, Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo

• Liberating Structures: The Handbook, Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless

• The Facilitator's Guide to Radical Collaboration, Jim Tamm and Ronald Luyet

Faculty Additional Recommendations

• Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, Richard Bach

• Historic Leadership, Chris Lowny