This section of PLI's Web site provides links to recommended books and articles dealing with leadership and ethics.

From Third World to First : The Singapore Story: 1965-2000, by Lee Kuan Yew

In this memoir, the man most responsible for Singapore's astonishing transformation from colonial backwater to economic powerhouse describes how he did it over the last four decades. It's a dramatic story, and Lee Kuan Yew has much to brag about. To take a single example: Singapore had a per-capita GDP of just $400 when he became prime minister in 1959. When he left office in 1990, it was $12,200 and rising. (Read the entire review on Amazon.com) Chapter 12 of this book discusses an example Pointman refers to within one of the seminars.

In Sacred Ground, Jeff Appelquist takes us on an amazing journey of exploration and discovery to the Gettysburg and Little Bighorn battlefields. By studying these momentous events through the lens of individual leadership and team dynamics, we see that the stories from history are fascinating, the parallels to today are memorable, and the principles of leadership enduring.