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What has been done so far?

1. The International College of Dentists presented Dr. Arthur A. Dugoni with the Outstanding Leader in Dentistry Award on the occasion of the renaming of the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in his honor.
2. A Journalism Award has been established to recognize the best article or editorial written in the dental literature on the topic of Leadership.
3. Leadership was the topic of the inspiring Convocation Address offered by Dean Jack W. Clinton of the OSHU School of Dentistry to the ICD Fellows inducted on October 1, 2004. To view the text click here
4. The establishment of this Leadership Page on the ICD Web site to keep members current regarding the Leadership Committee's activities.
5. The White Coat Ceremony message of Leadership and Professionalism was presented at Georgia, Alabama and Pittsburgh Schools of Dentistry during the past year by Regent Gerrit C. Hagman, District 5. To view the text click here
6. Senior Dental Student LEADERSHIP Award This award recognizes the senior student who has shown outstanding Leadership and academic and professional improvement during the years as a student of dentistry; and has great potential to continue to do so. Chosen by their faculty, the student is given a plaque from the U.S.A. Section. This  award is given at each U.S. dental school.

   Student Leadership Award, 2006 update

Future Leadership Goals

1. Criteria are being developed for a new Student Leadership Award which will be presented in every U.S. dental school.
2. The White Coat Ceremony message of Leadership and Professionalism will be offered at more dental schools each year.
3. There will be consistent updates about the Leadership Initiative process on this Web page.
4. The winning article or editorial of the Journalism Award on Leadership will be reprinted in the KEY each year starting in 2006.
5. The Leadership Committee will continue to ask for your ideas to help make this Initiative as successful as possible.

These are exciting times for the International College of Dentists. Leaders help their fellow dentists, civic and religious colleagues, and the entire world community. If you have ideas on how we might improve this initiative, please share them with us.

Leadership Initiative Committee

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Recommended Reading on Leadership

Good leadership motivates and guides people to accomplish desired goals or objectives. Good leaders are creative, communicate well and are self confident. They are decision makers and have the ability to inspire, influence and motivate others. While there are many leadership styles, three are well known. They a laissez-faire, autocratic and democratic.

The laissez-faire leadership style is hands off and offers little or no direction. Individuals are given more freedom in their decision making and in setting their goals. They resolve their problems with little input from the leader.

The autocratic leadership style is more hands on where the leader keeps all of the decision making power, sets the goals and resolves the problems.

The democratic style of leadership encourages participation and is a team effort in the decision making process.

There are volumes of reading material on leadership. We have listed a few and, other than alphabetically, in no particular order. We encourage everyone to submit books on leadership to the Central Office to be added to this beginning list.

Recommended Reading LIST:

Let's Roll — by Lisa Beamer
Managing the Dream: Reflections on Leadership and Change —by Warren Bennis
How to Win Friends and Influence People —by Dale Carnegie
The Arc of Ambition:Defining the Leadership Journey — by James Champy, Nitin Nohria
An Integrative Theory of Leadership — by Martin M. Chemers
Ethics: The Heart of Leadership — by Joanna B. Ciulla
The Study of Leadership — by C.G. Browne, Thomas S. Cohn
The Other 90% — by Robert K. Cooper
First Things First — by Stephen R. Covey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — by Stephen R. Covey
The Millionaire Next Door — by Stanley Danko
The Sky's the Limit — by Wayne Dyer
The Leadership Styles of Women and Men, in Journal of Social Issues — by Alice H. Eagly and Mary C. Johannesen-Schmidt
Capturing the Heart of Leadership:Spirituality and Community in the New American Workplace — by Gilbert W. Fairholm
Leadership and the Culture of Trust — by Gilbert W. Fairholm
Perspectives on Leadership: From the Science of Management to Its Spiritual Heart — by Gilbert W. Fairholm
Leading minds: An Anatomy of Leadership — by Howard Gardner, Emma Laskin
Leadership — by Rudolph Giuliani
Leadership: Beyond Establishment Views — by James G. Hunt, Uma Sekaran, Chester A. Schriesheim
The Servant —by James C. Hunter
Talking Straight — by Lee Iacocca
The Contrarian Manager —by Richard H. Jenrette
A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs From Management — by John Kotter
Machiavelli on Modern Leadership — by Michael A. Ledeen
The Maverick and His Machine — by Kevin Manley
When Pride Still Mattered — by David Maraniss
Quest for the Best — by Stanley Marcus
The Spirit to Serve — by J.W. Marriott, Jr. and Kathi Ann Brown
In Search of Excellence — by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership — by Donald T. Phillips
The Art of War — by Sun Tzu
The 2nd language of Leadership — by Michael P. Quirk, Patricia M. Fandt
The Winner Within — by Pat Riley
Contemporary Issues in Leadership — by William E. Rosenbach, Robert L. Taylor
Leadership for the Twenty-First Century — by Joseph C. Rost
Leadership and Organization: A Behavioral Science Approach — by Robert Tannenbaum, Irving R. Weschler, Fred Massarik
A Business and Its Beliefs — by Thomas J. Watson
Winning — by Jack Welch
All You Can Do Is All You Can Do —by A.L. Williams
The Managerial Mystique:Restoring Leadership in Business — by Abraham Zaleznik Schriesheim
See You at the Top — by Zig Ziglar
Top Performance — by Zig Ziglar
The Power of Purposed Performance — by Allen Tappe
The Art of High-Stakes Decision Making: Tough Calls In A Speed Driven World — by Keith Murningham and John Mowen
Business Classics: Fifteen Key Concepts for Managerial Success — by Publication: Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review, 1998
Dentists Who Care: Inspiring Stories of Professional Commitment — by James T. Rule and Muriel J Bebeau
The Diamond Touch: How to Get What You Want by Giving People What They Uniquely Desire — by Nate Booth
Fatal Illusions: Shredding A Dozen Unrealities That Can Keep Your Organization from Success — by J. R. Lucas
The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: a Leadership Fable — by Patrick Lencioni
Getting Things Done When You Are Not In Charge — by Geoffrey M. Bellman
Leaders Working Together: Five Steps to Conflict Resolution — by Robert S. Adams; edited by Katherine L. George
Leadership A to Z: A Guide for the Appropriately Ambitious — by James O'Toole
The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations — by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z Posner
Leadership Jazz — by Max De Pree
Leadership, Management and Role Delineation: Issues for the Dental Team — by Irene R. Woodall
The New Supervisor's Survival Manual — by William A. Salmon
The Servant Leader: Unleashing the Power of Your People — by Robert P. Neuschel
Talk Your Way to The Top: How To Address Any Audience Like Your Career Depends On It — by Kevin Daley and Laura Daley-Caravella
Thriving on Change: Discovering the Power of Your Association to Affect Social Change — by James R Hudson and Patricia A Siegel

*Additional titles of interest by Patrick Licioni not currently in library's collection:
The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable — by Patrick  Lencioni
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable — by Patrick Lencioni
Death by Meeting : A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business — by Patrick Lencioni
Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars : A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors — by Patrick Lencioni