Books

Werner Erhard's work and ideas continue to inspire people to this day. This page is a collection of publications that include material by and about Werner Erhard and his work.

Books With Chapters by Werner Erhard

Handbook For Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being, edited by Professor Scott Snook, Dean of Harvard Business School Nitin Nohria and Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana , (2012) Sage Publications

Hayek: A Collaborative Biography: Part 1 Influences from Mises to Bartley, edited by Robert Leeson

Books about Werner Erhard

Speaking Being: Werner Erhard, Martin Heidegger, and a New Possibility of Being Human,' Bruce Hyde, PhD and Drew Kopp, PhD; Wiley, 2019

Werner Erhard The Transformation of a Man: The Founding of est, William Warren Bartley III; Clarkson N. Potter, Inc (1978)

60 Minutes and the Assassination of Werner Erhard: How America's Top Rated Television Show Was Used in an Attempt to Destroy a Man Who Was Making A Difference, Jane Self; Breakthru Publishing (1992)

Books about The est Training

Bry, Adelaide: est: 60 Hours That Transform Your life, Harper Collins (1976)

Fenwick, Sheridan: Getting It: The psychology of est, J. B. Lippincott Company. (1976)

Hargrove, Robert: est: Making Life Work, Delacorte (1976)

Kettle, James: The est Experience, Zebra Books (1976)

Marks, Pat R.: est: The Movement and the Man, Playboy Press (1976)

Rhinehart, Luke: The Book of est, Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1976)

Moreno, M.D., Ph.D., Jonathan D."Impromptu Man: J.L. Moreno and the Origins of Psychodrama, Encounter Culture, and the Social Network." Bellevue Literary Press (2014) (chapter about est)

Navarro, Espy M. and Robert Navarro: Self Realization: The est and Forum Phenomena in America

Frederick, Carl: est: Playing the Game the New Way

Some Books that Cite the Work of Werner Erhard

Harvard Business Review on Change, by James Collins, Jerry Porras, Jeanie Daniel Duck, Richard Pascale, Anthony Athos

The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life, by Bernard Roth

Research Handbook on Executive Pay,  by John S. Beasley

Three Laws of Performance, by Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well-Being, by Susan Cartwright and Cary L. Cooper

Transformational Leadership: Creating Organizations of Meaning, by Stephen Hacker, Tammy Roberts

Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Buber, by Walter Arnold Kaufmann

The Hidden History Of Coaching, by Leni Wildflower

Coaching and Mentoring, by Jane Renton

Reconstructing Your Worldview: The Four Core Beliefs You Need to Solve Complex Business Problems, by Bartley W. Madden

Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice – Edited by Dean of Harvard Business School Nitin Nohria and Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana

The Art of Medical Leadership: A Guide to Identifying and Moving Beyond Common Leadership Mistakes, by Suzan Oran, Scott Conard MD. and Niole Oran

Community: The Structure of Belonging, by Peter Block

Executive Compensation in Imperfect Financial Markets (Elgar Financial Law series), by Jay Cullen

Research Companion to Ethical Behavior in Organizations: Constructs and Measures (Elgar Original Reference), by Bradley R. Agle, David W. Hart, Jeffery A. Thompson, Hilary M. Hendricks

The Rabbi and the CEO: The Ten Commandments for 21st Century Leaders, by Thomas D. Zweifel and Aaron L. Raskin

Leadership for a Global Economy: A Pathway to Sustainable Freedom, by Robert J Manley, John F Manley and Richard Bernato

True Leadership: The Source of Success, by Lisa Rubinstein

The Trust Future: How to Use Business Ethics to Create Trust, Engagement, Purpose, Performance and Happiness, by Mr Omer Soker

An Economic Perspective on Leadership, by Mark Zupan, Dean and Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Simon School of Business, University of Rochester

How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival By David Kaiser

The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind

Chogyam Trungpa: His Life and Vision By Fabrice Midal

The 99th Monkey: A Spiritual Journalist's Misadventures..., by Eliezer Sobel

Growing Up at Thirty Seven, by Jerry Rubin

Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design , by Terry Winograd, Fernando Flores

Afterword to "Speaking Being: Werner Erhard, Martin Heidegger, and the Possibility of Being Human," by Michael Zimmerman