Book Reviews
Clockwork: Design Your Business to Run Itself Mike Michalowicz Portfolio/Penguin (August 2018) Here is a system that can help almost anyone to grow a business that can (almost) run itself Mike Michalowicz (my-KAL-oh-wits) once asked Ryan Lee how he has…
Read MoreThere’s Not an App for That!: Communication Skills to Become an Irreplaceable Leader Cary Pfeffer Wise Ink (2015) How to Master Communication Skills That Technology Cannot Replicate Here is a paradox: Although it is easier than ever before to communicate…
Read MoreThis Is Day One: A Practical Guide to Leadership That Matters Drew Dudley Hachette Books (August 2018) “All that matters are the actions of today.” I agree with Drew Dudley that we cannot undo what was done before but we…
Read MoreHarvard Business Review Manager’s Handbook: The 17 Skills Leaders Need to Stand Out Various Contributors Harvard Business School Press (2017) “So much of what we call management consists in making it more difficult for people to work.” Peter Drucker It…
Read MoreNevertheless, She Persisted: True Stories of Women Leaders in Tech Pratima Rau Gluckman FriesenPress (April 2018) “Champions get up when they can’t.” Jack Dempsey Warren Buffett once observed, “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are…
Read MoreGrowth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices That Will Make or Break Your Company Tiffani Bova Portfolio/Penguin (August 2018) How to achieve and then sustain “countercyclical” and profitable growth Not all growth is progress, of course, and Tiffani Bova obviously understands…
Read More8 Steps to High Performance: Focus On What You Can Change (Ignore the Rest) Marc Effron Harvard Business Review Press (August 2018) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at…
Read MoreBuilding Bridges: The Case for Executive Peer Networks James Millar Skybridge Associates, LLC (June 2018) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb Many (if not most) C-level executives feel…
Read MoreDriving Digital Strategy: A Guide to Reimagining Your Business Sunil Gupta Harvard Business Review Press (August 2018) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith In fact, I am convinced that what got you here won’t even allow…
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