Book Reviews
Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen Donald Miller HarperCollins Leadership/An Imprint of HarperCollins (October 2017) How and why “story makes music out of noise” and “can grow your business” if performed well If you did not…
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Think Bigger: And 39 Other Winning Strategies from Successful Entrepreneurs Michael W. Sonnenfeldt Bloomberg Press (September 2017) “90% of startups fail: Here’s what you need to know about the other 10%.” Neil Patel I appropriated the title of Patel’s Forbes…
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The Invisible Leader: Transform Your Life, Work, and Organization with the Power of Authentic Purpose Zach Mercurio Advantage Media Group (October 2017) “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Friedrich Nietzsche During an interview years…
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The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World Maya Jasanoff Penguin Press (November 2017) “The horror! The horror!… is not so far under the surface as we think.” As I began to read Maya Jasanoff’s journey of personal discovery…
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The Longevity Economy: Unlocking the World’s Fastest-Growing, Most Misunderstood Market Joseph F. Coughlin PublicAffairs (November 2017) If you’re in search of a “blue ocean” of business opportunity, look no further In their classic work, Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kim…
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People with Purpose: How Great Leaders Use Purpose to Build Thriving Organizations Kevin Murray KoganPage Limited (2017) Two Qs worth asking: “What is the value of purpose, and what, really is the purpose of values?” Kevin Murray wrote this book…
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Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing – Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Hatchette Books (September 2017) Here’s a roadmap to “suspend belief in the limits of today so we can see…
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Breaking Bad Habits: Defy Industry Norms and Reinvigorate Your Business Hardcover Freek Vermeulen Harvard Business Review Press (November 2017) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” I agree with Aristotle’s comment, presuming…
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Creating Great Choices: A Leader’s Guide to Integrative Thinking Jennifer Riel and Roger L. Martin Harvard Business Review Press (September 2017) The alchemy of making great decisions If you did not buy your copy of this book from Amazon (mine…
Read MoreThe Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact Chip Heath and Dan Heath Simon & Schuster (October 2017) How to mark transitions, commemorate milestones, and fill pits…also, WHY In my opinion, this is the most important of the…
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