Book Reviews
Five Easy Theses: Commonsense Solutions to America’s Greatest Economic Challenges James M. Stone Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2016) Alas, many of those in power with the greatest need to read this book are least likely to do so. It will come…
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Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement, Third Edition Aubrey C. Daniels McGraw-Hill Education (June 2016) “The best way to run an organization is also the best way to treat people.” Sherman…
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Neuroscience for Organizational Change: An Evidence-based Practical Guide to Managing Change Hilary Scarlett KoganPage (2016) How and why an understanding of neuroscience can help transform almost any organization Human beings are effective change agents if driven by an understanding of…
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Design Thinking: New Product Development Essentials from the PDMA Michael G. Fuchs, K. Scott Swan, and Abbie Griffin, Co-Editors John Wiley & Sons (2015) “We spend a lot time designing the bridge, but not enough time thinking about the people…
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Neuroscience for Leaders: A Brain-Adaptive Leadership Approach Nikolaos Dimitriadis and Alexandros Psychogios KoganPage (2016) “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable.” Charles Darwin…
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Great Teams: 16 Things High Performing Organizations Do Differently Don Yaeger W Publishing Group/An Imprint of Thomas Nelson (July 2016) “If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.” William L. McKnight (1924) However…
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The Intelligent Conversationalist: 31 Cheat Sheets That Will Show You How to Talk to Anyone About Anything, Anytime Imogen Lloyd Webber St. Martin’s Press Griffin (June 2016) Need advice on how to strengthen your conversation skills and social presence? This…
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PeopleShock: The Path to Profits When Customers Rule Tema Frank Essential Views Publishing (June 2016) The increasing value of the human element in a world that becomes more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous each day In one of their books,…
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Building a Culture of Innovation: A Practical Framework for Placing Innovation at the Core of Your Business Cris Beswick, Derek Bishop, and Jo Geraghty KoganPage (2016) The Easy Part: Defining an Innovation Workplace Culture I just checked: Amazon US now…
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Million Dollar Maverick: Forge Your Own Path to Think Differently, Act Decisively, and Succeed Quickly Alan Weiss Bibliomotion (May 2016) How and why “simply taking a contrarian or one-off view” – and acting on it – can be the secret…
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