Book Reviews
Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders John Baldoni McGraw-Hill (2003) “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw I read this book when it was first published (2003) and recently re-read…
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Business Strategy Brian Tracy AMACOM (2015) How and why the right business strategy can also drive personal growth and professional development This is one of the volumes in the Brian Tracy Success Library, all published by AMACOM. Tracy has already…
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Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being & Vitality into Any Organization Laura Putnam John Wiley & Sons (2015) To accelerate personal growth and professional development, no other single source offers more and better guidance. I agree with…
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The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life Bernard Roth HarperBusiness/An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers (July 2015) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle, July…
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Corporate Concinnity in the Boardroom: 10 Imperatives to Drive High Performing Companies Nancy Falls Greenleaf Book Group Press (2015) The power of creative convergence and cohesion In First Corinthians, Saint Paul has much of value to say about the concept…
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Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect Matthew D. Lieberman B/D/W/Y Books (2013) A brilliant examination of the principles of the social brain (in layman’s terms) The best works of non-fiction tend to be research-driven and that is certainly…
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Transformative HR: How Great Companies Use Evidence-Based Change for Sustainable Advantage John W. Boudreau and Ravin Jesuthasan Joszsey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) How and why the principles underlying evidence-based change bring clarity and validity to decisions about human capital In my…
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Brian Tracy on Sales Management Brian Tracy AMACOM (2015) The essentials of how to recruit, manage, and motivate a team of high-performing sales professionals This is one of the volumes in the The Brian Tracy Success Library, all published by…
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Above: A collapsed bridge in Washington State, 2013. Credit: Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times, via Associated Press Here is a brief excerpt from John Schwartz’s insightful review in The New York Times of Rosabeth Moss Kanter‘s latest book, Move: Putting America’s…
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Chief Customer Officer 2.0: How to Build Your Customer-Driven Growth Engine Jeanne Bliss John Wiley & Sons (2015) How to lead a customer-driven business transformation by establishing value for the role of the chief customer officer This is a sequel…
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