Book Reviews
Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others Cheryl Bachelder Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2015) “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller In Jason Jennings’ latest book, The High-Speed Company, he draws upon 11,000 interviews of…
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Coined: The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us Kabir Sehgal Grand Central Publishing/Hatchette Book Group (2015) A brilliant survey of the neuroscience of financial transactions throughout history Kabir Sehgal is not a neuroscientist nor am…
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Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli Crown Business (2015) The Steve Jobs most people did not know…until now In Becoming Steve Jobs, Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli attempt…
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Leading with GRIT: Inspiring Action and Accountability with Generosity, Respect, Integrity, and Truth Laurie Sudbrink John Wiley & Sons (2015) “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s really quite simple. Double your rate of failure.”…
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Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead Laszlo Bock Twelve/Hatchette Book Group (2015) How to build a workplace culture within which personal growth and professional development are most likely to thrive I agree…
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With all due respect to Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Steve Jobs, Brent Schlender developed a professional and personal relationship with Jobs over a period of about 25 years and co-authored a book with Rick Tetzeli, Becoming Steve Jobs: The…
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Message Not Received: Why Business Communication Is Broken and How to Fix It Phil Simon John Wiley & Sons (2015) “If can’t explain your idea to a six-year old, you really do not understand it.” Albert Einstein, 4 April 2015…
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Confronting Capitalism: Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System Philip Kotler AMACOM (2015) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derek Bok In my opinion, Phil Kotler is the world’s preeminent authority on how to create or increase demand…
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The HEAD Game: High-Efficiency Analytic Decision Making and the Art of Solving Complex Problems Quickly Philip Mudd Liveright Publishing Company/A Division of W.W. Norton & Company (2015) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but…
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Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience Michael S. Gazzaniga Ecco/An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers (2015) “His wit and joie de vivre showed generations of students and colleagues the human face of science.” Steven Pinker Most…
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