Book Reviews
The Daily Edge: Simple Strategies to Increase Efficiency and Make an Impact Every Day David Horsager Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2015) “Make everything as simple as possible but no simpler.” Albert Einstein The narrative consists of 35 “Tips” on how to accelerate…
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Collaborative Intelligence: Thinking with People Who Think Differently Dawna Markova and Angie McArthur Spiegel & Grau (2015) “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret…
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StandOut 2.0: Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Edge, Win at Work Marcus Buckingham Harvard Business Review Press (July 2015) How to identify and then leverage the strengths needed to accelerate personal growth and professional development Those who have read one…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads 2016: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2015) Ten Plus the McKinsey Award Winner, William Lazonick’s “Profits Without Prosperity” This is the second volume in…
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Think Out of the Box Mike Vance and Diane Deacon Career Press (1995) A classic source for thinking more clearly and making better decisions I have just re-read two books co-authored by Mike Vance and Diane Deacon. This one and…
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Magnetic: The Art of Attracting Business Joe Calloway John Wiley & Sons (November 2015) How to create customer experiences that drive new business while sustaining repeat business Marketing can be traced back at least to the bazaars in ancient Athens…
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63 Innovation Nuggets for aspiring innovators George E.L. Barbee Innovation Etc. Publishing Company (October 2015) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford Actually, there are many more than 63 “innovation nuggets” and they…
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Primary Greatness: The 12 Levers of Success Stephen R. Covey Simon & Schuster (November 2015) Here are decades of experience-driven wisdom from Stephen Covey’s mostly unpublished reflections Stephen Covey is without doubt one of the most prolific business thinkers and…
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Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing Jamie Holmes Crown Publishers (October 2015) “In an increasingly complex, unpredictable world…what matters most is how we deal with what we don’t know.” I selected the comment by Jamie Holmes to serve as the…
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Adam Bryant conducts interviews of senior-level executives that appear in his “Corner Office” column each week in the SundayBusiness section of The New York Times. Here are a few insights provided during an interview of Amber Guild, president of Collins,…
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