Book Reviews
Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter Cass R. Sunstein and Reid Hastie Harvard Business Review Press 2014) How to separate, implement, and optimize the divergent and convergent stages of every problem-solving process As I began to read this…
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The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership: Classical Wisdom for Modern Leaders M.A. Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas AMACOM (2015) “Everything changes, nothing changes.” Heraclitus Although M.A. Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas selected the term “rules,” I think “defining characteristics” or “core principles”…
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Leading from the Front: No-Excuse Leadership Tactics for Women Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch McGraw-Hill (2006) Valuable lessons for men as well as women that can help accelerate personal growth and professional development Long ago, I realized that most limits…
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Creative Anarchy: How to Break the Rules of Graphic Design for Creative Success Denise Bosler HOW Books (23015) How and why the best design is “barely noticeable because it works seamlessly into its environment and for its audience” Some human…
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The Reconnected Leader: An Executive’s Guide to Creating Responsible, Purposeful and Valuable Organizations Norman Pickavance KoganPage (2015) “Get real or you’re toast.” Lancelot Fahrquart Thinking about reconnection presupposes a previous connection. That is the approach by which Norman Pickavance frames…
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Fighting over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution Andrew M. Schocket New York University Press (2015) Why “the American Revolution will take place in different ways depending on the medium in which it is depicted.” Andrew Schocket Officially,…
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The Responsible Leader: Developing a Culture of Responsibility in an Uncertain World Tim Richardson KoganPage (2015) Without individual as well as shared accountability, little (if anything) of enduring value can be accomplished. As I began to read Tim Richardson’s book,…
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The Attacker’s Advantage: Turning Uncertainty into Breakthrough Opportunities Ram Charan PublicAffairs (2015) This is the most valuable contribution to business thought leadership that Ram Charan has made…thus far. I have read and reviewed all of the books that Ram Charan…
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Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry Crown Business (2015) Howe and why pressure can be “the enemy of success: It undermines performance and helps us fail” Hendrie Weisinger…
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The Resiliency rEvolution: Your Stress Solution for Life — 60 Seconds at a Time Jenny C. Evans Wise Ink Creative Publishing (2015) Here is a cohesive and comprehensive program to accelerate personal growth and professional development As I began to…
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