Book Reviews
Here is an excerpt from Edward Kosner‘s review in The Wall Street Journal of James Kaplan’s recently published Sinatra: The Chairman, a biography of a “mother-ridden boyhood in Jersey, bobby-sox mania, career eclipse, Ava Gardner, super-stardom, Rat Pack shenanigans, the…
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One Second Ahead: Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness Rasmus Hougaard with Jacqueline Carter and Gillian Coutts Palgrave Macmillan (2015) How and why being constantly mindful can help accelerate personal growth and professional development With Jacqueline Carter and Gillian…
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The Brain: The Story of You David Eagleman Pantheon Books (2015) How and why our lives shape our brains and our brains shape our lives Those of us who watched the six-part PBS series based on this companion book are…
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The Elephant in the Boardroom: How Leaders Use and Manage Conflict to Reach Greater Levels of Success Edgar Papke Career Press (2015) How and why great leaders embrace conflict as an opportunity rather than view it as a peril In…
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The Optimistic Workplace: Creating an Environment That Energizes Everyone Shawn Murphy AMACOM (2015) How and why optimism energizes a workplace culture so that personal growth and professional development can thrive Long ago, Henry Ford suggested, “Whether you think you can…
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Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family Anne-Marie Slaughter Random House (2015) A brilliant exploration of “the world as it is, not as many of us would like it to be”…but one it could yet become There will always be “unfinished…
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Talking to Crazy: How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life Mark Goulston (AMACOM (October 2016) How to manage “everyday craziness” whenever and wherever you encounter it As Mark Goulston explains, he experienced an epiphany years…
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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner Crown Publishers (2015) How to blend computer-based forecasting and subjective judgment to gain a better sense of what will likely occur Obviously, computers can process, organize, and access…
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Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention Ben Parr Harper One/An Imprint of HarperCollins (March 2015) How and why captivation “triggers” affect our attention and awareness every day, often without our being aware of it There really is a science…
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Why Should Anyone Work Here?: What It Takes to Create an Authentic Organization Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones Harvard Business Review Press (October 2015) “If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need.” William…
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