Book Reviews
The Leadership Capital Index: Realizing the Market Value of Leadership Dave Ulrich Berrett-Koehler Publishers (October 2019) Finally, a means by which to determine the bottom-line impact and value of individual and organizational leadership I have read and reviewed all of…
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THE BRAND FLIP: Why customers now run companies and how to profit from it Marty Neumeier New Riders (2015) The choice: companies “can leap into the future and possibly land on their feet” or wait to be run over by…
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Leading Across New Borders: How to Succeed as the Center Shifts Ernest Gundling, Christie Caldwell, and Karen Cvitkovich John Wiley & Sons (2015) A brilliant analysis of the skills, values, and competencies needed to achieve success in the global marketplace…
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Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both Adam Galinsky and Maurice Schweitzer Crown Business (2015) How to decide when to cooperate and when to compete…and how to become better at both I…
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The Summit: Bretton Woods, 1944: J. M. Keynes and the Reshaping of the Global Economy Ed Conway Pegasus Books (2015) A brilliant analysis of the unique significance of “the very highest point of modern international economic diplomacy” Here is probably…
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5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There Is Never Enough Time Jeremie Kubicek and Steve Cockram John WIley & Sons (2015) “No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for…
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Feeling Smart: Why Our Emotions Are More Rational Than We Think Eyal Winter PublicAffairs (2015) How and why “it is the feeling and thinking person who has the advantage, not the person who relies on thought alone” This book’s subtitle…
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What You Really Need to Lead: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner Robert Steven Kaplan Harvard Business Review Press 2015) To paraphrase Henry Ford, “Whether you think you can be an effective leader or think you can’t,…
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The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers Gillian Tett Simon & Schuster (2015) “Why are so many of us sometimes “blind to our own blindness?” Daniel Kahneman Two of the most valuable books…
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Other People’s Money: The Real Business of Finance John Kay PublicAffairs (2015) How some common sense can help restore “priority and respect for financial services that meet the needs of the real economy” I agree with John Kay: “The objective…
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