Book Reviews
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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The High-Speed Company: Creating Urgency and Growth in a Nanosecond Culture Jason Jennings with Laurence Haughton Portfolio/Penguin Group (March 2015) How to accelerate personal growth and professional development in almost any organization, whatever its size or nature In one of…
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The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Your Digital Transformation Charlene Li Wharton Digital Press (2015) How and why engaged leaders transform themselves so that they can transform their organizations Recent research by highly reputable firms such as Gallup and Towers…
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The Connected Leader: Creating Agile Organizations for People Performance and Profit Emmanuel Gobillot KoganPage (2006) How and why, without agile and resilient leadership, no organization can thrive or even survive in today’s global marketplace Emmanuel Gobillot invites his readers to…
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