Book Reviews
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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Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court Damon Root Palgrave Macmillan Trade (November 4, 2014) A brilliant analysis of “two compelling visions” of “what the role of the government and the courts should play in our…
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The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill, and Leena Rinne Simon & Schuster (2015) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” — Peter…
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Why Homer Matters Adam Nicolson Henry Holt (2014) “We don’t read great books. They read us.” George Steiner Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Shakespeare, Dante, and other great authors matter because their great works serve as magic carpets that transport us back…
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A Beautiful Constraint: How to Transform Your Limitations into Advantages, and Why it’s Everyone’s Business Adam Morgan and Mark Barden John Wiley & Sons (2015) “Here is the central paradox of a constraint: it can be both a limitation and…
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Designing the Purposeful Organization: How to Inspire Business Performance Beyond Boundaries Clive Wilson KoganPage (2015) Are you helping to build a “cathedral”? As I began to read this book, I was again reminded of the ancient insight, “If you don’t…
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