Book Reviews
Rise To The Top: How Women Leverage Their Professional Persona to Earn More Stacey Hawley Career Press (2015) How to manage the power of others’ perceptions to achieve the given career objectives Authors of books such as this one often…
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The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World Edward Dolnick Harper Perennial (2011) A compelling account of “a group of scientists who set out to read God’s mind” and what they learned Authors…
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People Tools for Business Alan Fox SelectBooks (2014) “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” Yogi Berra Here are 50 strategies (“hammers”) that can drive initiatives (“tactics”) to help individuals as well as…
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Exponential Organizations: Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, and cheaper than yours (and what to do about it) Salim Ismail with Michael S. Malone and Yuri van Geest Diversion Books (2014) How and why the exponential organization (ExO)…
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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism Wheeler Publishing Doris Kearns Goodwin Thorndike Press (2013) To borrow a phrase from Carl Sandburg, here are U.S. politics journalism during the Golden Age “with the…
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George Washington: Gentleman Warrior Stephen Brumwell Quercus (2013) “I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.” Robert Frost George Washington: Gentleman…
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An American in London: Whistler and the Thames Margaret MacDonald and Patricia de Montford Philip Wilson Publishers (2013) A brilliant examination of a great artist, his major works, and his unique relationships with London and the Thames Until recently, I…
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A Year with Peter Drucker: 52 Weeks of Coaching for Leadership Effectiveness Joseph A. Maciariello HarperBusiness/An imprint of HarperCollins (2014) How would you like to have Peter Drucker as your personal advisor for the next twelve months? What we have…
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Succession: Mastering the Make-or-Break Process of Leadership Transition Noel M. Tichy Portfolio/Penguin (2014) How and why leadership succession at all levels and in all areas is a continuous process to sustain organizational regeneration I know of no one else who…
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Lead Like it Matters…Because it Does: Practical Leadership Tools to Inspire and Engage Your People and Create Great Results Roxi Behar Hewertson McGraw-Hill (2015) Every organization needs effective leadership at all levels and in all areas of the given enterprise.…
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