Book Reviews
Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration Scott Doorley and Scott Witthoft John Wiley & Sons (2013) How to use space to create a culture of collaboration within which personal growth and professional development thrive As I…
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The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence—and Lead Dana Ardi St. Martin’s Press (2013) This is another “time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to…
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The Joy of Strategy: A Business Plan for Life Allison Rimm bibliomotion books + media (2013) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker I selected…
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Out Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes G. Shawn Hunter Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2013) How and why innovative leadership must “leverage a culture that will stop at nothing to fix bad ideas and stomp out mediocrity Shawn Hunter wrote…
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The Wisdom of Titans: Secrets of Success from Entrepreneurs Who Rose to the Top William Ferguson bibliomotion books + media (2013) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison According to William Ferguson, “After interviewing the eleven titans for this book,…
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The CIO Paradox: Battling the Contradictions of IT Leadership Martha Heller bibliomotion (2013) The CIO “for all seasons” Rather than one paradox, as this book’s title suggests, Martha Heller rigorously and eloquently examines several separate but related paradoxes: Cost versus…
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Beyond the Idea: How to Execute Innovation in Any Organization Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble St. Martin’s Press (2013) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison According to Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble, “The most important message in Beyond the…
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ZOOM: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career: Secrets of Superfast Success From Fortune’s 40 Under 40 Daniel Roberts and Leigh Gallagher Fortune Books/Time Home Entertainment (2013) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derek Bok First, three introductions: Daniel…
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Feed the Startup Beast: A 7-Step Guide to Big, Hairy, Outrageous Sales Growth Drew Williams and Jonathan Verney McGraw-Hill (2013) How and why “the smallest market efforts can produce outsized sales results if you focus on the right issues” The…
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What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider’s Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences Steven G. Mandis Harvard Business Review Press (2013) An insider’s account of the decline and fall of a once great firm that was “greedy, but…
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