Book Reviews
Rise Above the Story; Free Yourself from Past Trauma and Create the Life You Want Karena Kilcoyne BenBella Books (2024) How to acknowledge the truth about yourself, embrace the strengths, and eliminate the weaknesses Here is Karena Kilcoyne’s first headnote,…
Read MoreThe Growth Advantage: A Business Blueprint for the Ultimate Competitive Advantage Bob Lisser Rowan & Littlefield (May 2022) Here’s the basic blueprint from an architect of organizational competitive advantages “To develop a Strategy Advantage, you need to maximize the following…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on High Performance Various Contributors and HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2022) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle’s insight refers to organizations as well…
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Great Communication Secrets John Baldoni McGraw-Hill (2003) “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw I read this book when it was first published (2003) and recently re-read it, curious to know…
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Venture Meets Mission: Aligning People, Purpose, and Profit to Innovate and Transform Society Arun Gupta, Gerard George, and Thomas J. Fewer Stanford Business Books (January 2024) How mission-driven ventures establish and then nourish the healthiest workplace cultures Why did Arun…
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The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived: Tom Watson Jr. and the Epic Story of How IBM Created the Digital Age Robert Watson McElvenny and Marc Wortman PublicAffairs (October 2023) Ethical Capitalism and the ROI of Integrity In their informative Introduction,…
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Work Different: 10 Truths for Winning in the People Age Kate Bravery, Ilya Bonic, and Kai Anderson Wiley (November 2023) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt More than fifty years…
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The Year in Tech 2024: Thoughts You Need from Harvard Business Review Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (January 2024) How and why integrative technologies will determine performance results, for better or worse. As I…
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Imagine Tech for Good: Solving the World’s Greatest Challenges Marga Hoek Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group (November 2023) “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” Albert Einstein Why did Marga Hoek write this book?…
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The Power of Conscious Connection: 4 Habits to Transform How You Live and Lead Talia Fox Ideapress Publishing (November 2023) How to master conscious connections with self-awareness, reflection, and intentional communication Why did Talia Fox write this book? As she…
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