Book Reviews
When Sparks Fly: Igniting Creativity in Groups Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Walter C. Swap Harvard Business Review Press (2005) How to Activate the Maverick Synapses Note: I read this book many years ago and then composed the review that follows. Books…
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Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed Alexis Ohanian Business Plus/Hatchette Book Group (2013) More heat than light What follows is a review of this book, not an evaluation of its author, although In Part…
Read MoreGrounded: How Leaders Stay Rooted in an Uncertain World Bob Rosen Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2014) The leadership skills needed to cope with speed, impermanence, complexity, transparency, competition, and globalization Over the years, I have interviewed hundreds of thought leaders (many…
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Trust Inc: Strategies for Building Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset Barbara Brooks Kimmel, Editor Next Decade, Inc. (2014) How and why a high trust culture is one within which personal growth and professional development are most likely to thrive Curious,…
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Maximize Your Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career Jocelyn Glei, Editor Amazon Publishing (2013) Are you a prospective Free Radical? “Potential” means “you ain’t done it yet.” Darrell Royal Jocelyn Glei edited this volume…
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The buffet awaits: o “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.” African proverb o “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.” Chinese…
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The Practical Drucker: Applying the Wisdom of the World’s Greatest Management Thinker William A. Cohen AMACOM (2014) A brilliant explanation of how to apply the most valuable lessons to be learned from Peter Drucker (1909 –2005) The title of this…
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Ego vs. EQ: How Top Leaders Beat 8 Ego Traps with Emotional Intelligence Jen Shirkani bibliomotion books + media (2013) How to “open the door to identify your own ego traps with some simple actions to remedy them” As I…
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Fish Can’t See Water: How National Culture Can Make or Break Your Corporate Strategy Kai Hammerich and Richard D Lewis John Wiley & Sons (2013) How and why “deep and often invisible natural programming” can affect the strategy execution of…
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Conf!dence: A book review by Bob Morris
Conf!dence: Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, Insecurity, and Self-Doubt Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Hudson Street Press/The Penguin Group (2013) How and why “low confidence is the result of failure but the source of success” In this thoughtful and thought-provoking book, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic observes, “The…
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