Book Reviews
The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools Liz Wiseman, Lois Allen, and Elise Porter Corwin/A Sage Company (2013) How and why a Multiplier environment — with efficient systems — can unlock human potential In Multipliers: How the Best…
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The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work Scott Berkun Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Brand (2013) A good story, well-told, about an outlier’s year inside the WordPress organization First of all, this book was written by Scott Berkun who is…
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Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes Tom Rath Missionday (2013) “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle In a previous book, Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements, co-authored…
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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown and Company (2013) Flawed reasoning skills detract from interesting stories about underdogs I have read and reviewed all of Malcolm Gladwell’s previous books and consider…
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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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