Book Reviews
It’s All About Who You Hire, How They Lead…and Other Essential Advice from a Self-Made Leader Morton L. Mandel with John A. Byrne Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) How and why almost any organization “can be a growth business if you…
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Win-Win Partnerships: Be on the Cutting Edge with Synergistic Coaching Steven J. Stowell and Matt M. Starcevich CMOE Press (1996) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison Do not be deterred by the fact that this book was first published…
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Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work Chip Heath and Dan Heath Crown Business (2013) How to make better decisions and help others to make better decisions in all domains of life Those who have read one…
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Ahead of the Curve: A Guide to Applied Strategic Thinking Steven J. Stowell and Stephanie S. Mead CMOE Press (2005) How applied strategic thinking will help you search for future solutions that are more productive and enjoyable” What we have…
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead Sheryl Sanberg Knopf (2013) If you don’t think you have the right and “the right stuff,” why should anyone else think you do? This book and its author have received so…
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Getting Innovation Right: How Leaders Leverage Inflection Points to Drive Success Seth Kahan Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2013) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker Those who…
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The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results Gary Keller with Jay Papasan Bard Press (2013) How and why to select and then do only what is most important while ignoring almost everything else Up front, I want…
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The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Third Edition Warren Buffett; Edited by Lawrence A. Cunningham Carolina Academic Press (March 2013 Here in the Third Edition are business information, insights, and counsel of incalculable and timeless value This…
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Judgment On the Front Line: Why the Smartest Companies Trust their People to Make Real Decisions Chris DeRose and Noel Tichy Portfolio/Penguin Group (2013) How to Build and Then Sustain a Front Line-Focused Organization The implications of the title of…
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Can’t Buy Me Like: How Authentic Customer Connections Drive Superior Results Bob Garfield and Doug Levy Portfolio/Penguin (2013) “Absent now the ability to mesmerize the public on a mass scale, how can you be on the right side of all…
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