Book Reviews
Idea Agent: Leadership that Liberates Creativity and Accelerates Innovation Lina M. Echeverria AMACOM (2012) A personal journey of discovery, generously shared with those who also aspire to liberate creativity and accelerate innovation Lina Echeverria shares with us her intensely personal…
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Success Under Stress: Powerful Tools for Staying Calm, Confident, and Productive When the Pressure’s On Sharon Melnick AMACOM (2013) How to avoid or overcome self-defeating barriers to success…including those that are self-imposed Walt Kelly’s possum, Pogo, once observed, “We have…
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The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership Bill Walsh with Steve Jamison and Craig Walsh Portfolio/Penguin Group (2009) “But here’s the lesson I learned….” Note: I remembered this book when I recently began work on material for a workshop on accelerated development of middle managers…
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Who Says It’s a Man’s World: The Girls’ Guide to Corporate Domination Emily Bennington AMACOM (2013) A brilliant response to this question: “What does it take for women to win at the highest level?” As I began to read this book, I was again…
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The Genius Machine: The Eleven Steps That Turn Raw Ideas into Brilliance Gerald Sindell New World Library (2009) Sindell observes, “The terrible gap that lies between existing knowledge and the persistence of ignorance – and its concomitant poverty, illness, and…
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This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works John Brockman, Editor Harper Perennial (2013) How and why “deep, beautiful, and elegant theories of how the world works” can nourish and enlighten our lives Many of those who purchase and then begin…
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Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works A.G. Lafley and Roger Martin Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter I am pleased that A.G. Lafley has co-authored another book, with…
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Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman Basic Books (1998) Note: I re-read this book recently before completing an extensive revision of the material I will use for a workshop on high-impact teamwork for…
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Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business John Mackey and Raj Sisodia Harvard Business Review Press (2013) Why John Mackey and Raj Sisodia are convinced that “Conscious Capitalism will become a dominant paradigm for how to do business” In this book, John Mackey and Raj…
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Decide & Deliver: Five Steps to Breakthrough Performance in Your Organization Marcia W. Blenko, Michael C. Mankins, and Paul Rogers Harvard Business Review Press (2010) How and why making the right decisions will sustain superior performance This book’s co-authors, Marcia…
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