Book Reviews
Leading So People Will Follow Erika Andersen Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) A thorough and insightful examination of “those core timeless attributes” of leadership that are essential to human fulfillment Those who have read any of Erika Andersen’s earlier works — notably Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary…
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The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward Kevin Cashman Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2012) “Great things are achieved by reflection, force of character, and judgment.” Marcus Tullius Cicero In his previous book, Kevin Cashman advocates what he characterizes as “leadership from…
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Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools Paul Bambrick-Santoyo Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Derek Bok This book is best viewed as an operations manual with a toolkit for those directly involved in public school education in…
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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation Daniel J. Siegel Basic Books (2010) How and why the mind uses the brain to create itself in order “to promote physical, psychological, and interpersonal well-being In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Polonius offers this advice…
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Carol S. Dweck Ballantine Books (2008) How to achieve sustainable growth of intellectual capabilities with the right mindset I read this book when it was first published (2006) and recently re-read it before reading Daniel Siegel’s Mindsight: The…
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Be Bulletproof: How to achieve success in tough times at work James Brooke and Simon Brooke Vermillion (2012) How to “create your own Mongol silk shirt or develop your own bulletproof vest” The title of my review refers to James…
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The Training Measurement Book: Best Practices, Proven Methodologies, and Practical Approaches Josh Bersin Pfeiffer/A Wiley Imprint (2008) A rigorous examination of “pragmatic, actionable, specific best practices, processes and methodologies” According to Josh Bersin, the material in this book is based…
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The Strategy Book Max Mckeown FT Press (2012) “All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory evolved.” Sun Tzu Among Max Mckeown’s “Final words” (Page 224) are…
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Adaptability: The Art of Winning in an Age of Uncertainty Max Mckeown KoganPage (2012) “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to…
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative Austin Kleon Workman Publishing Company (2012) The power and achievement of “artistic theft” A 12th century French monk, Bernard of Chartres, once observed, “We are like dwarfs standing…
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