Book Reviews
Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Handbook: Helping Companies Realize the Full Value of Acquisitions Scott C. Whitaker John Wiley & Sons (2012) How to combine, consolidate, and integrate resources effectively Most mergers and acquisitions either fail or fall far short of…
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo PublicAffairs/The Perseus Group (2011) How and why ideology, ignorance, and inertia have so effectively undermined efforts to reduce/eliminate global poverty I read this…
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The Hidden Agenda: A Proven Way to Win Business and Create a Following Kevin Allen bibliomotion (2012) How and why to “get it”: the hidden agenda Initially, I misunderstood this book’s title, incorrectly assuming that Kevin Allen – in the…
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Calculating Success: How the New Workplace Analytics Will Revitalize Your Organization Carl Hoffman, Eric Lesser, and Tim Ringo Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the connective tissue between vision and execution is workforce analytics” According to Carl Hoffmann, Eric Lesser, and Tim Ringo, “there…
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Being Global: How to Think, Act, and Lead in a Transformed World Ángel Cabrera and Gregory Unruh Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why business leaders who develop a global mindset can help their companies to transcend cultural barriers Companies cannot become global leaders unless and…
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The Wealth of Nations: The Economics Classic Adam Smith with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Captstone Publishing Ltd./A Wiley Company (2010) How and Why The Wealth of Nations is “one of the most important and influential books ever written.” The title of…
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Boundless Potential: Transform Your Brain, Unleash Your Talents, Reinvent Your Wortk in Midlife and Beyond Mark S. Walton McGraw-Hill (2012) “Potential” means “you ain’t done it yet.” Darrell Royal Few of us of us ever fully develop the potentialities that…
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Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the World Leslie A. Perlow Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why to avoid or break free from a cycle that grows (unintentionally) vicious Ignore the title of this…
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How Winning Works: 8 Essential Leadership Lessons from the Toughest Teams on Earth Robyn Benincasa Harlequin Press (2012) “To strive, to seek, to find…and not to yield.” Tennyson’s Ulysses Not everyone agrees with Robyn Benincasa about which are the “toughest teams…
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The Prince: The Original Classic Niccolò Machiavelli, with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone Publishing Ltd. (2010) How and why a leader needs to be both “a fox to discern snares, and a lion to drive off wolves” Those who have read one or more…
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