Book Reviews
Hitler’s People: The Faces of the Third Reich Richard J. Evans Penguin Press (August 2024) A thorough analysis of what was “morally wrong about Nazism and the Third Reich” Richard J. Evans devotes Part I to an analysis of Adolph…
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The Hive Mind at Work: Harnessing the Power of Group Intelligence to Create Meaningful and Lasting Change Siobhán McHale HarperCollins Leadership (September 2024) “That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.” Marcus Aurelius In…
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Habits of a Peace Maker: 10 Habits to Change Our Potentially Toxic Conversations into Healthy Dialogues Steven T. Collis Shadow Mountain Publishing (September 2024) How to find workable solutions through dialogue and conversation In the Epilogue, Steven Collis recalls Abraham…
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Fierce Resilience: Combatting Workplace Stress Once Conversation at a Time Edward Beltran Berrett-Koehler Publishers (August 2024) How to establish and then sustain a stress-free workplace culture one conversation at a time In the introduction, Edward Beltran notes that the material…
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The Energy Advantage: How to Go from Managing Your Time to Managing Your Energy Ricardo Sunderland HarperCollinsLeadership (June 2024) How and why your life energy flows out of an internal source As Ricardo Sunderland explains in the first chapter, “The…
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Cyber Smart: Five Habits to Protect Your Family, Money, and Identity from Cyber Criminals Bart R. McDonough John Wiley & Sons (2019) “When it comes to our cyber lives, we all live in a bad neighborhood.” Bart R. McDonough’s comment…
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power Shoshana Zuboff PublicAffairs (January 2019) How to contest and interrupt, then contain and vanquish an unprecedented threat to the human race As Shoshana…
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The Five Talents That Matter: How Great Leaders Drive Extraordinary Performance Barry Conchie and Sarah Dalton Hatchette Books (August 2024) Here is a scientific methodology that consistently reveals the best talent for a given role In this book, Barry Conchie…
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Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation Gary P. Pisano PublicAffairs (January 2015) How and why human beings can modify their DNA, for better or worse When Charles Darwin discussed his concept of natural selection in his classic work, On the…
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Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 Michael Beschloss Simon & Schuster (2008) Crucibles unlike any other Not all U.S. Presidents were courageous and not all courageous U.S. Presidents are discussed in this volume. According to Michael Beschloss,…
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