Book Reviews
Think and Grow Rich: The Original Classic Napoleon Hill, with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone Publishing Ltd. (2009) The “Supreme Secret” of success: “Anything the human mind can believe, the human mind can achieve.” Those who have read one…
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Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success Ken Segall Portfolio/Penguin (2012) “I would give my life for simplicity on the other side of complexity.” Oliver Wendell Holmes As Hannibal Lector explains to Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs, the Roman emperor…
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Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why organizational conversation can – and should – be a new source of organizational power The results…
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Revenue Disruption: Game-Changing Sales and Marketing Strategies to Accelerate GrowthPhil Fernandez John Wiley & Sons (2012) How and why Revenue Performance Management (RPM) can help achieve sustainable growth and profitability The title of this book probably attracted your attention (and…
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inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity Tina Seelig HarperOne/An imprint of HarperCollins (2012) How and why the tools and techniques of creative thinking are as essential to invention as the scientific method is to discovery There are six components that comprise what Tina Seelig…
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The Art of War: The Ancient Classic Sun Tzu, with an Introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone Publishing (2010) “Every battle is won or lost before it is fought.” – Sun Tzu Those who have read one or more of the volumes that comprise Tom…
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Optimizing Talent: What Every Leader and Manager Needs to Know to Sustain the Ultimate Workforce Linda D. Sharkey and Paul H. Eccher Information Age Publishing (2011) “Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.”…
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Need, Speed, and Greed: How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World’s Most Wicked Problems Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran Harper Business/An Imprint of HarperCollins (2012) A brilliant examination of “the new paradigm…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by John Boudreau for Talent Management magazine. He suggests that, for talent managers, “creating learning and change is as much about changing habits as it is about imparting skills or providing great experiences.” To check out all the resources and…
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Off Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Myth to Personal and Professional Satisfaction Matthew Kelly Hudson Street Press/The Penguin Group (2011) A paradox for our times: One’s career and personal life are separate…and inseparable The work-life balance is an issue that has fascinated me for decades. Hence my…
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