Book Reviews
Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance Tim Koller, Richard Dobbs, and Bill Huyett John Wiley & Sons (2011) How executives can make much better decisions – “even as markets, economies, and industries change around them” All organizations need a solid foundation on which their executives…
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Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, and Create the Future Leonard A. Schlesinger and Charles F. Kiefer with Paul B. Brown Harvard Business Review Press (2012) Why and how serial entrepreneurs thrive best in uncertain environments…and what lessons can be learned…
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Five Minds for the Future Howard Gardner Harvard Business School Press (2009) On nurturing “potentials that are distinctly human” I have read and reviewed all of Howard Gardner’s previous books and consider this, his latest, to be the most valuable thus far.…
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The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life Thomas M. Sterner New World Library (2012) How and why “focusing on and finding joy in the process of achieving instead of [merely] having a goal…is magical and incredibly empowering” For almost three decades, K. Anders Ericsson and…
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Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success Chip Conley Free Press/A Division of Simon & Schuster (2012) An “operating manual” from an “emotional concierge” for those who seek meaning in life on the other side of complexity I have read and reviewed Chip Conley’s previous books…
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The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling Free Press/A Division of Simon & Schuster (2012) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison For whatever reasons, many decision-makers are victims of…
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Awakened Leadership: Beyond Self-Mastery Alan E. Shelton Red Hatchet Press (2012) Why and how to “allow leadership to arise in you as you really are in any moment when leadership is called out” The core thesis of this book is that within each…
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Simply Effective: How to Cut Through Complexity in Your Organization and Get Things Done Ron Ashkenas Harvard Business School Press (2009) “Make it as simple as possible…but no simpler.” Albert Einstein Ron Ashkenas is one of my intellectual heroes. I have read, reviewed, and…
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The Power of Communication: Skills to Build Trust, Inspure Loyalty, and Lead Effectuvely Helio Fred Garcia FT Press/A Pearson imprint (2012) Leadership lessons to be learned from the military services, especially from the U.S. Marines As Helio Fred Garcia correctly notes in the Introduction to his…
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When Values Are Strategic: How the Basic Values of Procter & Gamble Transformed Leadership at Fortune 500 Companies Rick Tocqigny with Andy Butcher and the P&G Alumni Network FT Press/A Pearson Imprint (2012) A brilliant examination of the power and impact of core values that can transform individuals as…
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