Book Reviews
Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior Kerry Patterson , Joseph Grenny , Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler McGraw-Hill (2005) Peril or Opportunity? As I read this exceptionally informative book, I was again reminded of the fact that…
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Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening Roger Nierenberg Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2009) Roger Nierenberg has written the best book on the essence of leadership that I have read in recent years. He provides the material in the form…
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Beyond Budgeting: How Managers Can Break Free from the Annual Performance Trap Jeremy Hope and Robin Fraser Harvard Business Press (2003) How to avoid or escape from “the annual performance trap” Given what Hope and Fraser perceive to be an…
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Reinventing the CFO: How Financial Managers Can Transform Their Roles and Add Greater Value Jeremy Hope Harvard Business Press (2006) Those who are — or who aspire to become — a CFO need to understand that, as Hope explains, “too…
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The Courageous Follower: Standing Up to and for Our Leaders Ira Chaleff Berrett-Koehler (2003) It is important to keep in mind that a “follower” is not necessarily someone who never leads; rather, a follower is someone who, in a non-leader…
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The Prime Solution: Close the Value Gap, Increase Margins, and Win the Complex Sale Jeff Thull Kaplan Publishing (2005) Many of the same core concepts in this book were previously discussed in Thull’s Mastering the Complex Sale: How to Compete…
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Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition Guy Kawasaki Portfolio/Penguin Group (2008) Kawasaki provides “hardcore information” for “hardcore people who want to kick ass” I have just re-read Reality Check and admire it even more…
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The Manager as Change Agent: A Practical Guide to Developing High-Performance People and Organizations Jerry Gilley, Scott Quatro, Erik Hoekstra, Doug Whittle, Ann Maycunich, Scott A. Quatro, Jerry W. Gilley, and Doug D. Whittle Basic Books (2001) Your Own Yellow…
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Today We Are Rich: Harnessing the Power of Total Confidence Tim Sanders Tyndale House Publishers (2011) A grandmother for all seasons In this his latest book, Tim Sanders creates a context, a frame-of-reference, for several concepts introduced in earlier works,…
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The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations Ronald E. Riggio, Ira Chaleff, and Jean Lipman-Blumen, Co-Editors Jossey-Bass (2008) “Candles” and “mirrors” in the contemporary workplace This anthology brings together the essays of 31 contributors who…
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