Book Reviews
The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business–Their Lives, Times, and Ideas Andrea Gabor Times Business (2000) A brilliant discussion of thirteen “geniuses of modern business” While preparing questions for another interview, I recently re-read this book (published in 2000)…
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One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game John Feinstein Little, Brown & Company (2011) Memorable moments and unforgettable people during a ten-book journey…thus far…featured in an eleventh book Others have their reasons for holding this…
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Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders? A Better Way to Evaluate Leadership Poitential Jeffrey Cohn and Jay Moran Jossey-Bass (2011) How and why to cope with a leadership evaluation and development crisis to produce more effective leaders As…
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Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy Joan Magretta Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why organizations can achieve and then sustain competitive advantage, especially in turbulent and uncertain times Although this book offers – in…
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Harvard Business Review on Increasing Customer Loyalty Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to create customers who are profitable This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies of articles that first appeared in Harvard Business…
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The CEO’s Strategy Handbook: How to create, sustain and accelerate profitable growth Stuart Cross Global Professional Publishing (2011) How to manage strategy effectively and on a continuous basis In fact, everyone in a given enterprise (including but not limited to…
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The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results Subir Chowdbury McGraw-Hill (2012) Still another “revolutionary process” to achieve “extraordinary results Subir Chowdhury and other authors of recently published business books are to be commended for having the…
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Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era Laurie Bassi, Ed Frauenheim, Dan McMurrer, with Larry Costello Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2011) How and why companies must prove worthy of consumers’ business, employees’ best efforts, and investors’ dollars What’s in a word?…
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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are Alan Watts Vintage Books/Random House (1989) Of all the books I have reviewed for various Amazon websites thus far, none has attracted more reader comments than has this “little” book…
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The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others Kristi Hedges AMACOM (2012) How and why powerful intentional presence can be a “personal game changer” As I began to read this book, I was reminded of one…
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