Book Reviews
The Four Workarounds: Strategies from the World’s Scrappiest Organizations for Tackling Complex Problems Paulo Savaget Flatiron Books/Imprint of Macmillan Books (March 2023) How four results-driven approaches can help resolve major crises by solving serious problems In Leading Change, James O’Toole…
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Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World Ginni Rometty Harvard Business Review Press (March 2023) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb To what does…
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The Empathy Advantage: Leading the Empowered Workforce Heather E. McGowan and Chris Shipley Wiley (March 2023) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt Empathy is the ability to recognize, understand,…
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Sensitive: The Hidden Power of the Highly Sensitive Person in a Loud, Fast, Too-Much World Jenn Granneman & Andre Sólo Harmony (February 2023) How and why highly sensitive people are so valuable…and under-appreciated Here’s a paradox: emotions tend to have…
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Rising Together: How We Can Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace Sally Helgesen Hatchette Books (February 2023) How to build cultures of belonging in which personal growth and professional development thrive Many of the “silos” that undermine communication,…
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How Far Do You Want to Go? Lessons from a Common-Sense Billionaire John Catsimatidis Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of Ben Bella Books, Inc. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African…
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A History of the Human Brain: From the Sea Sponge to CRISPR, How Our Brain Evolved Bret Stetka Timber Press (2021) Here’s a comprehensive — and entertaining — examination of human brain evolution. In layman’s terms, the mind is…
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An Illustrated Business History of the United States Richard Vague University of Pennsylvania Press (2021) A multi-dimensional examination of business in the United States, 1763-2015 The sequence of fourteen chapters of abundant material begins with “America’s First Business” (1763-1789) and…
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Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High David Noble and Carol Kauffman Harvard Business Review Press (February 2023) The power of three-dimensional leadership for all seasons Companies annually ranked among those most highly admired and best…
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What a Unicorn Knows: How Leading Entrepreneurs Use Lean Principles to Drive Sustainable Growth Matthew May and Pablo Dominguez Matt Holt Books (February 2023) How and why do only a few startups become “unicorns” and all the others don’t? In…
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