Book Reviews
Leadership Is Overrated: How the Navy SEALs (and Successful Businesses) Create Self-Leading Teams That Win Kyle Buckett and Chris Mefford HarperOne/An Imprint of HarperCollins (August 2023) Leadership really does matter. “It’s just that it’s highly overrated.” To what does the…
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Know What Matters: Lessons from a Lifetime of Transformation Ron Shaich Harvard Business Review Press (October 2023) “If everything matters, nothing matters.” Harris Johnson I again remembered my Uncle Harry’s observation as I began to read this book. He realized…
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Game Changer: How Strategic Pricing Shapes Businesses, Markets, and Society Jean-Manuel Izaret and Arnab Sinha Wiley (October 2023) How to formulate a pricing strategy with speed, confidence, efficiency, and impact According to Jean-Manuel Izaret and Arnab Sinha, Game Changer “will change the…
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The Great Team Turnaround: How to Unlock Growth Using PVTV Jeff Hilmire Ripples of Hope Publishing (2021) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb This is the third of…
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The Human Edge Advantage: Master the Art of Being All In Lisa Danels Human Edge Insights (October 2023) Channeling Henry Ford: “Whether you think you can lead or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” The last time I checked, Amazon…
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Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing…Including You Brad Stulberg HarperOne: An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers (September 2023) Accepting the inevitability of change “turns out to be empowering and even an advantage.” In the Introduction, Brad Stulberg observes,…
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HBR Guide to Critical Thinking Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (January 2023) How to master the skills needed for high-impact decision-making and problem-solving As you no doubt know already, Harvard Business Review Press publishes…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Performance Management Various Contributors in Collaboration with HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (April 2023) “Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.” Warren Bennis As you no doubt know already,…
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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam M. Grant Viking (2018) Note: I read this book when it was first published and have just re-read it again. I enjoyed it even more this time and highly recommend it. How and…
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How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself Michelle P. King Harper Business/An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishing (October 2023) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith I agree with Goldsmith. In fact, I…
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