Book Reviews
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making Tony Fadell HarperBusiness/An Imprint of HarperCollins (May 2022) “Everything begins with asking ‘Why?’” Simon Sinek It is also true that “Building anything begins with asking ‘Why?’” Sinek agrees with Peter Drucker:…
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Glass Half Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg Harvard Business Review Press (April 2021) How many women’s careers have been half broken by barriers and biases? As you may or…
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads: 2023 Various Contributors, including HBR Editors Harvard Business Review Press (October 2021) Definitive management ideas that can have the greatest value and impact in 2023 This is the latest volume in a series introduced in 2015.…
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There Is No Box: A Practical Guide for the Relatable Leader Marisa Cleveland & Simon Cleveland Matt Holt Books/An Imprint of BenBella Books (November 2022) How to become “a leader for all seasons” The last time I checked, Amazon offers…
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One Bold Move a Day: Meaningful Actions Women Can Take to Fulfill Their Leadership and Career Potential Shanna A. Hocking McGraw Hill (November 2020) “We are not our best intentions. We are what we do.” Emily Dickinson The title of…
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In Their Names: The Untold Story of Victims’ Rights, Mass Incarceration, and the Future of Public Safety Lenore Anderson The New Press (November 2022) Why we must really SEE all victims and build a safer society in their names If…
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Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (2014) Valuable perspectives on the role of the leader in creating and then sustaining a culture within which…
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Above Quota Performance: Tips and Techniques to Becoming a Master Sales Pro Steve Weinberg Armin Lear Press (October 2022) “People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole!” Theodore Levitt Long ago in Chicago, I sold…
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Show the Value of What You Do: Measuring and Achieving Success in Any Endeavor Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J. Phillips Berrett-Koehler Pubishers (September 2022) When you or your team have achieved something of significant value, let others know about…
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Why It Matters: Reflections on Practical Leadership John A. White Greenleaf Book Group Press (October 2022) How and why great leaders achieve “admirable results, with exemplary character” Christopher Lofgren cites Ahmed Yehia’s comment on great leadership in the Foreword to…
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