Book Reviews
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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Give a F*ck, Actually: Reclaim Yourself with the 5 Steps of Radical Emotional Acceptance Alex Wills Skyhorse Publishing (January 2023) How to make a commitment to whatever is REALLY most important to you I had no idea why Alex Wills…
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Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential Matt Higgins William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollins (February 2023) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford I agree with Ford’s comment.…
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Come Up for Air: How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work Nick Sonnenberg HarperCollins Leadership/An Imprint of Harper Collins (February 20123) “Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent, not enough time…
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Communicate with Courage: Taking Risks to Overcome the Four Hidden Challenges Michelle D. Gladieux Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. (2022) Nothing ventured, nothing gained…and usually a great deal of value is lost These are the four risks (“hidden challenges”) on which Michelle…
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Minitab® and Lean Six Sigma: A Guide to Improve Business Performance Metrics Forrest W. Breyfogle III Citius Publishing (December 2022) A brilliant explanation of how best to execute and measure a high-impact process improvement project As you may already know,…
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When Everyone Leads: How The Toughest Challenges Get Seen and Solved Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride Bard Press (January 2023) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African Proverb…
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Culture Is the Way: How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact, and ExcellenceMatt Mayberry Wiley (February 2023) “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Peter Drucker My take is that prevailing values in a workplace will always be…
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