Book Reviews
The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen Random House (2010) Note: In an article written for the Wall Street Journal (January 26, 2013), Bill Gates explains why he thinks this book…
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The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leitner Harvard Unversity Press (November 2022) The power and impact of a first-person PLURAL mindset For more than 30 years, I worked with the senior-level executives…
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The Power of Little Ideas: A Low-Risk, High-Reward Approach to Innovation David Robertson with Kent Lineback Harvard Business Review Press (May 2017) Do innovators have only two choices: innovate small incrementally or innovate big disruptively? “There is another option.” At…
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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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