Book Reviews
Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness and How Leaders Missed It Jon Clifton Gallup Press (September 2022) High-impact evangelists: The “secret sauce” for organizational success Jon Clifton wrote this book in order to explain “where the world is suffering…
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Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most Cassie Holmes Gallery Books (September 2022) “The time you enjoy ‘wasting’ is not wasted time.” Bertrand Russell No one can add an hour to a…
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Build for Tomorrow: An Action Plan for Embracing Change, Adapting Fast, and Future-Proofing Your Career Jason Feifer Harmony Books (September 2022) Today is yesterday’s tomorrow…for better or worse. As I began to read the Introduction to this book, I was…
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Thriving on Overload: The 5 Powers for Success in a World of Exponential Information Ross Dawson McGraw Hill (September 2022) How to reframe perception of experience from one of overload to that of abundance Place a glass in the sink…
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True North: Leading Authentically in Today’s Workplace Bill George and Zach Clayton Wiley (August 2022) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde Whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations need effective leaders at all levels and in…
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The Innovation Mindset: Eight Essential Steps to Transform Any Industry Lorraine H. Marchand with john Hanc Columbia Business School Publishing (July 2022) Innovative thinking can be much more than a process: it should be a way of life in the…
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The Executive Coach’s Handbook: Inside Secrets from the World’s Top Executive Coach John Mattone John Mattone Global, Inc. (August 2022) Core concepts and key principles, brilliantly presented Keep in mind that this is literally a handbook — a volume to…
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Exit Path: Hows to Win the Startup End Game Touraj Parang McGraw Hill (July 2022) How and why good exits happen when companies are bought, not sold. The reasons vary, of course, but most startups fail within five years after…
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Launchpad Republic: America’s Entrepreneurial Edge and Why It Matters Howard Wolk and John Landry Wiley (Auhgust 2022) How “a dynamic entrepreneurial economy” has balanced ” the right to compete with property rights” Consider the fact that most (if not all)…
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Dare to Lead Like a Girl: How to Survive and Thrive in the Corporate Jungle Dalia Feldheim Rowman & Littlefield (June 2022) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford Briefly, these are the…
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