Book Reviews
Digital Business Transformation: How Established Companies Sustain Competitive Advantage From Now to Next Nigel Vaz Wiley (January 2021) How companies thrive by defending, differentiating, or disrupting themselves and their markets Drawing upon wide and deep experience with all manner of…
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The Burnout Epidemic: The Rise of Chronic Stress and How to Fix It Jennifer Moss Harvard Business Review Press (September 2021) Healthy workplace cultures should resemble gardens, not pressure cookers In her Introduction, Jennifer Moss refers to the earliest recorded…
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The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower Morra Aarons-Mele Harvard Business Review Press (April 2023) A brilliant analysis of how to convert anxiety into a source of positive, creative power As I began to read this…
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The Transformative CEO: Impact Lessons from Industry Game Changers Jeffrey J. Fox and Robert Reiss McGraw-Hill (2012) How and why leaders transform themselves so that they will be more effective transforming their organizations NOTE: This is one of those rare business books…
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Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language Patricia T. O’Connor and Stewart Kellerman Random House (2009) “What’s another word for ‘thesaurus’?” Steven Wright Patricia O’Connor and Stewart Kellerman have co-authored a book in which they examine…
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Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts, and Change the World Sally Susman Harvard Business Review Press (March 2023) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde As I began to read this book, I was reminded of another,…
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Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn Portfolio/Penguin ( “If you’ve always done it that way, it’s probably wrong.” Charles Kettering There are several metrics that matter but the one to which this book’s subtitle…
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On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation Kim Samuel Abrams Press (September 2022) You are large, you contain multitudes…just like everyone else. The title of this brief commentary channels a reassurance from Walt Whitman in “Song of Myself.”…
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How to Lead Your Family Business: Excelling Through Unexpected Crises, Choices, and Challenges Julie Charlestein Matt Holt/An Imprint of Bella Books (February 2023) Timely and timeless advice that is practical, principled, and results-driven For about 20 years, I worked closely…
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Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work Uri Gneezy Yale University Press (2023) A brilliant analysis of “the interaction of important agendas” Many years ago, I realized that I could not motivate other people but I could help some people to…
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