Book Reviews
The Execution Factor: The One Skill That Drives Success Kim Perell McGraw-Hill Education (September 2018) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison Leaders in any organization — whatever its size and nature may be — would be well-advised to keep…
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Talent: The Market Cap Multiplier Anish Batlaw and Ram Charan Ideapress Publishing (January 2022) How and why strategic talent management drives exceptional value creation Here’s this book’s basic concept: Ram Charan and Anish Batlaw examine “a methodology and practice that…
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Compassionate Leadership: How to Do Hard Things in a Human Way Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter with Marissa Afton and Moses Mohan Harvard Business Review Press (January 2022) Alvin Toffler nailed it. “The illiterate of the 21st century,” Toffler observes…
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HBR Guide for Women at Work HBR Editors with Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (November 2018) How to overcome unconscious biases that oppose women’s personal growth and professional development This is one of the volumes in a series of…
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds Michael Lewis W.W. Norton & Company (2016) A brilliant analysis of how two world-famous psychologists could – and did — “undo” so many misconceptions about human error I have read and…
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HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose John Coleman Harvard Business Review Press (January 2022) How to craft a life and a career guided, informed, and enriched by purpose This one of very few single-author volumes in HBR Guide to…. series,…
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Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age Ram Charan and Geri Willigan Currency (April 2021) “Insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein With substantial assistance from Geri Willigan, Ram Charan…
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HBR Guide to Setting Your Strategy HBR Editors and Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (August 2020) “The essence of strategy is choosing what NOT to do.” Michael Porter This is one of the volumes in a series of anthologies…
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Uncommon Accountability: A Radical New Approach to Greater Success and Fulfillment Brian P. Morgan and Michael Lennington Wiley (December 2021) How to take personal ownership of your state in life In his classic work, Denial of Death, Ernest Becker acknowledges…
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Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape the Future Paul Leinwand and Mahadeva Matt Mani Harvard Business Review Press (January 2022) “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed yet.” William Gibson Whatever their…
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