Book Reviews
Winning Match: Leadership for Game Changers Christian Marcolli Munn Avenue Press (October 2025) How to accelerate leadership development within a workplace culture I agree with Christian Marcolli: Among the defining characteristics that all great leaders share in common, [begin…
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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making — Practical Leadership and Startup Advice from Silicon Valley Tony Fadddell HarperBusiness (May 2022) “Everything begins with asking ‘Why?’” Simon Sinek I agree with Sinek who agrees with Peter Drucker: “There…
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How to Make a Few More Billion Dollars Brad Jacobs Greenleaf Book Group Press (December 2025) Making that first billion can be a bit of a challenge for many people In a book previously published book in 2023, Brad Jacobs…
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Here is an excerpt from a “classic” article written by Alexis Krivkovich and Cindy Levy for the McKinsey Quarterly (2015). To read the complete article, check out others, learn more about the firm, and sign up for email alerts, please click…
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Safe Danger: An Unexpected Method for Sparking Connection, Finding Purpose, and Inspiring Innovation Ben Swire Balance Book Group (October 2025) How to think creatively about thinking creatively I am a staunch advocate of what I characterize as “strategic reading” of…
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CEO Ready: What You Need to Know to Earn the Job — and Keep the Job Mark Thompson and Byron Loflin Harvard Business Review Press (November 2025) How do you measure up as an executive? Do you know? The last…
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Here is an excerpt from Anthony Lane‘s review of Anthony Hopkins’s recently published memoir, “We Did OK, Kid,” written by Anthony Lane for The New Yorker. To read the complete review check out others, sign up for email alerts, and…
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Fly! A Woman’s Guide to Financial Freedom and Building a Life You Love Steph Wagner Matt Holt Matt Holt/An Imprint of Ben Bella Books (November 2025) For women especially, financial independence is not desirable…it is IMPERATIVE. My parents divorced when…
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Culture Design: How to Build a High-Performing, Resilient Organization with Purpose James D. White and Krista White Harvard Business Review Press (November 2025) The Pronouns of High-Impact Transformation: WHAT, WHY, WHO, and by WHEN James White and Krista White provide…
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Choosing to Lead Against the Current: The Courageous Operating System for Changemakers Eveline Shen North Atlantic Books (August 2025) Here’s a system to maximize organizational strengths, minimize weaknesses, and sustain a compdetitive advantage For every business book that is published,…
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