Book Reviews
Peter F. Drucker on Management Essentials, Peter F. Drucker, Harvard Business Review Press, “So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work”, Drucker’s widely quoted comment helps to explain why so many organizations…
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Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work Jim Detert Harvard Business Review Press (May 2021) A thorough analysis of “natural human tendencies in the face of common opportunities for courage” As Jim Detert explains in Chapter 1,…
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The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride Wiley (May 2001) How and why the next generation of entrepreneurs will determine the future of business in the U.S. Each of what…
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50 Business Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on innovation, management and strategy Tom Butler-Bowdon Nicholas Brealey (April 2018) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer) This is one of the latest in…
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Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work Chip Heath and Dan Heath Crown Business (2013) How to make better decisions and help others to make better decisions in all domains of life Those who have read one…
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Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance Felix Oberholzer-Gee Harvard Business Review Press (April 2021) How to think more strategically about your business and the role of strategic management I agree with Albert Einstein: “Make everything as simple…
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Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight Julia Sweig Random House (March 2021) One of the most talented and influential, yet underappreciated First Ladies Prior to reading this book, I already knew that Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson (1912-2007) was one…
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Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty, and Get Things Done Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton with Anthony Gostick Harper Business (May 2021) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.”…
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The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism Hubert Joly Harvard Business Review Press (May 2021) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt In 1970, Milton Friedman…
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Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World’s Greatest Investors Win in Markets and in Life William Green Scribner (April 2021) How to find “countless ways to optimize the odds of success” As William Green explains, he wrote this book in order…
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