Book Reviews
Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century Jeff Lawson HarperBusiness (January 2021) How and why software development has become a natural law of successful business In this book, Jeff Lawson…
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Redefining Possible: Proven Strategies to Break Belief Barriers and Create Your New Normal Ron Alford and Dustin Hillis SouthwesternBooks (January 2021) “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.” Mark…
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Taking Care of Yourself: The HBR Working Parents Series Daisy Dowling, Series Editor Harvard Business School Press (December 2020) If you don’t care about your health, why should anyone else? This is one of the volumes in a new series…
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Stronger Through Adversity: World-Class Leaders Share Pandemic-Tested Lessons on Thriving During the Toughest Challenges Joseph A. Michelli McGraw-Hill (December 2020) “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.” Friedrich Nietzsch Nietzsche’s observation (made in 1888) is somewhat relevant as…
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Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection Marissa King Dutton (January 2021) How the basic elements of social structure and their psychological tendencies shape our lives According to Marissa King, “Social scientists have spent the last four decades studying…
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Managing Your Career: The HBR Working Parents Series Daisy Dowling, Series Editor Harvard Business School Press (December 2020) “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” Oscar Wilde This is one of the volumes in a new series that consists of articles…
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Coronavirus: Leadership + Recovery Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (July 2020) “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” George S. Patton Here is one of the most valuable books in the HBR Insights Series. Cutting-edge thought…
Read MoreAccording to Amy S. Greenberg, David S. Brown new biography of Henry Adams “reveals how dynastic burden shaped the personality and career of the brilliant, bitter and thoroughly unlikable man who brought the prominence of the Adams family, and expectations…
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Management 2.0: Discovery of Integrated Enterprise Excellence Forrest W. Breyfogle III Citius Publishing, Inc. (August 2020) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker’s observation offers a…
Read MoreLeadership System: Implementing Integrated Enterprise Excellence Forrest W. Breyfogle III Citius Publishing, Inc. (August 2020) Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison Thomas Edison’s observation offers a valuable reminder to executives who become wholly preoccupied with WHERE, while neglecting HOW.…
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