Book Reviews
Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos Harvard Business Review Press (November 2020) For this CEO, it will always be “Day 1” What we have in this volume is a collection of Jeff Bezos’ writings: shareholder…
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The Four Fields of Leadership: How People and Organizations Can Thrive in a Hyperconnected World Tom Goodell Rowman & Littlefield (September 2020) The power of intentional leadership and how it nourishes emergent leadership In the healthiest organizations, there is effective…
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The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-performance Teams Pamela Fuller, and Mark Murphy with Anne Chow Simon & Schuster (November 2020) Unconscious bias is perhaps the most important “unknown unknown” to reveal…
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Avid Reader: A Life Robert Gottlieb Farrah, Straus and Giroux (2016) Self-portrait of a remarkable life that continues to be driven and nourished by reading Since childhood, Robert Gottlieb has been an avid reader of books and those who write…
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Peernovation: What Peer Advisory Groups Can Teach Us About Building High-performing Teams Leo Bottary Archway Publishing (October 2020) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African proverb In his earlier book,…
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Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization Scott D. Anthony, Paul Cobban, Natalie Painchau, and Andy Parker Harvard Business Review Press (October 2020) How to build a workplace culture where the behaviors that drive…
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The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren Kogan Page INSPIRE (October 2020) How to answer these key questions: How much of WHAT is needed WHERE? WHEN? Also, WHY? Long ago I realized…
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The Wisdom of Bees: What the Hive Can Teach Business About Leadership, Efficiency, and Growth Michael O’Malley Portfolio/Penguin (2010) Busy as a bee? Good. Efficient and productive as a bee? MUCH better. I read this book when it was first…
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The Art of Being Indispensable at Work: Win Influence, Beat Overcommitment, and Get the Right Things Done Bruce Tulgan Harvard Business Review Press (October 2020) Focus on what is most important, not on what is merely “urgent” Long ago, I…
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Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace David G. Smith and and W. Brad Johnson Harvard Business Review Press (October2020) Valuable revelations for some men, timely reassurances for others There is a great deal…
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