Book Reviews
Mark Twain’s America Then and Now Laura DeMarco Pavilion (October 2019) You are invited to take a magic carpet ride with Samuel Clemens I became a book lover at a very early age when my mother read stories to me.…
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HBR Guide to Managing Strategic Initiatives Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (February 2020) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison As you probably know already, most of the volumes in the “HBR Guide to” series are anthologies of articles…
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The Seventh Power: One CEO’s Journey Into the Business of Shared Leadership Kevin Hancock Post Hill Press (February 2020) “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” Margaret Mead With all due respect to C-level executives, every…
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Beyond Good and Evil: The Philosophy Classic Friedrich Nietzsche Introduction by Christopher Janaway; Edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon Capstone, A Wiley Brand (February 2020) “What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.” Friedrich Nietzsche As do…
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Eat Sleep Work Repeat: 30 Hacks for Bringing Joy to Your Job Bruce Daisley HarperOne/An imprint of HarperCollins (February 2020) How to stimulate creativity, energy, and success throughout your workplace culture Teresa Amabile and Steve Jobs are among those who…
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Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen Dan Heath Avid Reader Press/An imprint of Simon & Schuster (March 2020) Never more true than it is today: “A stitch in time….” I have read and reviewed four bestsellers co-authored…
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Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America Fergus M. Bordewich Knopf (February 2020) Here is a political history of how the U.S. Congress fought the Civil War Abraham Lincoln was…
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Evidence-Based Recruiting: How to Build a Company of Star Performers Through Systematic and Repeatable Hiring Practices Atta Tarki McGraw Hill (January 2020 “The team with the best players wins.” Jack Welch My own opinion is that the team with the…
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