Book Reviews
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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Ultimate Price: The Value We Place on Life Howard Steven Friedman University of California Press (May 2020) Why unequal valuing of human life should never lead to the denial of human rights The value people place on human life has…
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Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better Clive Thompson The Penguin Press (2014) How and why humans and technology can achieve much more when their respective strengths are in creative collaboration Note: Here is…
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The Nazi Menace: Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Road to War Benjamin Carter Hett Henry Holt (August 2020) How and why the Second World War emerged out of “a shocking new world” According to Benjamin Carter Hett, Italy, Germany,…
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Beyond Great: Nine Strategies for Thriving in an Era of Social Tension, Economic Nationalism, and Technological Revolution Arindam Bhattacharya, Nikolaus Lang, and Jim Hemerling PublicAffairs (October 2020) To paraohrase Marshall Goldsmith, “What got you great won’t keep you great” For…
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Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time & Live a Happier Life Ashley Williams Harvard Business Review Press (October 2020) “Happiness is not the subject of this book. It’s the product.” Do you value time more than money or money…
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Lead Care Win: How to Become a Leader Who Matters Dan Pontefract Figure 1 Publishing (September 2020) “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers) I have read and reviewed each of Dan Pontefract’s three previously…
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