Book Reviews
The Sponsor Effect: How to Be a Better Leader by Investing in Others Sylvia Ann Hewlett Harvard Business Review Press (June 2019) HOW to fulfill your leadership potential by helping others to fulfill theirs The title of one of Sylvia…
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Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up Jerry Colonna HarperBusiness (June 2019) If you don’t care abut knowing who you really are, why should anyone else? In his classic work, Denial of Death, Ernest Becker acknowledges that everyone dies…
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You’re It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When It Matters Most Leonard J. Marcus, Eric J. McNulty, Joseph M. Henderson, and Barry C. Dorn PublicAffairs (June 2019) How specific human complexities, relationships, and interdependencies determine success or failure To…
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Einstein’s War: How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I Matthew Stanley Dutton/Penguin Random House (May 2019) A major breakthrough in science within a global crucible of severe political pressure According to Matthew Stanley, “This is the…
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Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination Brian Jay Jones Dutton/Penguin Random House (May 2019) Oh, the places he went Over the years, my wife and I have purchased hundreds of copies of Seuss books…
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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie Basic Books (May 2018) Perhaps a “new science”: You decide. What is causal inference and why is it important? According to Judea Pearl and…
Read MoreBring Your Brain to Work: Using Cognitive Science to Get a Job, Do It Well, and Advance Your Career Art Markham Harvard Business Review Press (June 2019) How cognitive science can help accelerate personal growth and professional development Briefly, cognitive…
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The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America’s Best–and Worst–Chief Executives Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, with special contributions by Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, and Richard Norton Smith PublicAffairs (April 2019) Whatever the specific rankings, here is an abundance of valuable…
Read MoreThe British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy) Rick Atkinson Henry Holt & Company (May 2019) Another masterpiece to be savored and cherished I read and reviewed Rick Atkinson’s Liberation Trilogy — An…
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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West David McCullough Simon & Schuster (May 2019) They developed the Ohio Territory, propelling “as best they could the American ideals” In her superb review of David…
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