Book Reviews
Leadership Skills That Inspire Incredible Results Fred Halstead Career Press (November 2018) “Your title identifies you as a manager; your people will decide if you’re a leader.” Bill Campbell Long ago I was convinced that I could not motivate other…
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Innovation by Design: How Any Organization Can Leverage Design Thinking to Produce Change, Drive New Ideas, and Deliver Meaningful Solutions Thomas Lockwood and Edgar Papke Career Press (November 2018) How and why purpose-driven, design thinking organizations and enterprises use innovation to…
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Legacy in the Making: Building a Long-Term Brand to Stand Out in a Short-Term World Mark Miller and Lucas Conley McGraw-Hill Education (March 2018) Why and how to build a brand “through the lens of legacy” that can still have…
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Emotional Intelligence: Purpose Meaning + Passion Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (May 2018) “The way to do is to be.” Lao Tzu HBR Press has a new series of anthologies (nine volumes thus far) of articles in which contributors…
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Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change Beth Comstock with Tahl Raz Currency (September 2018) How and why to master the change-maker’s craft because the future is in our imagination Written with the assistance of Tahl Raz, …
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Leading Transformation: How to Take Charge of Your Company’s Future Nathan Furr, Kyle Nel, and Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy Harvard Business Review Press (November 2018) How to use a human-centered process to avoid or overcome key bottlenecks to organizational change In…
Read MoreLeadership Presence (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press “We convince by our presence.” Walt Whitman HBR Press has a series of anthologies (nine volumes thus far) of articles in which contributors offer proven research that shows…
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Truthful Living: The First Writings of Napoleon Hill Napoleon Hill with Jeffrey Gitomer Amazon Publishing (October 2018) Timeless but timely advice for personal growth and professional development Henry Ford once observed, “Whether you think you can or think you can’t,…
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Make Some Noise: The Unconventional Road to Dominance Ken Schmidt Simon & Schuster (November 2018) How your organization can achieve “all-out, against-all-odds success” Friends of mine who own a Harley-Davidson claim its unique roar differentiates it from all other motorcycles. Ken…
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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee: The Imperative of Teams Simon Mac Rory LID Publishing Limited (September 2018) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”African Proverb All healthy organizations have a…
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