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Peter F. Drucker on Management Essentials, Peter F. Drucker, Harvard Business Review Press, “So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work”, Drucker’s widely quoted comment helps to explain why so many organizations…
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Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work Jim Detert Harvard Business Review Press (May 2021) A thorough analysis of “natural human tendencies in the face of common opportunities for courage” As Jim Detert explains in Chapter 1,…
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Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance Felix Oberholzer-Gee Harvard Business Review Press (April 2021) How to think more strategically about your business and the role of strategic management I agree with Albert Einstein: “Make everything as simple…
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The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism Hubert Joly Harvard Business Review Press (May 2021) “People won’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt In 1970, Milton Friedman…
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In Better, Simpler Strategy, Felix Oberholzer-Gee recommends a strategy that could not be simpler: “create substantial value for customers, employees, or suppliers” consistently, year after year after year. This approach is best captured in a simple graph which he calls…
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Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg Harvard Business Review Press (April 2021) How to eliminate structures and mindsets that preclude gender parity for professional women With this book, Colleen…
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Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works A.G. Lafley and Roger Martin Harvard Business Review Press (2013) “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.” Michael Porter Note: I reviewed this book when it was first published and…
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The CEO Test: Master the Challenges That Make or Break All Leaders Adam Bryant and Kevin Sharer Harvard Business Review Press (March 2021) “Champions get up when they can’t.” Jack Dempsey With rare exception, crises do not develop character but…
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Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer Harvard Business Review Press (January 2021) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” Thomas Edison There are 5.5 million family-owned businesses in…
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The Seven Basic Plots Throughout the History of Storytelling
In their recently published book, The Imagination Game, Martin Reeves and Jack Fuller explain how to spark new ideas and create your company’s future. In Chapter Six, they examine the seven basic plots throughout the history of storytelling. Briefly: VOYAGE…
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