Summer Reading Suggestions

My recent seminar and keynote schedule has kept me on the road from one end of the country to the other over the past several months, prohibiting me from completing my next ten book reviews. I’m working on them at this very moment but thought I would share a few title suggestions for those of you who have decided to read more and drive less this summer. Escalating gas prices do have a positive side if you look hard enough.

Based on feedback from clients and fellow readers, here’s a short list of business books you might want to check out. I’ll be reviewing several of them in our next installment on the web site.

Where Have All the Leaders Gone? by Lee Iacocca	New Ideas from Dead CEOs Lasting Lessons from the Corner Office by Todd G. Buchholz	The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies … And How to Break Them by Jagdish N. Sheth	The Other Side of the Card Where Your Authentic Leadership Story Begins by Mike Morrison, Dean, University of Toyota
Hot Spots Why Some Teams, Workplaces, and Organizations Buzz with Energy — and Others Don’t by Lynda Gratton	Change or Die The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life by Alan Deutschman	Tiger Traits 9 Success Secrets You Can Discover from Tiger Woods to Be a Business Champion by Nate Booth	The Innovation Killer How What We Know Limits What We Can Imagine — and What Smart Companies Are Doing About It by Cynthia Barton Rabe
Leading at a Higher Level Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performance Organizations by Ken Blanchard	Big Brown The Untold Story of UPS by Greg Niemann	Changing How the World Does Business FedEx’s Incredible Journey to Success — The Inside Story by Roger Frock	The Secret to GE’s Success A Former Insider Reveals the Management Strategies of the World’s Most Competitive Company by William E. Rothschild
Talent Is Never Enough Discover the Choices that Will Take You Beyond Your Talent by John C. Maxwell	Made to Stick Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath	Trust Your Gut How the Power of Intuition Can Grow Your Business by Lynn A. Robinson	It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It Ready-to-Use Advice for Presentations, Speeches and Other Speaking Occasions, Large and Small by Joan Detz

Harry K. Jones is a motivational speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a company of motivational speakers who provide custom-designed seminars, keynote presentations, and consulting services.