Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton, Ph.D. From the coauthor of the national bestseller First, Break All The Rules comes the revolutionary program that shows you how to develop your unique talents and strengths—and those of the people you manage. It’s based on the Gallup study of more than two million people. At the…
Learning Journeys: Top Management Experts Share Hard-Earned Lessons on Becoming Great Mentors and Leaders by Marshall Goldsmith, Beverly L. Kaye, and Ken Shelton Here’s another masterpiece that belongs in your library and should be shared with everyone in your organization. This book brings together a “who’s who” of today’s most successful leadership experts and consultants, who…
Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will by Noel M. Tichy and Stratford Sherman This runaway national bestseller was originally published in 1993. In a recent cross-country trip on behalf of a client, I was fascinated to find this classic prominently displayed on the bookshelves of every major airport I passed through. There’s a good reason…
Don’t Fire Them, Fire Them Up: Motivate Yourself and Your Team by Frank Pacetta This is a maverick’s guide to motivating yourself and your team by the man who turned around sales teams at Xerox. Learn how to build a better business team: how to develop trust, create loyalty, and generate enthusiasm and excitement. This…
The 12 Simple Secrets of Microsoft Management: How to Think and Act Like a Microsoft Manager and Take Your Company to the Top by David Thielen WAIT! Don’t skip this particular review because you lack interest in technology or maybe even despise Bill Gates. This book offers its readers a wealth of information, ideas, and…
The Guru Guide: The Best Ideas of the Top Management Thinkers by Joseph Boyett and Jimmie Boyett Wouldn’t it be nice if you had the time to read all of the business books that hit the best-seller list? Well, if you’re striving to make your mark in the business world, you simply don’t have that kind…
Everyone a Leader: A Grassroots Model for the New Workplace by Horst Bergmann, Kathleen Hurson, and Darlene Russ-Eft For years now, AchieveMax® consultants, trainers, and speakers have promoted the idea that true leaders can and do emerge from every level of the organization. We have witnessed organizations that believe, promote, and benefit from this approach, and we…
Best Practices: Building Your Business with Customer Focused Solutions by Robert Hiebeler, Charles Ketteman, and Thomas B. Kelly What makes the world’s top companies so adept at providing stellar customer service? How do they meet the needs of every customer and still turn healthy profits? And, most important, how can you adapt their practices to…
Lessons from the Top: The Search for America’s Best Business Leaders by Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin What makes a business leader great? This is one of the burning questions in companies and boardrooms across America. An even more compelling question: Are there things each of us can learn from these leaders that we…