Executive Warfare: 10 Rules of Engagement for Winning Your War for Success by David F. D’Alessandro and Michele Owens This book was recommended to me by a long-time colleague who knew I would enjoy it. He was indeed correct. However, he also voiced his opinion that I probably wouldn’t want to review it for our…
The Management Gurus: Lessons from the Best Management Books of All Time by Chris Lauer and the Editors at Soundview Executive Book Summaries Let’s face it. Today we’re living in the age of information overload. In this chaotic world of growing challenges and diminishing leisure time, it’s becoming more and more difficult to read as…
The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything by Stephen M. R. Covey I want to take a moment here to attempt to clarify a few things that tweaked my curiosity right off the bat when I first discovered this book. This author is NOT the man who authored The Seven Habits of…
What Made jack welch JACK WELCH: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders by Steven H. Baum with Dave Conti Don’t pass on this one because you’re not familiar with Jack Welch or have no interest in him as a leader or businessman. The author has successfully utilized one of my five keys for choosing a…
Billion-Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years by Paul B. Carroll and Chunka Mui I find it rather ironic that there are so many well-written best sellers on the shelves today (Built to Last, Good to Great, etc.) that expound on examples of successful organizations…
The Milkshake Moment: Overcoming Stupid Systems, Pointless Policies and Muddled Management to Realize Real Growth by Steven S. Little Here’s another author who grabbed my attention by capitalizing on several of my five keys for choosing a book (Tips for Choosing a Great Book) … a catchy title, table of contents and jacket content. The…
Toy Box Leadership: Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child by Ron Hunter, Jr. and Michael E. Waddell I first came across this book several months ago during a flight delay in the Atlanta airport. I was so impressed with the content that I wrote an article for our blog. It wasn’t…
The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business by Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson, and Ethan Willis We just added a new feature to our blog spotlighting distinguished authors. The first author I chose to introduce was Ken Blanchard. Before the ink was dry on that article, Blanchard placed another title…
Leadership Gold: Lessons I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Leading by John C. Maxwell If you’ve been following our book reviews over the years, you probably know how I feel about this particular author. Of his 42 best sellers, this is the sixth book that I’ve reviewed here. To me, reading one of his books…