New Ideas from Dead CEOs: Lasting Lessons from the Corner Office by Todd G. Buchholz In a recent blog article,”Tips for Choosing a Great Book,” I shared five elements I look for when searching for a good book. One of those five elements happened to be a “Catchy Title.” It’s not the title alone that…
Seduced by Success: How the Best Companies Survive the 9 Traps of Winning by Robert J. Herbold This is my kind of book. I really enjoy it for a number of different reasons: For those in the early stages of their careers, this particular book is like taking a terrific leadership and management course. For…
Talent Is Never Enough: Discover the Choices That Will Take You Beyond Your Talent by John C. Maxwell This talented writer is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, and author who has sold more than 12 million copies. He’s written dozens of great books. I have them all in my personal library and have reviewed four of…
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? by Lee Iacocca with Catherine Whitney You’ve simply got to read this one! I truly feel sorry for those who will avoid this book because they don’t like and/or respect Lee Iacocca. A lot of people I know fall into one or both of those categories, and I’m certain…
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kin and Renee Mauborgne This book was recommended to me. I must admit that I probably wouldn’t have read it otherwise. I’m still torn as to whom I might recommend it to. On one hand, I found it to…
Fast Company’s Greatest Hits: Ten Years of the Most Innovative Ideas in Business Edited by Mark N. Vamos and David Lidsky Fast Company has been called the hottest business magazine of the past decade. It’s been referred to as the Fortune Magazine of today’s generation. In my travels I have found only two, almost opposite,…
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan Many people will avoid this book like the plague, and they’ll do so for much the same reason they would avoid a diet or time management book. The reason is simple. Reading this book will remind them of many things they know…
Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don’t by Ram Charan Take a look at this subtitle. If the author knows his stuff, this book should certainly jump off the shelf into the hands of any CEO, manager, leader, supervisor or team leader in any business—global, national, or local. It…
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss Yes, it’s Dr. Seuss. Yes, it’s that Dr. Seuss. The one I read to my children decades ago and still find on the bookshelves of my grandchildren to this day. Do us both a favor and bear with me on this one. So many times we fail…