The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael Watkins Personally, I can’t think of a modern-day business person and/or organization that wouldn’t benefit from this great read. Let’s face it, can you think of an organization that won’t be experiencing some kind of staff transition in the future?…
If You Don’t Make Waves, You’ll Drown: 10 Hard Charging Strategies for Leading in Politically Correct Times by Dave Anderson Prior to every keynote or seminar, we offer the disclaimer that we’re about to share with you what you NEED to hear rather than what you WANT to hear. I guess I always felt that…
The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker with Joseph A. Maciariello If you know of Peter Drucker, the 95-year-old Austrian-born author and analyst who left behind a body of work that laid the foundation for modern management science, you’ll want this book. If…
Winning by Jack Welch with Suzy Welch Jack Welch has written a number of books on a variety of subjects such as leadership, management, business, values, and competition, to name just a few. Even more books have been written about him and his illustrious career with General Electric. When this particular book hit the book…
The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed I’ve written more than 120 book reviews thus far and have never suggested that any book was targeted for any particular audience. However, we all know that there’s a first time for everything, and I guess…
The Rules of Business: 55 Essential Ideas to Help Smart People (and Organizations) Perform at Their Best by FAST COMPANY’s Editors and Writers I came across this book on a recent browsing excursion through my local bookstore. I must admit my motive evolved from my admiration and constant reference to the monthly magazine FAST COMPANY….
The Luck Factor: The Four Essential Principles by Richard Wiseman Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be lucky at every turn and others simply can’t seem to get a break? Is luck just fate, a psychic gift or a question of intelligence? Are people born lucky? Can you change your luck? And…
The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen R. Covey It was just a matter of time … If you read The Seven Habits of Highly-Effective People, as well over 15 million readers worldwide have done, you had to know that Stephen Covey would someday, inevitably, give us The 8th Habit. In fact, most…
What the Best CEOs Know: 7 Exceptional Leaders and Their Lessons for Transforming Any Business by Jeffrey A. Krames Here’s a great concept for teaching anyone—students, potential CEOs in their first year of a business track, or anyone further along in their business careers—the value of bench-marking the careers of some of this generation’s top…