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Whale Done! : The Power of Positive Relationships
Kenneth Blanchard, Thad Lacinak, ...
Free Press, 2002
Really Good!
Whale Done! : The Power of Positive Relationships
This is a great book that can have an immediate impact on your relationships both at work and at home. I highly recommend it for any one with children (especially teens) or supervisory responsibilities. But it can ...
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The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves
Fireside, 2005
Shows you how to manage your emotions
This is a special book. In addition to illustrating how emotional intelligence works and why it is important, it showed me how I can identify my emotions accurately in the moment and respond to them more effectively. The techniques are quite easy to apply, and I am ...
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If I'm So Smart, Why Can't I Lose Weight?: Tools to Get it Done
Brooke Castillo
BookSurge Publishing, 2006
avoid self denial just do it
Very Helpful in all aspects.
I used different colored highlighters to focus on issues.
I recommend this to everyone struggling.
Very good on so many levels.
you should couple this with reading Riding the dragon.
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Paul Collier
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
Development economics that we can all understand
This book summarizes a career's worth of research in a format that both explains issues and makes suggestions in a way that does not require economics jargon translation. It is the best work I've seen that describes the effect of individual and combined local and ...
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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time
Brian Tracy
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2007
Eat that Frog
Don't look at the title - but the author! This is an excellent book with tips on how to be more productive and stop procrastinating!
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
Multitude of Great Tips
The book's intro statement says it all. "It's possible for a person to have an overwhelming number of thigns to do and still function productively with a clear head and a positive sense of relaxed control." I'm sure most of us feel like we have too many things to do. I ...
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, ...
Crown Business, 2002
A "Must Read" for Executives
If a business leader were to select one book as a guide to success, this would be my choice. As a former AlliedSignal executive, I have seen these practices applied and reinforced; I have also seen the results that they deliver. The book defines Execution as "...a ...
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The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing It All" Gets Nothing Done
Dave Crenshaw
Jossey-Bass, 2008
I wish I'd read this 10 years ago!
As a busy mother of three and manager of a family business, I've spent years feeling like there is not enough time in the day, and no possible way to do everything that needs to get done. I believed that if I wanted to get anywhere in life I had to be a master ...
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The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
Peter F. Drucker
Collins Business, 2006
The Effective Executive Book Review
I am still reading this book; there are so many insights that I find myself highlighting and writing them down; then I go back to review them over and over. For the person who wants to be an Effective Executive or just an effective individual I would recommend you ...
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The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
William Easterly
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
How Global Aid became a Cash Laden Cow instead of a Thoroughbred Racehorse (or Bureaucracies eat oats too, don't they?)
Here, William Easterly lifts the veil of fog and proceeds to make a big dent in our collective ignorance about the "ways of global poverty" and in the process tells us what "not to do" in trying to surmount it. His trenchant critique gives a whole new meaning to the ...
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Executing Your Strategy: How to Break It Down and Get It Done
William A. Malek, Mark Morgan, ...
Harvard Business School Press, 2008
Perils and opportunities in the six domains of the strategic execution network
In this volume, Mark Morgan, Raymond Levitt, and William Malek focus their attention on "engaging in strategic project portfolio management for successful execution" and more specifically on the six domains of the strategic execution network, their acronym INVEST: ...
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The 25 Best Time Management Tools & Techniques: How to Get More Done Without Driving Yourself Crazy
Pamela Dodd, Doug Sundheim
Peak Performance Press, Inc., 2005
Simplicity makes it perfect!
It is very simple guide that covers almost all critical time management tools and techniques. The level of simplicity shows that the writers are great masterminds of the subject. No doubt it took so much research, analysis and effort to write such a nice material ...
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Getting the Right Things Done: A Leader's Guide to Planning and Execution
Pascal Dennis
Lean Enterprise Institute, 2006
Strategy Deployment Simplified
Pascal Dennis covers the basics of strategy deployment extremely well. He explains the concepts, methods and tactics used by Toyota to maximize improvement. His extremely practical description of strategies "as stories that engage" and his clear explanations of ...
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Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story
Timothy B. Tyson
Three Rivers Press, 2005
Worth reading
I recommend this book not only to those of us who lived through the time but also to younger adults who care about racial issues in America. The author's personal account allows readers to experience recent history through his eyes. The book is informative and a very ...
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Destination Dissertation: A Traveler's Guide to a Done Dissertation
Sonja Foss, William Waters
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
Extremely helpful
Destination Dissertation presents an attempt to demystify the process of conducting, writing and presenting original research, completing dissertations and making the transition to journal articles. The travel metaphor is creative and one to which all of us, as ...
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