books about: solving

books about: solving

books:

Solving

The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels

Michael Watkins

Harvard Business School Press, 2003

Great Primer for Taking On a Management Job
The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins is squarely aimed at the task of a manager coming in and dealing with a new team. Those first ninety days can really make or break a business relationship and it is well worth studying this information before you take on a new job. ...

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

Dan Roam

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

The Back of the Napkin Is A Book For Entrepreneurs
When Dan Roam wrote The Back of the Napkin, he probably never thought he was writing a book for entrepreneurs. But that is exactly what he did. The book is about discovering ideas, developing ideas, and selling ideas. That is the entrepreneurship process. That is the ...

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ...

McGraw-Hill, 2007

Necessary Reading!
Great book for educators. Should be required reading for all who work with people. Practical and effective information taught in a comprehensive and understandable fashion. Our faculty is doing a group study and application to our school with great results!

Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis

Newt Gingrich, Vince Haley

Regnery Publishing, 2008

A Visionary Plan for Lower Gas Prices
This is a comprehensive plan for cutting gas prices and eliminating dependence on foreign oil. Based upon the title, one might assume that this is just about increasing the oil supply. It is far more comprehensive than that. This shows how to do that as well as ...

The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to ...

Rodale Books, 1996

Excellent reference for "natural" pest control!
Living in the tropics, I have had frequent failures starting up my organic garden due to pests taking it over. This year I have used some tips and "natural pesticide" recipies from this book with great success. It has also helped me identify "good" versus "bad" ...

Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business

Patrick M. Lencioni

Jossey-Bass, 2004

Good tips
This is one of the most practical books I've ever read. He does a great job of working you to the point and the thoughts behind his ideas. We've used this concepts a lot and it has greatly improved our meetings and communication.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Patrick M. Lencioni

Jossey-Bass, 2002

The best book on teamwork
This was a great book, an easy read that was packed with information and suspense. After reading the fictional part of the book, I found the in depth descriptions of each dysfunction at the end of the book very important and informative. Also what makes this book so ...

QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life

John G. Miller

Putnam Publishing Group, 2004

QBQ Should Be Required Reading for Everyone!
I found QBQ through Dave Ramsey's radio program. Dave is the Financial Peace guru and author of The Total Money Makeover. I am a big Ramsey fan and I figured if QBQ was mandatory reading for his staff then it should be for me and my team as well. QBQ is a quick read ...

Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition)

Michael Michalko

Ten Speed Press, 2006

An Essential Guide for Creative Thinking
This book, together with my treasured Roger von Oech books, sit prominently on my bookshelf when working on a variety of problems - software development, film production, creative writing for scripts or novels, and developing opportunities in this mediacentric age. ...

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2007

blink...and then it's gone
There's not much substance to this book. Rather than being a resource of information, it is merely a book of examples. There is no broad takeaway you can gather from it after reading except to say perhaps that many of our decisions are based on split-second thoughts. ...

Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More

Joe Vitale, Ihaleakala Hew, Ph.D Len

Wiley, 2007

Most amazing book!
This book has transformed my life! I only wish I had read it sooner. Most amazing.

Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite

Paul Arden

Portfolio Trade, 2006

Whatever you do, buy this book
Great book, easy to read, great information about taking risk in your life, highly reccomended...

The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to ...

Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin

Lawrence Weinstein, John A. Adam

Princeton University Press, 2008

Very useful brain exercises
Somehow, guessing at numbers is unsettling, even though I've done it all my life. John Adam is a professor of applied mathematics, with a degree in physics. Larry Weinstein is a nuclear physicist. Their book is devoted to proving that intelligent guessing is useful and ...

How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition

David Bornstein

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Single best book I have read in past five years
I read a lot, almost totally non-fiction, and for the past several years, after accidentally becoming a top Amazon reviewer on the strength of 300 reviews lifted from the annotated bibliographies of my first two books, I have been dedicated, as a hobby, to reading in ...