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The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization
John C. Maxwell
Thomas Nelson, 2006
A Cassette Tape?!
+ 360 Degree Leader Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization
+ Starting over
+ Great book for anybody in a leadership position
+ 360 Degree Leader Review (Nursing Leadership)
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The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki
Anchor, 2005
Excellent Primer
+ Why don't quantum physicists let a crowd predict the Higgs' particle mass-energy?
+ Never judge a book by its cover!
There's a reason why democracy is the crappiest form of government, except all others (to paraphrase somebody famous).
The theme of this book is that groups of people are smarter than individual people. It's sort of counterintuitive to the American spirit of individualism, but James Surowiecki ...
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay Books, 2002
Must read book
+ Having been hugely happy with Blink!
+ Interesting stories, not that useful
+ A year later and I'm still marveling over this book!
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The First-Time Manager
Loren B. Belker, Gary S. Topchik
AMACOM, 2005
Good Thoughts
+ Very good resource for a first-time manager...
+ Great book!
I bought this for my son who is a first time manager at a fast food chain of restaurants. He says it has helped him learn a lot and is putting the things in the book to good use with his team. He feels that he has learned a lot and will definately use what he has learned from this book.
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay Books, 2007
The art of split-second thinking
+ Great book even if I don't agree with it...
+ Intuition is No Simple Subject Matter to "Thin-Slice" - Gladwell does it Well!
+ Blink - A Must Read
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Jim Collins
Collins Business, 2001
Worth for its price
+ A good look at what companies can do to manage talent
+ Good to Great
+ Good to Great review
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Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Spencer Johnson
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998
GREAT eye openner
+ Who moved my cheese
+ happiness is for everyone, and change is always difficult to deal with
+ Are you ready to change?
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How to Become a Great Boss: The Rules for Getting and Keeping the Best Employees
Jeffrey J. Fox
Hyperion, 2002
Very Good Advice
+ Great principles
+ Awesome for any Leader
+ Read it Again
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
Warms up after the first couple chapters
+ Good overview of the relationship between the environment & politics
+ Critical topic, excellent scholarship, yet very accessible
Not quite as good as his best-known book, "Guns, Germs and Steel", mostly because the first 50 pages are about Montana. Who cares about Montana? I barely even know where it is. But after that it gets wicked awesome. Unfortunately you can't really skip the Montana parts - too many concepts are ...
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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
Barry Schwartz
Harper Perennial, 2005
Excellent and easy to read
+ Excelent Book!
+ A Must-Read Manual for Those Suffering from Mall Malaise
+ Insightful, Never Boring
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
W. W. Norton, 2005
Fascinating!
+ Great subject and treatment - shakey science
+ Is Western Society truly superior?
+ Exactly the answers I wanted in twice the length I needed
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The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow
John C. Maxwell
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Maxwell Is On Time, On Target
+ Leader
+ A must read.
+ Excellent resource with action steps to put into practice now
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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
Peter M. Senge
Doubleday Business, 2006
Systemic thinking: the art of thinking in loops...
+ Excellent book on systemic thinking in business context
I won this book in a lottery and it was on my bookshelf for several years. I thought it would be one of those repetitive bestsellers about management and leadership, so common in this genre. Belonging to this genre, this book could not escape its being repetitive, but the content far outweighed ...
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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
John C. Maxwell
Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2007
Encouraging, Inspirational, and a great read to!!!!!
+ The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
+ Maxwell Book
+ Powerful
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Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, ...
Hyperion, 2000
Makes work fun
+ Great read!
+ Fish! for Teambuilding
+ Great learning, easy read
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