On this page, we are listing the various books that
we have read or are reading. We share this list
with you as a reference to go along with the comments that we have made in the
various sessions which we have facilitated for our clients.
We are very interested in any comments that you have on any
of these books/topics and also any suggestions you might have to make
this section more valuable.
Email us with your comments and your suggested books! We would love to hear from you!
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Title
Author
Comment
From Doormat to Diva!
Merci Miglino
Great Resource for taking yourself to new personal levels!
NOW, Discover Your
Strengths
Marcus Buckingham
&
Donald Clifton, Ph.D
Great resource for discovering the 34 Strength of people,
then how to leverage that for the organization.
Prey
Michael Crichton
Another Great Book by Crichton! A very interesting look at
the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology and computer technology.
What might artificial evolution in the twenty-first century look like?
Read this book and you will get an idea!
Execution - The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
Excellent book on linking Strategy to Action! Discusses the
Three Core Processes of Execution. A MUST READ for leaders who
really want to get things done!
Follow This Path
Curt Coffman
Birth of the Chaordic Age
Dee Hock
The VISA Story, but much more than that! Dee Hock really did
see what was coming as we move from the Industrial Age to the
Information Age and how it impacts organization structures!
The Corporate Mystic
Gay Hendricks
Great insights into TRUE Corporate Leadership - the way it should
be!!
It isn't the Big that eat the Small, but the Fast that eat the
Slow
Jason Jennings
& Laurence Haughton
The importance of SPEED in the marketplace and also in all you
do in business today!
The Cluetrain Manifesto
rick levine - christopher locke
doc searls - david weinberger
The 95 Theses to ignite a vibrant and viral conversation about
the profound changes teh web grings to the way people interact
with businesses - or can if businesses pay attention and open
themselves to the one-on-one conversations that the web enables! www.cluetrain.com
Futurize Your Enterprise
David Siegel
Building your business for service to the customer, based on
web enabled service. Also a very good book to cause one to think
about how you are linked with your customers.
The Agenda
Michael Hammer
Hammer is back with better stuff! In this book he explores good
basics which every organization should take very seriously if
they want to succeed in today's environment.
Leadership by the Book
Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels and Phil Hodges
A Great parable story for "Servant Leadership" - I found this
very relevant and worthwhile - insightful
Crowning the Customer
Feargal Quinn
Great book about real customer focus and service! Easy Read,
but worth it!
A Look at Life from a Deer Stand
Steve Chapman
Great insights into life, particularly if you have hunted with
your father (or mother) or your children!
Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson
SUPER little book about how we deal with change!
The Leadership Challenge
James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Another GREAT One! The Ten Commitments of Leadership - p.18
- Terrific Model for Leadership!
The New Pioneers
Thomas Petzinger, Jr.
Wonderful examples of the "Age of Adaptation", find out how technology
is wiping out economies of scale and the new meaning of "Niche".
The Age of Paradox
Charles Handy
Employment/Employability
Portraits of Success
James Olan Hutcheson
The Olan Mills Story and More
Closely held business are fragile - more than 2/3 fail to survive
the founder's involvement.
Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe,
and America
Lester C. Thurow
Areas of Strategic Advantage
No Contest
Alfie Kohn
A case against competition
I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was: How to Discover
What You Really Want and How to Get It
Barbara Sher
Personal Life Planning
A Woman's Worth
Marianne Williamson
Of particular interest to women
Release 2.1
Ester Dyson
Living in the digital age Great book for Internet related issues,
including privacy and the future of the Internet and WWW
The 500 Year Delta: What happens after what comes next
Watts Wacker & Jim Taylor
The "triple witching hour", the move from 500 years of reason
to and "age of possibility" marked by chaos. The convergence
of tremendous change!
The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure
James Redfield
Nine Insights of Life - There is no such thing as coincidence
(or everything happens for a reason) - More powerful than you
might expect!
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