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.
Just got a look at this book, definitely on my "GOT TO BUY
AND READ LIST". I'll add a comment when I get it read.
NOW, Discover Your
Strengths
Marcus Buckingham
&
Donald Clifton, PhD
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
How organizations drive growth by unleashing human
potential.
The E-Myth Revisited: Why
Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Michael E. Gerber
Great book for designing and organizing the business systems
for growth in a small company.
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 the web brings 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. www.futurizenow.com
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!
Jobshift: How to
Prosper in a Workplace Without Jobs
William Bridges
Creating You & Co:
Learn to Think Like the CEO of Your Own Career