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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.

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Title

Author

Comment

  The Case for Virtual Business Processes : Reduce Costs, Improve Efficiencies, and Focus on Your Core Business

Martha Young

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Michael Jude

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 William Bridges