Loyalty Myths : Hyped
Strategies That Will Put You Out of Business and Proven
Tactics That Really Work
Available at Amazon
by Timothy L. Keiningham, Terry G. Vavra, Lerzan Aksoy, Henri Wallard Available at Barnes & Noble
by
Tom Kelley,
Jonathan Littman, 2005
In
The Art of Innovation, IDEO's managing
director Tom Kelley described IDEO's "deep dive"
approach to successful product creation. Their focus on
brainstorming and teamwork has resulted in world-wide
acclaim as the leading design and innovation firm in the
world. In The Ten Faces of Innovation, Kelley
reveals the strategies IDEO uses to help foster
innovation throughout the culture of a business, and
counter the debilitating effect of the devil's advocate.
Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Available at Amazon
by Malcolm Gladwell, 2005
How
do we make decisions--good and bad--and why are some
people so much better at it than others? That's the
question Malcolm Gladwell asks and answers in the
follow-up to his huge bestseller, The Tipping Point.
Utilizing case studies as diverse as speed dating, pop
music, and the shooting of Amadou Diallo, Gladwell
reveals that what we think of as decisions made in the
blink of an eye are much more complicated than assumed.
The Five Dysfunctions of a
Team: A Leadership Fable Available at Amazon
by
Patrick M. Lencioni, 2002
Once
again using an astutely written fictional tale to
unambiguously but painlessly deliver some hard truths
about critical business procedures, Patrick Lencioni
targets group behavior in the final entry of his trilogy
of corporate fables. And like those preceding it, The
Five Dysfunctions of a Team is an entertaining,
quick read filled with useful information that will
prove easy to digest and implement
The Big Moo:
Stop Trying to Be
Perfect and Start Being Remarkable
by
The Group of 33, 2006
Most organizations are stuck in a
rut. On one hand, they understand all the good things
that will come with growth. On the other, they’re
petrified that growth means change, and change means
risk, and risk means death. Nobody wants to screw up and
ruin a good thing, so most companies (and individuals)
just keep trying to be perfect at the things they’ve
always done.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and
Others Don’t
by Jim Collins, HarperCollins, 2001
Built to Last, the defining management study of the
nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time
and how long-term sustained performance can be
engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very
beginning.
Execution: The Discipline Of Getting Things Done
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by Larry Bossidy, With Charles Burck, Ram Charan, Crown Group, 2002
The book that shows how
to get the job done and deliver results . . . whether
you’re running an entire company or in your first
management job. Written by two of the most prominent
businessmen in America, this book is an essential guide
to the art and science of execution within the corporate
realm.
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