Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Random House
A review by Sarah McAdams
Some ideas just stick with us. And one of them from Malcolm Gladwell’s bestseller The Tipping Point stuck with brothers Chip and Dan Heath — so much so that they stole the concept. Their book, […]

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The Good, the Bad, and Your Business:
Choosing Right When Ethical Dilemmas Pull You Apart
By Jeffrey Saglin
A Review By Michael Maslanka
If you think that you know exactly what’s right and what’s wrong and that your moral compass doesn’t need any fine-tuning, then we invite you to read The Good, the Bad, and Your Business: […]

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1. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95.) How and why certain products and ideas become fads.)
2. The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. (Picador, $16.) A columnist for the New York Times analyzes 21st-century economics and foreign policy and presents an overview of globalization trends.
3. Getting […]

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The Truth About Hiring the Best
By Cathy Fyock
A Review by Michael Maslanka
Looking to pick up the latest thinking on hiring? Pick up The Truth About Hiring the Best, a quick and informative guide in “The Truth About” series. Cathy Fyock boils it down to 53 truths.
One generation’s truths are another generation’s missteps. As little as […]

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What are you colleagues reading? These books are at the top of the SHRM’s bestseller list.
1. 151 Quick Ideas to Manage Your Time by Robert E. Dittmer. Do more in less time, take control of your schedule, and create a new balance between your work and your family life.
2. Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals: A […]

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The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t
A review by Mark I. Schickman
Robert Sutton is a professor at the Stanford School of Engineering and the founder and codirector of Stanford’s Center for Work, Technology and Organization. He wrote a Harvard Business School article, which was then transformed into […]

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1. Jim Cramer’s Stay Mad for Life by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason. (Simon & Schuster, $26.) The host of “Mad Money” on CNBC explains how to get rich and stay rich.
2. Free Lunch by David Cay Johnston. (Portfolio, $24.95.) How lobbyists and lawyers have wangled government subsidies for the wealthy.
3. The 4-Hour Workweek […]

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