From the Results Driven Manager series
Published by Harvard Business School
A review by Michael Maslanka
Ever see those business book paperbacks in airport concession stands? You know, the ones in the metal racks that spin around. I bought one in the Atlanta airport, finished it, and wanted to review it before touchdown.
The data:16 short articles, 138 pages. […]

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I Can’t Believe She Did That!: Why Women Betray Other Women at Work

By Nan Mooney
A review by Celeste Blackburn
For this book, Mooney interviewed more than 100 women and had “casual discussions” with “countless” more. Her goal was to find out (as the title implies) why women betray other women in the workplace. She begins […]

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1. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. How and why certain products and ideas become fads.
2. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. Methods for reducing stress and increasing performance.
3. Go Green, Live Rich: 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get […]

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Double Billing: A Young Lawyer’s Tale Of Greed, Sex, Lies, And The Pursuit Of A Swivel Chair

By Cameron Stracher
A review by Michael Maslanka
This is a well-written and informative book about a young lawyer’s time at a large New York law firm. We highly recommend it.
One of the book’s passages talks about how litigation gets […]

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Amazon.com updates it’s bestselling business book hourly. Here is a snapshot of what books were hot this morning — Monday, May 12.
1.The Post-American World. “This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.” So begins Fareed Zakaria’s important new work on the era we […]

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The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (And Their Employees)

By Patrick Lencioni
A review by Paul Knoch
I first became interested in reading The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (And Their Employees) by Patrick Lencioni after listening to him speak at a leadership conference. Lencioni told the […]

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1. StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath. Are you unsure where your true talents lie? Do you feel that you are both a person who gets things done and someone who offers penetrating analysis? Well, you can discover whether you are […]

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