books about: leadership     books:       The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable214 reviews Patrick M. Lencioni Jossey-Bass, 2002 Improve Your Teamwork As a corporate human resources director, I am continually searching for material that will enhance our organizations team skills. Somewhat like another management book that I recommended Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions, the author uses fictional tales to deliver truthful insights into our business practices. I found the book to be a very intertaining and fun ...             Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't696 reviews Jim Collins Collins Business, 2001 GREAT together I ordered Good to Great along with Amazon's recommended pairing Squawk!: How to Stop Making Noise and Start Getting Results and they are a great match! First, Good to Great provides a macro level view of what strategies various companies have employed over the last few decades and speculates a link between these strategies and the company's stock performance. As a leader, this book is helpful ...             The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference930 reviews Malcolm Gladwell Back Bay Books, 2002 A year later and I'm still marveling over this book! I've heard Malcolm Gladwell speak, and he's superb! In this innovative book, whether he's referring to the Maven, or the Connector, it's relatable to all individuals. If you're looking for a light leadership book that brings up very INNOVATIVE topics, this is it! For additional tips on leadership, I'd also recommend taking a course at www.corporatetrendsetters.com.             The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality1104 reviews Jerome R. Corsi Threshold Editions, 2008 Eye opener I knew Barack Hussein Obama was liberal but I was completely unaware of his numerous socialist contacts and friends. I consider myself an Independent but I am also an American raised with Christian and family values. Thus, I vote Republican because liberal Democrats hate America and have no values, Christian or otherwise. Jerome Corsi brilliantly and methodically lays out why an Obama ...             Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life1450 reviews Spencer Johnson G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998 The parable as a blank canvas Who Moved My Cheese is a classic that uses a story without the burden of extra detail to force you to put your own life into the situation, and learn from it. It's true that this method isn't for everyone, but the book is popular for a reason: it helps people. Who Moved My Cheese has that special something that most fables lack. It makes you think. The only other fable I've seen accomplish ...             StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths179 reviews Tom Rath Gallup Press, 2007 One of the best books of the year I finally got around to reading Strengths Finder 2.0 and I waited far too long. It's a great book that taught me a lot about myself. Definitely one of the top books I've read this year, so good I liked it almost as much as my favorite Squawk!: How to Stop Making Noise and Start Getting Results.             The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People798 reviews Stephen R. Covey Free Press, 2004 Simple yet profound! I really enjoyed reading "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R Covey. Covey starts with the premise everyone is born with these traits and one has to practice and cultivate them. My favorite chapter is "WIN/WIN". Covey's premise is there are 6 paradigms of humans interaction and that WIN/WIN is not a technique it is a philosophy of human interaction. Relationships can be ...             Six Disciplines® Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems ...9 reviews Gary Harpst Six Disciplines Publishing, 2008 Great Stories, But Be Careful Harpst's great book should be tempered with book's like How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business and The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers. If we are careful to qualify how much can really be gathered even from a single person's "sample", even it it is the numerous experiences of someone like Gary Harpst, then we can ...             How to Win Friends & Influence People609 reviews Dale Carnegie Pocket, 1998 A Must Read... This is the roadmap and field book for developing and maintaining healthy and unselfish interactions with others. What does another person need to hear in the first 30-seconds to get their attention? Why should you see a situation from the other person's point of view and what will happen if you don't? This book is filled with real life vignettes that illustrate the power of having a winning ...             Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!2177 reviews Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter Business Plus, 2000 Amazing Book, Period. What ppl don't understand is that you're never supposed to actually take things you read in books like this literally. If he says a certain investment is smart, or he made money a certain way, do your research and see if its right for you. Just like any book, the specific examples used are not as important as the message behind the book. I read all the criticisms of Robert Kiyosaki online, (just ...             QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life177 reviews John G. Miller Putnam Publishing Group, 2004 Brief, direct and to the point... The author keeps it brief and direct, but he hits the nail on the head. Time to quit pointing the finger at everyone else and get to work. If I owned my own company, I would make this mandatory reading for all my employees.             Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High131 reviews Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ... McGraw-Hill, 2002 Should read if ... Nutshell review - You should read this book if you ever need to talk to anyone! Sooner or later you will benefit from the insights and techniques explained in this book to help you handle things when talking gets tough.             Now, Discover Your Strengths329 reviews Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton Free Press, 2001 A Look in the Mirror [As a corporate human resources director, I often work on developing the latent talents and skills of various managers. Years ago, I taught a class where I had each participant to look into a hand-held mirror and ask the question, "Would you want to work for this person?" This book takes this exercise to a completely different level. To discover your own inner strengths (and weakness) ...             What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful192 reviews Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter Hyperion, 2007 Great contribution for leaders facing into change Goldsmith's latest book is a terrific read for leaders waking up to the need for change within themselves. A common sense and energizing book, this is perfect for successful people continued growth is threatened because they have become habituated and inflexible... the very habits that have led to their success have become limiting. Section Two of the book describes twenty habits that make ...             Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics42 reviews Joe Biden Random House, 2007 Promises to Keep , Mr. Joe Biden Promises to Keep is an excellent read! This is a book you do not want to put down! Mr. Biden explains how his life; with its' "ups and tragedic downs" shaped his thinking and his actions. His understanding of how fragile life is; how important family and faith is; why we are obligated to help each other, to get up and go forward together; in service to one another and so many more life ...             A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future192 reviews Daniel H. Pink Riverhead Trade, 2006 Life changer Reading this book will change how you view life - both your own and how you view the world around you.             Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln361 reviews Doris Kearns Goodwin Simon & Schuster, 2006 a fascinating read Very interesting read using source material, in their own words, account. The characters are alive and believeable with the background of the election and civil war. The narrative is engrossing and I got lost in the book. It is a biography of the four people who ran for president in 1860. All four biographies enchance understanding of the times and complement Lincoln's story. The history is ...             Leadership: Theory and Practice29 reviews Peter G. Northouse Sage Publications, Inc, 2006 A High Quality Book According to Kurt Lewin, "There is nothing as practical as a good theory". This is an apt comment in reference to Peter Northouse's book "Leadership: Theory and Practice". The author methodically and clearly explained the major theories and concepts of leadership in a readable and easily understandable manner, in a way that readers can easily implement them. Northouse stresses the need to link ...             Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die207 reviews Chip Heath, Dan Heath Random House, 2007 In order to be memorable, you must use SUCCES Made to Stick is a great book designed to help you made your ideas more memorable. It is not designed to give you the power to come up with new ideas, but to make the most of what's available to you. The authors use a wide variety of examples of "sticky" and non "sticky" concepts to show you what works and what does not. The epitome of their framework is the "Jared" marketing campaign that ...             The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It307 reviews Michael E. Gerber HarperCollins, 1995 A story of my business! I just cannot believe how amazing this book is!! I have never had this experience of feeling the book is talking about me and my business on every page! Gerber's tips, knowledge and methods will surely lead Entrepreneurs into a better understanding of how business works, what is needed to be done and how to do it. Since I started reading the book I started using a highlighter to mark what I ...              search for books accountability, brainers, business, businesses, companies, conversations, difference, disciplines, discover, dysfunctions, effective, execution, influence, leadership, personal, personality, political, politics, practice, practicing, problems, promises, question, revisited, revolution, right-brainers, strengths, strengthsfinder, successful, upgraded books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen electronics: Compatible Canon BC-02 Ink Cartridge. 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