Short Book Reviews

The Death of Competition

Ron's Short Review: We're now seeing the business ecosystems emerge (think Apple vs Google vs Microsoft) that Moore was talking about ...

Beyond Reengineering

Ron's Short Review: One of the fathers of the reengineering movement taking us beyond the systems thinking movement into the importance ...

Leader’s Handbook

Ron's Short Review: More about management and execution than leadership but a good book none the less ...

Force for Change

Ron's Short Review: One of the first to distinguish the difference between leadership and management ...

Deep Change

Ron's Short Review: Very profound book on the need to change yourself before leading change with others.  A great section on ...

Credibility

Ron's Short Review: Credibility. Integrity. Lose either one and your ability to lead will be lost ...

Corporate Culture and Performance

Ron's Short Review: Kotter and Haskett are two of the best researchers and writers on corporate cultures ...

Management of the Absurd

Ron's Short Review: A little book recommended by a friend that is one of those real hidden gems.  I highly recommend ...

High Flyers

Ron's Short Review: Good guidelines on leading and working with those exceptional performers ...

Finding Flow

Ron's Short Review: Recommended in Daniel Pink's book "Drive" about getting into the zone of great productivity and motivation ...

Executive EQ

Ron's Short Review: A good application of Emotional Intelligence to Leadership ...

Emotional Intelligence

Ron's Short Review: There has never been any correlation found between IQ and success but complete correlation between EQ (or Emotional ...

Human Resource Champions

Ron's Short Review: Ulrich has been very involved and focused on the role of Human Resources ...

The Leadership Challenge

Ron's Short Review: Some of the early researchers of great leadership ...

Managing at the Speed of Change

Ron's Short Review: A very good manual for dealing with change.  He gives credibility to the dysfunctions that happen with change ...

Road Less Traveled

Ron's Short Review: "Life is difficult" is the opening sentence of this book.  Those that try to lead a life assuming ...

Principle Centered Leadership

Ron's Short Review: Genuine, authentic leadership ...

A Passion for Excellence

Ron's Short Review: Continuation and enhancement of "In Search of Excellence." ...

Mastering Change

Ron's Short Review: Trust is the foundation of successfully dealing with change ...

Thriving on Chaos

Ron's Short Review: Maybe a bit before it's time.  Peters is talking about the environment of perpetual change that we're experiencing ...

The Fifth Discipline

Ron's Short Review: This it still the "bible" of systems thinking even if it's taken us over 20 years to implement ...

In Search of Excellence

Ron's Short Review: This one started it all.  Prior to this book there was no business section to be found in ...

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Absurd!: Exploring Management of the Absurd - Team Leadership Culture February 4, 2016 - 6:12 pm

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