Business Book Talk

Bargepole Management Minimal Input Maximum Gain – The Art of Getting Priced at a Premium by Mitch Vandell As far as management books go, Bargepole Management is something of a rare gem. The premise steers clear of the cliché business management titles that attempt to inspire young hopefuls into donating their lives to the cause.…

How to Reform a Business School The Ivy League Way Theory and Practice of Curricular Reform Implementation with an in-Depth Study of Yale School of Management Hardcover by Ashish Jaiswal Undoubtedly, business schools are at a crossroads and under the scanner. In How to Reform a Business School, Ashish Jaiswal meticulously demonstrates the problems plaguing…

Leading Change How Successful Leaders Approach Change Management by Paul Lawrence It is often claimed that 70% of organizational change efforts fail, despite the popularity of linear change models, such as Kotter’s 8-step model. The reason few change efforts succeed as intended is because they are based on two implicit assumptions: that the leader or…

The Brilliance in Failure A Leader’s Learning Journey by Christian A Brickman Our frank talk reveals that, not only is failure part of any executives life it’s a critical opportunity to reflect and grow. The ability for a leader to face his own mistakes is an important part of that person’s job. It sends a…

Widgets The 12 New Rules for Managing Your Employees as if They’re Real People by Rodd Wagner New York Times bestselling author Rodd Wagner tackles one of the most destructive problems facing organizations today – the breakdown of the social contract between people and the organizations where they work. “Your people are not your greatest…

What Business Can Learn from Sport Psychology Ten Lessons for Peak Professional Performance by Martin Turner, Jamie Barker How are the best athletes in the world able to function under the immense pressure of competition? The mental side of performance has always been a crucial component for success – but nowadays coaches, teams, and athletes…

The Wallet Allocation Rule Winning the Battle for Share by Timothy L. Keiningham, Lerzan Aksoy, Luke Williams, Alexander J. Buoye The Wallet Allocation Rule is a revolutionary, definitive guide for winning the battle for share of customers’ hearts, minds, and wallets. Backed by rock-solid science published in the Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management…

Confronting Capitalism Real Solutions for a Troubled Economic System by Philip Kotler With the fall of the Berlin Wall, one economic model emerged triumphant. Capitalism – spanning a spectrum from laissez-faire to authoritarian – shapes the market economies of all the wealthiest and fastest-growing nations. But trouble is cracking its shiny veneer. In the U.S.,…

The Gender Communication Handbook Conquering Conversational Collisions between Men and Women by Audrey Nelson and Claire Damken Brown Men and women exhibit distinct, innate, and acculturated sex differences in their verbal and nonverbal communication styles. In the work environment, the difficulties and misunderstandings generated by these differences not only reduce productivity and efficiency but also…

Iron Butterflies Women Transforming Themselves and the World By Birute Regine This inspiring and compelling narrative weaves together stories of sixty successful women from all walks of life and throughout the world. The author spent several years in eight countries interviewing dynamic female role models: businesswomen, CEOs, a Congresswoman, a governor, an ex-Prime Minister, a…