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A collection of 96 issues

New Book Review: "The Future of Management"

New book review for The Future of Management, by Gary Hamel and Bill Breen, Harvard Business School Press, 2007: In the preface to this text, the authors indicate that their goal is "to help [the reader] become a 21st-century management pioneer; to equip [the reader] to reinvent the principles,

New Book Review: "The Strategy Paradox"

New book review for The Strategy Paradox: Why Committing to Success Leads to Failure (and What to Do About It), by Michael E. Raynor, Currency Doubleday, 2007: Raynor explains through several case studies that poor luck is usually the cause of company failure, not poor planning or execution. Any future

New Book Review: "Leadership Beyond Reason"

New book review for Leadership Beyond Reason: How Great Leaders Succeed by Harnessing the Power of Their Values, Feelings, and Intuition, by Dr. John Townsend, Thomas Nelson, 2009: Copy provided by Amazon. Townsend explains quite plainly in his introduction that "great leaders succeed by harnessing the power of both

New Book Review: "Managing Humans"

New book review for Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager, by Michael Lopp, Apress, 2007: A lot of reviews for this work have been posted here already, including a few which puzzlingly complain about the substance of what Michael Lopp has to share, even though

New Book Review: "Leading the Charge"

New book review for Leading the Charge: Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom, by General Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009: Copy provided by Amazon. The authors walk the reader through, provide insights to, and discuss possible solutions to some of the many pressing leadership challenges

New Book Review: "Managing the Professional Service Firm"

New book review for Managing the Professional Service Firm, by David H. Maister, Free Press, 1993: This text is a classic resource on the professional service firm, and as a consultant this reviewer appreciates the accumulated wealth of knowledge the author graciously decided to share. The content that Maister provides