Business books and management books are most often boring. They offer few "real world" examples of the touted philosophy or recommendations in action, working in today's organizations. I've selected these business books and management books because they're among the best. They'll hold your interest and demonstrate theory in action. Get some great new ideas or gain support for your current organizational values and beliefs with these recommended business books and management books.
1. First, Break All The Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
by Curt Coffman and Marcus Buckingham (Simon & Schuster Trade) ISBN: 0684852861Great managers break every rule perceived as "conventional wisdom" in selecting, motivating, and developing staff. See how this helps create a stronger organization. To learn twelve questions which define a workplace that employees find vibrant, exciting, and likely to keep them employed, you'll need to read the book.
2. The New Pioneers: The Men and Women Who are Transforming the Workplace ...
by Thomas Petzinger, Jr. (Simon & Schuster Trade, ) ISBN: 0684846365How to recruit, retain, reward, and motivate staff currently tops your interest list. Doing these well is the most important strategic role of the Human Resources professional. Thomas Petzinger, of Wall Street Journal fame, talks to the new pioneers, organizations that are doing right things right for people, products, and customers. This is really good!
3. Birth of the Chaordic Age
by Dee Hock (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.) ISBN: 1576750744Hock was the driving force behind the creation of VISA International. To accomplish this, he challenged the nature of traditional organizations. The book and his philosophy will change the way you think about management, leadership, the human spirit and the way in which you relate to nature. Enjoy Old Monkey Mind, Hock's philosopher.
4. It's Not the Big That Eat the Small...It's the Fast That Eat the Slow
by Laurence Haughton, Jason Jennings (HarperInformation)ISBN: 0066620538Find out how successful organizations are staying steps ahead of their competition at the forefront of their industries. The book tells you how to think fast, make quick decisions, and how to sustain the speed necessary for ongoing success. These are real life lessons and examples from inside fast corporations.
5. High Five! The Magic of Working Together
by Kenneth V. Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles, others (Morrow/Avon) ISBN: 0688170366Fired from his job for failure to be a team player, Alan Foster helps a boy's hockey team learn both team secrets and hockey. Help from a retired girl's basketball coach, chants, cheers, focus, skill development, and knowing that, "None of us is as good as all of us," help Alan learn so he can teach. I love this book!
