My current fabulous book finds illuminate and clarify aspects of management, organization development, productivity, marketing, business and change. Not management books, per se; they address different issues. But, they are applicable to human resources management and organizations. These are my current favorites. May my book reviews of these books serve you well.
1. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell's tipping point is that sought after moment when an idea, a trend, or a desired event begins to develop a life of its own and spread like wildfire. Would you like to see great ideas take hold faster in your organization? Learn about the stickiness factor, and the role of mavens, connectors, and salesmen in the spread and adoption of a change. My favorite book this year.
2. Full Steam Ahead
This is a simple, yet not simplistic, approach to creating an organization-wide vision. A vision is a statement that tells everyone about your significant shared purpose. The route to the vision is based on your values. The vision provides a shared picture of the future. With a vision of this nature operating widely in your organization, success and joy make work and serving customers a pleasure.3. Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads
You never, ever, lose the need to continue to market your function to the rest of your organization. Roy H. Williams offers words of wisdom and wit and illuminates great thinking about effective public relations, sales, marketing, customer focus and life. His quips and quotes about organizations, people, time, business, and more, are priceless. You may even want to use his ideas and make money.4. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will ...
John C. Maxwell is a prolific writer on the subject of leadership. Start with this book to benefit from his thirty plus years of experience. Learn about the laws of the lid, the inner circle, empowerment, the inner circle, and the big mo. If you apply these timeless principles of leadership, you will accelerate your career progress. (Audio Version.)5. The Power of Full Engagement
Want to become more fully engaged in your life, your work, and your surroundings? Apply the principles laid out in this book and learn to manage energy not time. Learn about specific, energy-creating management rituals. One reader told me this book changed his life. Create the energy you need to do the things that matter to you the most. Find out how from their Corporate Athlete Training System.