Business Book Reviews

Commercial Excellence Playbook by Philip Bowler

Commercial Excellence Playbook by Philip BowlerA straightforward tool for self-evaluation of your own business, Commercial Excellence Playbook: Navigating the Path to Business Success by Philip Bowler is a high-level guide for targeted improvement across the critical layers of an organization.

Exhaustively detailing the essential aspects of commercial success, which can be difficult to pin down in their complexity, the author taps into his years of experience consulting for corporations of varying sizes, distilling his professional observations into practical strategies. Without mincing words or wasting time on exposition, this playbook jumps directly into techniques for improving customer relationships and confidence at each level of an organization […]

2025-06-10T14:19:52+02:00June 10th, 2025|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Review: The Mini-Quest Mindset by Esmond Lee

The Mini-Quest Mindset by Esmond Lee

A common-sense companion for the overwhelming modern world, The Mini-Quest Mindset: Master Your Focus, Manage Priorities, and Achieve More by Esmond Lee is an innovative guide for taking back control over your priorities, attention, and productivity.

Burnout is a growing and worrying trend – the point when a person reaches a point of physical, mental, emotional, or occupational exhaustion, compromising their ability to perform tasks or live their life in a healthy and sustainable way. There are certain seasons in any life when responsibilities and pressures relentlessly pile up, and the subsequent to-do lists can feel overwhelming, or even paralyzing. […]

The Goldilocks Team by Minal Joshi Jaeckli

The Goldilocks Team by Minal Joshi JaeckliGuiding business leaders on the dynamic and twisting path to higher engagement, retention, and productivity, The Goldilocks Team: Master Retention and Hiring by Minaj Joshi Jaeckli offers tangible solutions for a corporate landscape that is perpetually in flux.

Outlining a blueprint for managers to find the right people, rather than the “best” people, Jaeckli’s guide offers fresh perspectives on what makes employees stick around and deliver innovative results. Beginning with the basics of what drives engagement, the consequences of disengagement, and the modern evolution of the employee mindset, the book lays out common systemic problems before making suggestions on how […]

2025-05-08T12:08:30+02:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Review: South Korea: The Price of Efficiency and Success by Dr. John Gonzalez and Young Lee

Uncovering the complex truths behind one nation’s remarkable transformation, South Korea: The Price of Efficiency and Success by Dr. John Gonzalez and Young Lee is a probing and edifying read.

A nuanced dissection of Korean culture and the factors influencing its renaissance as an economic leader on the world stage, this engaging portrait of a complex nation will appeal to a wide audience – travelers, business professionals, economists, and history buffs alike. Backed by research studies and citations from reputable sources of print and digital media, the majority of the text focuses on contemporary developments and conflicts, with some historical […]

Review: How to Get a Job and Keep a Job by Keith Calhoun-Senghor

How to Get a Job and Keep a Job by Keith Calhoun-Senghor

Dissecting the intricacies of professional success and sharing strategies to rise above organizational chaos, How to Get a Job and Keep a Job: The Fundamentals of Organizational Politics by Keith Calhoun-Senghor is a practical collection of savvy wisdom. With the first few chapters focusing on the skills one needs to get a job, and the second half of the book explaining how to keep it, the book can help you move forward no matter where you’re at in your career.

For those readers unfamiliar with the term, “Organizational Politics” arethe dynamics, processes, and techniques by which power is […]

2024-05-02T15:50:36+02:00March 22nd, 2024|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

So Good They Call You A Fake by Joshua Lisec

So Good They Call You A Fake by Joshua Lisec Sharing his paradoxical path to success in this modern era of consumption and instant gratification, So Good They Call You A Fake: Command Attention, Monetize Your Talent Stack, and Become the Uncontested Authority in Your Niche by Joshua Lisec is an essential read for workers in any industry, offering a heavy stack of hard truths about modern business.

While Lisec is a seasoned ghostwriter, this book casts far broader a brush than how to write good copy. The internet age has dramatically changed the rules for countless industries – artistic, industrial, social, technological, entrepreneurial, and more – and Lisec provides […]

Review: Project Manager’s Handbook by Valentyn Bannikov

Project Manager's Handbook by Valentyn Bannikov

A matter-of-fact breakdown of a complex, dynamic, and essential position, Project Manager’s Handbook: Walkthrough for Beginners by Valentyn Bannikov is a comprehensive guide with an original lens.

Beginning with the most basic definition of a project and scaling up the discussion to the innumerable nuances of running an effective project team, this book is intuitively structured and designed for all levels of experience. Even the simplest concepts are illuminated with a fresh rhetorical perspective, from the unique aspects that define a project, versus a basic act of production, to new frameworks for conceptualizing scope, time, and cost for individual situations.[…]

2023-04-18T14:48:40+02:00March 30th, 2023|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: The Delivery Man by Sebastien Taveau

The Delivery Man by Sebastien Taveau

Bolstered by the experience of decades working in the heart of Silicon Valley, The Delivery Man: The Art of Turning Ideas into Products in Silicon Valley by Sebastien Taveau is an accessible and revelatory glimpse into top-shelf innovation and personal achievement.

Most people can rattle off half a dozen major tech CEOs, but the critical product designers and dreamers behind those success stories are normally hidden from view. As the delivery man – the person trusted to deliver “dreams come true” – Taveau goes deep into the tangled weeds of product development. Though this memoir and manual is inspired and […]

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