Business Book Reviews

Leaderology by Jeff Rawlins

Leaderology by Jeff RawlinsAuthor and business consultant Jeff Rawlins explores how leadership and teamwork go together in Leaderology: How to Crush Mediocrity For Once and For All.

Rawlins stresses the inner development of the leader as more than purely pragmatic: instead of always trying to be better and faster, he believes, leaders should build self-awareness, making time for meditation and solitude. Teamwork requires genuine collaboration based on mutual goals and trust, shared resources and accountability. Teams are motivated by focused leaders. The language Rawlins uses emphasizes subtle, spiritual aspects of leadership, with terms like self-discovery and inner development.

Rawlins proposes five strong […]

2018-02-20T09:16:12+02:00February 17th, 2018|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

Review: The Journey from Poor Procrastinator to Invested Millennial by Jeremy Kho

The Journey from Poor Procrastinator to Invested Millennial

Author and entrepreneur Jeremy Kho advises his readers to start investing now for the bright future we would all like to have in The Journey from Poor Procrastinator to Invested Millennial.

Kho creates a clear picture of procrastinators – those who continue to delay making the moves that would garner them positive prospects for financial security. It might be a perfectionist who can’t get started on a project until everything is in place, or a “thrill-seeker” who likes the danger of waiting to pay a bill until the very last minute. Maybe it’s someone who feels too busy to […]

2018-03-22T07:05:14+02:00February 16th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: The Average Joe’s Guide to Success by R.C. Farrington

The Average Joe’s Guide to Success by R.C. Farrington

Author and entrepreneur R.C. Farrington has written a book for those he calls “average Joes and Josies” who may be wondering when, if ever, they can excel in The Average Joe’s Guide to Success: The Brilliant Overachievers Will Never See You Coming.

If you fall into this category, as Farrington says he does, you will probably realize it early on: you won’t make straight A’s in school, and perhaps, like him, you will be tested at some point and routed towards vocational work. You may feel undervalued and lapse into a pattern of underachieving, because it seems pointless to […]

2018-05-09T10:19:56+02:00January 10th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , , |

Gambling on Granola: Unexpected Gifts on the Path of Entrepreneurship by Fiona Maria Simon

Gambling on Granola: Unexpected Gifts of the Path to EntrepreneurshipIn 2000, following a divorce and depression, Fiona Maria Simon heard an inner voice: “Sell your granola.” She decided to take the chance and created Fiona’s Natural Foods, which went on to great success, as movingly told in Gambling on Granola: Unexpected Gifts on the Path of Entrepreneurship.

Never having had any business training, and knowing only that friends loved her homemade grain mixes, Simon searched for expertise. She serendipitously met people who helped to transform her local sales of hand-packed products to nationally distribution of cereals and energy bars. Her innate integrity impelled her to oversee every aspect […]

2018-05-09T10:16:51+02:00October 26th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , , |

Leadership for Profitable Sustainability by Pete Geissler

Leadership for Profitable SustainabilityLeadership for Profitable Sustainability: The Executive’s How-To Guide offers a “5-Book Bundle” of information about creating and maintaining successful corporate structures.

The overwhelming theme in this collection of business books concerns the ability to express one’s ideas persuasively and with an extensive vocabulary to enhance connections, decision-making and communication, with each section building on the last.

The Power of Being Articulate talks about the importance of clear, concise, and decisive communication. The Power of Dignity explores the rewards of treating associates, employees, stockholders and customers with the respect they deserve. The Power of Ethics deals with basic honesty; if […]

2017-09-28T09:01:56+02:00September 28th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

The Power of Being Articulate by Pete Geissler

The Power of Being ArticulateBusiness writer and corporate coach Pete Geissler asserts that acquiring and using a large vocabulary can influence business and personal success in The Power of Being Articulate: The Thoughtful Leader’s Model for Wealth and Happiness.

Articulation – the ability to use and express language eloquently and effectively – is a valued skill in both business and personal interactions. Geissler’s model, the WinAgon, shows how well-honed language skills result in a “win” by connecting and conveying ideas, leading to better decision-making and persuasive communication of concepts. Since basic cognition requires language, those who master words will deliver new ideas, in […]

2017-09-28T09:13:41+02:00September 28th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

The Little Black Book of Human Resources Management by Barry Wolfe

The Little Black Book of Human Resources Management by Barry WolfeBarry Wolfe presents a refreshing but often unconventional take on some of the little-discussed but real-life happenings in Human Resource offices in The Little Black Book of Human Resources Management.

Wolfe has walked the walk – currently serving as Vice President, Human Resources for a consulting firm – and talks the talk expertly. Anyone who has ever worked in a corporate setting will recognize his authoritative voice. He has organized his text with humor and verve, but still manages to be succinct. His advice is personable as well, almost as though he is speaking directly to participants in a […]

2017-06-21T08:01:13+02:00June 21st, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

The Cheating Boyfriend (And Other Organizational Indiscretions) by Jenny Hayes, MSOD

The Cheating BoyfriendThe provocatively-titled The Cheating Boyfriend is not about adultery but in fact about a different type of relationship: the one between manager and employee. Hayes’ book is a guide for good managerial practice in which both employee and manager are open and honest so that the workplace relationship is as healthy as it can be.

In a collection of articles that were previously published online, Hayes covers how managers can be better leaders through actually caring about their employees, leaving things like nepotism or cronyism at the wayside, i.e. anything that inspires discomfort or resentment among the staff. An HR […]

2017-04-13T09:44:28+02:00April 13th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |
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