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Author's Choice
February 3, 2012
Leaders Resolve Contradiction
Ronald Heifetz, coauthor, with Marty Linsky and Alexander Grashow, of The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World, introduces a lesson in leadership from Inside Coca-Cola: A CEO’s Life Story of Building the World’s Most Popular Brand, by Neville Isdell with David Beasley.
Author's Choice
December 23, 2011
The Jobs Engine
Carl J. Schramm, author of Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, and the Economics of Growth and Prosperity, introduces a lesson in power and the sources of good jobs from The Coming Jobs War: What Every Leader Must Know about the Future of Job Creation, by Jim Clifton.
Author's Choice
December 2, 2011
What Can You Do Better?
Paul Leinwand, coauthor, with Cesare Mainardi, of The Essential Advantage: How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy, introduces a guiding maxim for CSR success from Winning Investors Over: Surprising Truths about Honesty, Earnings Guidance, and Other Ways to Boost Your Stock Price, by Baruch Lev.
Best Business Books 2011
November 22, 2011
Best Business Books 2011: Management
The Battle for Management’s Future
Best Business Books 2011
November 22, 2011
Best Business Books 2011: Strategy
Asking the Right Questions
Best Business Books 2011
November 22, 2011
Best Business Books 2011: Ethics and Aspirations
The Good Company Revisited
Best Business Books 2011
November 22, 2011
Best Business Books 2011: Technology
The Ecology of Technology
Best Business Books 2011
November 22, 2011
Best Business Books 2011: Leadership
Learning to Lead the Old-Fashioned Way
Best Business Books 2011
November 21, 2011
Highlights from the Decade
strategy+business published its first “Best Business Books” section in Winter 2001. Here, in retrospect, is the book from each year that we think was most significant.
Author's Choice
October 28, 2011
Our Own Worst Enemies
Louis Carter, editor of Best Practices in Talent Management: How the World’s Leading Corporations Manage, Develop, and Retain Top Talent (coedited with Marshall Goldsmith), introduces a lesson on the best practices mind-set from The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success, by Carol Sanford.
Author's Choice
September 30, 2011
How to Be Irresistible to Women
Sally Helgesen, coauthor of The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, introduces a case study in hiring and retaining female talent from Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets: Why Women Are the Solution, by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Ripa Rashid.
Author's Choice
September 1, 2011
Bottling Customer Experience
Theodore Kinni, coauthor of Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service, introduces a lesson in creating product-based customer experiences from The Method Method: 7 Obsessions That Helped Our Scrappy Start-Up Turn an Industry Upside Down, by Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry, with Lucas Conley.
Books in Brief
August 23, 2011
Toyota’s Crisis
A review of Toyota under Fire, by Jeffrey K. Liker and Timothy Ogden.
Books in Brief
August 23, 2011
The Enduring Principles of High-Tech Success
A review of Staying Power, by Michael A. Cusumano.
Books in Brief
August 23, 2011
Closing Implementation Gaps
A review of The Art of Action, by Stephen Bungay.
Books in Brief
August 23, 2011
In Pursuit of Happiness
A review of The Economics of Enough, by Diane Coyle.
Author's Choice
July 29, 2011
Place Your Bets
Robert B. Tucker, author of Innovation Is Everybody’s Business: How to Make Yourself Indispensable in Today’s Hypercompetitive World, introduces a lesson in innovation from Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, by Peter Sims.
Author's Choice
July 1, 2011
Remember the Cube
James M. Kouzes, coauthor (with Barry Z. Posner) of The Leadership Challenge, introduces a passage on the importance of remembering where you started that appears in From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership, by Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr.
Author's Choice
June 3, 2011
A Sweet Victory
Reed K. Holden, coauthor, with Mark R. Burton, of Pricing with Confidence: 10 Ways to Stop Leaving Money on the Table, introduces a lesson in taking on market leaders from Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry, by Stephen Denny.
Books in Brief
May 24, 2011
New Views of Microeconomics
A review of Identity Economics, by George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton.
Books in Brief
May 24, 2011
New Views of Sustainable Commerce
A review of Earth, Inc., by Gregory Unruh.
Books in Brief
May 24, 2011
New Views of Capitalism
A review of The New Capitalist Manifesto, by Umair Haque.
Books in Brief
May 24, 2011
New Views of Management
A review of Practically Radical, by William C. Taylor.
Author's Choice
April 29, 2011
How Lucky Do You Feel?
Gregory Unruh, author of Earth, Inc.: Using Nature’s Rules to Build Sustainable Profits, introduces a passage about the price of critical resources from The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do, by Eduardo Porter.
Author's Choice
April 1, 2011
Build It and They Will Invest
Jeffrey Schwartz, co-author (with Rebecca Gladding) of You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life (to be published by Avery/Penguin in June), introduces a lesson in the power of entrepreneurial passion from It’s a Jungle in There: Inspiring Lessons, Hard-Won Insights, and Other Acts of Entrepreneurial Daring, by Steven Schussler with Marvin Karlins.
Author's Choice
February 25, 2011
Whining Ways
Janelle M. Barlow, coauthor (with Claus Møller) of A Complaint Is a Gift: Recovering Customer Loyalty When Things Go Wrong, introduces a lesson in the value of complaining co-workers from Workarounds That Work: How to Conquer Anything That Stands in Your Way at Work, by Russell Bishop.
Books in Brief
February 22, 2011
Management Basics
A review of The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management, by Alan Murray.
Books in Brief
February 22, 2011
The “Drive Theory” of Leadership
A review of Driven to Lead, by Paul R. Lawrence.
Books in Brief
February 22, 2011
Your Brain on the Internet
A review of The Shallows, by Nicholas G. Carr.
Knowledge Review
February 22, 2011
Getting beyond Green: Envisioning an Industrial Reboot
Some executives and scientists are calling for a radical rethinking of chemicals, cars, farms, and our future.
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