The Book Corner
The Book Corner offers reviews by Graziadio School faculty on a variety of books on business topics.
Book Corner
The Book Corner offers reviews by Graziadio School faculty and others for a variety of books on business topics.
From Difficult to Disturbed: Understanding and Managing Dysfunctional Employees by Laurence Miller, PhD
The real lesson from this book is: When dealing with a potentially disturbed employee, be sure to get the company’s human resources department involved.
Save Now or Die Trying, The Automatic Millionaire, and The 4-Hour Workweek By Timothy Ferriss
Instead of your employer guaranteeing you money to fund all those trips to the Bahamas that you are planning for your dotage, the company gives you the opportunity to invest your own money at (for the most part) your own risk to fund whatever you can afford-most likely, trips to the local chain restaurant for the senior citizen special.
This sounds like a poor deal, and it is. But here’s the thing: It’s the only deal available and it’s time to get on board.
Executive Coaching for Results by Brian Underhill, Kimcee McAnally, and John Koriath
Executive Coaching is an effective guide for large companies looking to justify and develop processes for implementing coaching in their organizations.
The Leaders We Need: And What Makes Us Follow by Michael Maccoby
The best leader has a personality intelligence that recognizes, embraces, and resonates with the dominant social character of followers, according to the author.
The Appreciative Inquiry Handbook, 2nd Edition by David L. Cooperrider, Diana Whitney, and Jacqueline M. Stavros
This book provides a thorough introduction to Appreciative Inquiry (AI) in theory and in practice.
FLIGHT PLAN: The Real Secret of Success by Brian Tracy
Tracy believes that achieving one’s goals is tantamount to a pilot filing a flight plan-he knows he will be off-course most of the time. Storms may drive him north or south, cloud cover might obscure his true position, and other pilots can force him to seek another course or crash, yet, almost always, a pilot reaches his goal.
The New Human Capital Strategy by Bradley W. Hall, PhD
Human capital management, as presented in the book, stresses the need to discover how people add business value, plan for the long term, sustain competitive advantages through people, and create practical roadmaps to measure and track improvement.
One Foot Out the Door by Judith M. Bardwick
As many as two-thirds of U.S. employees are afflicted with what Bardwick calls the “psychological recession,” an emotional state in which people feel extremely vulnerable and afraid for their future.
Negotiation Genius by Deepak Malhotra and Max Bazerman
In Negotiation Genius, authors Malhotra and Bazerman do not hesitate to consider such challenges as deception, irrationality, and anger, and offer substantive, practical strategies that they have proven effective.
The Opposable Mind by Roger L. Martin
How many times have you been enjoined by a boss (or a book) to “think outside the box,” even though you suspect that he or she does not have the slightest idea what that really means? This book comes to your rescue.
Big Think Strategy by Bernd H. Schmitt
“Big think” refers to large, bold ideas designed to create change and value creation. This book provides easy-to-follow concepts that stimulate the imagination and push readers to be bold in making changes within their organizations and careers.
Radical Trust by Joe Healey
Radical Trust is a straightforward management book that offers practical ways of communicating and working with trust.
Network Security Essentials by William Stallings
The concepts discussed in Network Security Essentials should inspire managers to pay more attention to their own security and control policies.
Know Can Do! by Ken Blanchard, Paul J. Meyer, and Dick Ruhe
Know Can Do! picks up where other books by author Ken Blanchard left off or possibly fell short and focuses on how to get employees to focus on what is needed for the business to excel.