Management & Leadership

The Gap Nobody Knows
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck
The leader's most important job - selecting and appraising people - is one that should never be delegated. As a CEO, Larry Bossidy personally makes the calls to check references for key hires. Why?

Assume the sensational; pursue the impossible
Beyond the Summit: Setting and Surpassing Extraordinary Business Goals
by Todd Skinner
When a mountain is known to be climbable, the summit will be crowded and the route there overrun. To be a first ascensionist, you must think beyond known summits. Because the unimaginable dreams of only last week become today's level of assumption.

First the dream
Beyond the Summit: Setting and Surpassing Extraordinary Business Goals
by Todd Skinner
Who you are is not nearly as important as who you aspire to become. It is critical for the dream to come first, before you are daunted by the analysis of what it will take to achieve your end, before you decide whether it can be done.

Denial and Defensiveness, Part 2
Inevitable Surprises
by Peter Schwartz
Then everything changed. Apple introduced more user-friendly computers that ate into their market share. They lost the battle with Microsoft for control over the personal-computer operating system.

Welcome to the Emotional Economy
Follow this Path: How the World's Greatest Organizations Drive Growth by Unleashing Human Potential
by Curt Coffman, Gabriel Gonzalez-Molina, Ph.D.
What do the world's greatest organizations have in common? They know that their most valuable resource is human-their employees and customers. And the best companies understand two important facts: people are emotional first and rational second