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7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey
It provides a step-by-step guide on how to lead yourself effectively before you can lead others. If you have limited time, and can read only one book, this is it!
The Circle of Innovation : You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness, Tom Peters
A practical handbook for turning any organization or individual into a perpetual innovation machine--the one thing that it must be to compete in the permanently chaotic new world of global business.
The 500-Year Delta : What Happens After What Comes Next, James Taylor, Watts Wacker, Howard Means
A convincing portrait of why extreme changes are likely to continue into the millenium and beyond, and the need for all of us to position ourselves not for survival, but for thrival!
JobShift: How to Prosper in a Workplace Without Jobs, William Bridges
An excellent guide to living in a world full of transitions, without steady jobs. That world is already here.
On Becoming a Leader, Warren Bennis
Chock-full of wisdom and advice. "The first step toward change is to refuse to be deployed by others and to choose to deploy yourself. Thus the process begins."
The Art of the Long View : Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World, Peter Schwartz
It provides excellent help in planning for the future, not by predicting it, but by developing scenarios.
The Living Company, Arie De Geus
It speaks to everyone trying to adapt to a turbulent business environment.
Body and Soul: Profits with Principles, Anita Roddick
Amazing success story of Anita Roddick and the Body Shop. A key secret, "If you have an itsy bitsy vision, you have an itsy bitsy company."
Creating You & Co. : Learn to Think Like the CEO of Your Own Career, William Bridges
To create successful careers one needs to think not as an employee in a job, but as head of a small independent company supplying an employer. This book provides useful self-assessments and planning exercises.
Stewardship : Choosing Service over Self-Interest, Peter Block
Deeper meaning of service, according to the author, "The antidote to self-interest is to commit to something outside of ourselves. To be part of creating something we care about so we can endure the sacrifice, risk, and adventure that commitment entails."
All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten : Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things, Robert Fulghum
A beautiful, easy-to-read book with incredible insights that make you laugh, make you cry.
Paradigms : The Business of Discovering the Future, Joel Barker
A convincing primer on why future survival demands that organizations and individuals embrace change instead of avoiding it.
The Fifth Discipline : The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, Peter Senge
Presents how organizations and individuals can benefit from continually learning and clarifying what is important to them.
Hindsights : The Wisdom and Breakthroughs of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki
This book is about hope, progress, and change, and about learning from others hindsights. It presents interviews with people like Steve Jobs, Anita Roddick, and others.
Using a nine-dot matrix, Vance has plotted the nine necessary components of a creative culture. To connect them with only four strokes, readers need to think out of the box!
Break Out of the Box, Mike Vance
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Break out of your unproductive, stagnant environment and revive your organization with Break Out of the Box.This book presents a new leadership paradigm that explores qualities and practices necessary to really make it big in an age of exploding technology and information.
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