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Decade of Change: Managing in Times of Uncertainty, edited by Geoffrey Brewer and Barb Sanford, Gallup Press, 240 pages, $24. 95, Hardcover, May 2011, ISBN 9781595620538
We’ve come to expect good things from Gallup Press, and their latest release, Decade of Change, doesn’t disappoint. Unlike their past releases, books like Strengths Finder 2.
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Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly by John Kay, Penguin Press, 240 pages, $25. 95, Hardcover, April 2011, ISBN 9781594202780
Obliquity. It’s a peculiar name for a book, and the title may in fact drive a number of potential readers (like me) to their dictionaries.
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The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water by Charles Fishman, Free Press, 388 pages, $26. 99, Hardcover, April 2011, ISBN 9781439102077
If Charles Fishman were a baseball player, he’d be a pitcher worthy of the Cy Young Award year after year. Lucky for us, Fishman ended up a business writer—one of the most consistently excellent in the field.
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Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul by Howard Schultz with Joanne Gordon, Rodale Press, 384 Pages, $25. 99, Hardcover, March 2011, ISBN 9781605292885
Howard Schultz has been with Starbucks for almost thirty years. He left the day-to-day operations in 2000 to become chairman (and yes, it’s a lower case “c”—Starbucks doesn’t capitalize titles), and watched from that perch as the company began to fail.
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Today We Are Rich: Harnessing the Power of Total Confidence by Tim Sanders, Tyndale House Publishers, 190 Pages, $19. 99, Hardcover, March 2011, ISBN 9781414339115
Tim Sanders wrote an odd little book in 2002 that went on to sell tons of copies. That odd little book was called Love is the Killer App, and it continues to sell today.
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