strategy+business Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Why Managers Matter: The Perils of the Bossless Company
Nicolai J. Fossstrategy+businessCan “boss-less” companies work? Not according to authors Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein, who make the business case for “the worst form of organization — except for all the others.” Theodore Kinni shares his take on their new book, “Why Managers Matter.” https://t.co/PASrTemgnN https://t.co/bQTEuSE8kz
Hardcover, 2022
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
Luke Burgisstrategy+businessHeard of mimetic theory? It seeks to explain human relations and culture in terms of desire. Find out more in @TedKinni’s review of “Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life” by @lukeburgis. https://t.co/dEqC0YjZT5
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices
Don A. Moorestrategy+businessHow to improve organizational #decisionmaking? “Decision Leadership” by Don Moore and Max Bazerman explores the connection between leadership success and designing a better decision factory. https://t.co/FaIIpz9C1l https://t.co/6GXwqbOjxP
Paperback, 2025
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Managers: Personality and Performance
Richard B. Leestrategy+business“Managers can always profit by reading a great novel, but they could hardly choose a more directly applicable—or enjoyable—one than Joshua Ferris’s.” @danakst on the 2007 novel "Then We Came to the End” https://sb.stratbz.to/Ferris #bookreview
Hardcover, 2017
$190.00$165.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Win from Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage
James Heskettstrategy+business“Win from Within” by @HarvardHBS’s James Heskett sums up the insights he’s gleaned in more than 30 years of studying #CorporateCulture. See our 📚 review by @TedKinni. https://t.co/Kls4NlwcoD @ColumbiaUP
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Winning of the West; an Account of the Exploration and Settlement of our Country From the Alleghanies to the Pacific: 3
Theodore Rooseveltstrategy+businessLook to these 3 past leaders for inspiration: 19th century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, explorer Roald Amundsen and President Theodore Roosevelt https://t.co/RQWLXQ64qa @SBLeaders @PolarDecisions https://t.co/A4n0FpeBCu
Paperback, 2018
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance
Felix Oberholzer-Geestrategy+businessA book that "[distills] strategy into a beautifully simple premise." @Dlancefield selects "Better, Simpler Strategy" by Felix Oberholzer-Gee as a top 2021 business book. @HarvardBiz https://sb.stratbz.to/Strategy2021
Hardcover, 2021
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegiestrategy+businessDale Carnegie’s often-maligned self-help 📚, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” not only stands the test of time, it demands to be read again. https://t.co/b6aNHNmTDA #bookrecommendations #leadership https://t.co/BBTwAhupBV
Paperback, 1998
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Rise of David Levinsky
Abraham Cahanstrategy+businessFor your reading list: “The Rise of David Levinsky,” Abraham Cahan’s psychologically acute tale of a disorienting journey from the depths of poverty to the heights of business success in the fashion industry. https://t.co/vKL4U5YfrI #bookrecommendations
Paperback, 2013
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic
Brad Borkanstrategy+businessBusiness leaders today are facing a “perfect storm.” A time-tested strategy can help, says @PolarDecisions, author of “When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic.” https://t.co/dks6ZuKSse
Paperback, 2017
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book