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Harvard Business Review's 2006 Reading List

In the February issue, Harvard Business Review has their 2006 Reading List.

• The Elephant In The Room: Silence and Denial in Everyday Life by Eviatar Zerubavel (Oxford University Press, March)
• Working With Your Is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself From Emotional Traps In Work by Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster (Warner Business Books, March)
• Family Capitalism: Wendels, Haniels, Falcks, and the Continental European Model by Harold James (Harvard University Press, March)
• Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni (Jossey-Bass, March)
• The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy by AnnaLee Saxenian (Harvard University Press, April)
• Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership Through Literature by Joseph Badaracco (Harvard Business School Press, April)
• Guanxi (The Art of Relationships): Microsoft , China, and Bill Gates' Plan to Win the Road Ahead by Robert Buderi and Gregory Huang (Simon and Schuster, May)
• Leading Through Conflict: How Successful Leaders Transform Difference into Opportunities by Mark Gerzon (Harvard Business School Press, May)
• The Managerial Moment of Truth: The Essential Step in Helping People Improve Performance by Bruce Bodaken and Robert Fritz (Free Press, May)
• Treasure Hunt by Michael Silverstein and John Butman (Portfolio, May)
• Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn by Tojo Thatchenkery and Carol Metzker (Berrett-Koehler, May)
• The G-Quotient: How Gay Men Are Changing the Face of Leadership by Kirk Snyder (Jossey-Bass, June)
• Untapped: Creating Value in Underserved Markets by John Weiser et al. (Berrett-Koehler, June)
• Shopportunity! A Manifesto for Retail Revolution by Kate Newlin (Collins Business, August)
• CEO Pay and What to Do About It: Restoring Integrity to Both Executive Compensation and Capital Market Relations by Michael Jensen and Kevin Murphy (Harvard Business School Press, August)
• Applebee's America: What Political, Business, and Religious Leaders Can Learn from Each Other by Ron Fournier, DouglasSosnik, and Matthew Dowd (Simon and Schuster, September)
• The J Curve: The Shape of the World by Ian Bremmer (Simon and Schuster, September)
• The High-Purpose Company: Why It Wins, How It Grows, and What Sets It Apart from the Fakes by Christine Arena (Collins Business, September)