Read about our pricing and services
List Price:
| Price | Quantity |
| $22.00 | 1-24 |
| $19.25 | 25-99 |
| $17.88 | 100-499 |
| $17.33 | 500+ |
Bulk discounts are non-returnable. | |
Customize It
Hardcover
322 pages
ISBN 9780307720351 Published Dec. 2011
Crown Business
See all formats
Tweet
Posted Dec. 31, 2012 5:41 a.m. by 800-ceo-read
In - 800 CEO Read Blog
We move a whole lot of business books around the world from our humble offices here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Each and every month, we compile our sales numbers and release a bestseller list to recognize the books that are heading out to businesspeople, business schools, and entrepreneurs to help spread ideas, solve problems, promote change, and inspire leadership in the business community. We’ve now compiled those numbers for the entire year, giving weight to both total sales numbers and how long each book stayed on the list (and at what number) and are happy to announce
the bestsellers of 2012.
- From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership by Harry M Jansen Kraemer, Jossey-Bass
- What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful (Revised) by Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter, Hyperion Books
- New Power Base Selling: Master the Politics, Create Unexpected Value and Higher Margins, and Outsmart the Competition by Jim Holden & Ryan Kubacki, John Wiley & Sons
- Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business by Frances Frei & Anne Morriss, Harvard Business Review Press
- End of Business as Usual: Rewire the Way You Work to Succeed in the Consumer Revolution by Brian Solis, John Wiley & Sons
- The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business by Patrick M Lencioni, Jossey-Bass
- Taking People with You: The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen by David Novak, Portfolio
- Stewardship: Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street by John Taft, John Wiley & Sons
- Relationship Economics: Transform Your Most Valuable Business Contacts Into Personal and Professional Success (Revised, Updated) by David Nour, John Wiley & Sons
- Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath, Gallup Press
- 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, & Jim Huling, Free Press
- Conversations That Win the Complex Sale: Using POWER MESSAGING to Create More Opportunities, Differentiate Your Solutions, and Close More Deals by Erik Peterson & Timothy Riesterer, McGraw-Hill
- Own Your Success: The Power to Choose Greatness and Make Every Day Victorious by Ben Newman, John Wiley & Sons
- Business of Being the Best: Inside the World of Go-Getters and Game Changers by Molly Fletcher with Justin Spizman, Jossey-Bass
- The $10 Trillion Prize: Captivating the Newly Affluent in China and India by By Michael J Silverstein, Abheek Singhi, Carol Liao, & David Michael, Harvard Business Review Press
- The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy by Jon Gordon, John Wiley & Sons
- Engagement Marketing: How Small Business Wins in a Socially Connected World by Gail F. Goodman, John Wiley & Sons
- The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg, John David Mann, Portfolio
- Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins, Morten T. Hansen, HarperBusiness
- Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World's Greatest Companies by Jim Stengel, Crown Business
- The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin, The Penguin Press
- The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money by Carl Richards, Portfolio
- How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership by Marilyn Carlson Nelson with Deborah Cundy, McGraw-Hill
- Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired--And Secretive--Company Really Works by Adam Lashinsky, Business Plus
- How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything (Expanded) by Dov Seidman, John Wiley & Sons
To see what thought leaders and business people are digesting and suggesting every month, you can follow The 800-CEO-READ Business Book Bestseller List on our website.
The Best Books of 2012, strategy + business Edition
Posted Nov. 27, 2012 7:44 a.m. by dylan
In - 800 CEO Read Blog
This year's categories are Biography, Strategy, Marketing, Innovation, Healthcare, Organizational Culture, and Capitalism. So, let's get to it...
Choosing the best Biography, Alice Schroeder (author of The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life) picked books that demonstrated Virtuosity Squared:
- Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith, Random House
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster
- Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man by Mark Kurlansky, Doubleday
Considering Competition, Phil Rosenzweig (author of The Halo Effect... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers) chose the best books on Strategy:
- The New Emerging Market Multinationals: Four Strategies for Disrupting Markets and Building Brands by Amitava Chattopadhyay & Rajeev Batra, with Aysegul Ozsomer, McGraw-Hill
- Pragmatic Strategy: Eastern Wisdom, Global Success by Ikujiro Nonaka & Zhichang Zhu, Cambridge University Press
- Competitive Strategy: Options and Games by Benoit Chevalier-Roignant & Lenos Trigeorgis, MIT Press
Looking at books on Marketing, Shaun Holliday (a senior executive advisor in Booz & Company’s consumer and retail practice) looks at books that address the new Brand New:
- Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Greatest Companies by Jim Stengel, Crown Business
- Brand Real: How Smart Companies Live Their Brand Promise and Inspire Fierce Customer Loyalty by Laurence Vincent, Amacom
- The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge by Doc Searls, Harvard Business Review Press
In books about Innovation this year, engineer and entrepreneur Krisztina “Z” Holly believes that Context Is King:
- The Wide Lens: A New Strategy for Innovation by Ron Adner, Portfolio
- Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere by Vijay Govindarajan & Chris Trimble, Harvard Business Review Press
- Cloud Surfing: A New Way to Think about Risk, Innovation, Scale, and Success by Thomas M. Koulopoulos, Bibliomotion
On what may be the topic of the year, Healthcare, Philip Lathrop (author of Restructuring Health Care: The Patient-Focused Paradigm) picked three books that went Beyond the Rhetoric of Reform:
- Healthcare beyond Reform: Doing It Right for Half the Cost by Joe Flower, Productivity Press
- How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks about Being Sick in America by Otis Webb Brawley, M.D., with Paul Goldberg, St. Martin’s Press
- Pursuing the Triple Aim: Seven Innovators Show the Way to Better Care, Better Health, and Lower Costs by Maureen Bisognano & Charles Kenney, Jossey-Bass
Sally Helgesen (author of The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work) knows that Small Talk is critically important in Organizational Culture, and chose three books that reflect that:
- Productive Workplaces: Dignity, Meaning, and Community in the 21st Century: 25th Anniversary Edition by Marvin R. Weisbord, Jossey-Bass
- Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution by Lisa Bodell, Bibliomotion
- Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations by Boris Groysberg & Michael Slind, Harvard Business Review Press
And, wrapping up the list, James O’Toole (the Daniels Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business) picked three books that speak Of Markets and Morals in Capitalism:
- A Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity by Luigi Zingales, Basic Books
- What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt, Pantheon
The overall winners of the categories, s+b's top shelf, were:
We've been following this list since 2003. You can browse strategy + business's previous picks below.
Introducing the Candidates: Leadership, Management
Posted Dec. 22, 2011 2:45 a.m. by sally-haldorson
In - 800 CEO Read Blog
Over the course of this week, we will be introducing, by category, the candidates for the 2011 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards. Even though only one of the candidates can win the big prize, good business books deserve an audience, and perhaps one on this list will be the winning book..to you.
Today, we take a look at the candidates in two categories, Leadership and Management.
Leadership
- Taking People With You: The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen by David Novak | Portfolio/Penguin US
- As One: Individual Action. Collective Power. by Mehrdad Baghai, James Quigley | Portfolio/Penguin US
- From the Jungle to the Boardroom by Mike Monahan | Beacon Publishing
- Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value by Michael Beer, Flemming Norrgren, et al | Harvard Business Review Press
- Being the Boss: The Three Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader by Linda A. Hill, Kent Lineback | Harvard Business Review Press
- Making It Happen: Turning Good Ideas Into Great Results by Peter Sheahan | BenBella Books
- Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders? A better Way to Evaluate Leadership Potential by Jeffrey Cohn, Jay Moran | Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley
- From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership by Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr. | Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley
- TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments by Douglas Conant, Mette Norgaard | Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley
- Mother Teresa, CEO Unexpected Principles for Practical Leadership by Ruma Bose, Lou Faust | Berrett-Koehler
- I Moved Your Cheese: For Those Who Refuse to Live as Mice in Someone Else's Maze by Deepak Malhotra | Berrett-Koehler
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes Are High, 2nd Ed by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler | McGraw-Hill
- You Need a Leader‚ Now What? How to Choose the Best Person for Your Organization by James M. Citrin, Julie Hembrock Daum | Crown Publishing Group, Crown Business
- Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders: The Three Essential Principles You Need to Become an Extraordinary Leader by Rajeev Peshawaria | Free Press
- We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement by Kevin Kruse, Rudy Karsan | John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Management:
- The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else by George Anders | Portfolio/Penguin US
- The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results by Subir Chowdhury | McGraw-Hill
- SHINE: Using Brain Science to Get the Best From Your People by Edward Hallowell | Harvard Business Review Press
- The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile, Steven Kramer | Harvard Business Review Press
- Reputation Rules: Strategies for Building Your Company's Most Valuable Asset by Daniel Diermeier | McGraw-Hill Professional
- The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and WOW by Joseph Michelli | McGraw-Hill Professional
- What Matters Now: How to Future-Proof Your Company and Other Essential Advice by Gary Hamel | Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley
- Built On Values: Creating an Enviable Culture that Outperforms the Competition by Ann Rhoades | Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley
- Management Reset: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness by Edward E. Lawler III, Christopher G. Worley | Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley
- The Great Workplace: How to Build It, How to Keep It, and Why It Matters by Michael Burchell, Jennifer Robin | Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley
- Workarounds That Work: How to Conquer Anything That Stands in Your Way at Work Russell Bishop, David Allen | McGraw-Hill Professional
- Breaking the Fear Barrier: How Fear Destroys Companies From the Inside Out and What To Do About It by Tom Rieger | Gallup Press
- Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World's Greatest Companies by Jim Stengel | Crown Publishing Group, Crown Business
- Good Strategy, Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard P. Rumelt | Crown Publishing Group, Crown Business
- Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers by Jeanne Liedtka, Tim Ogilvie | Columbia Business School Publishing
- The Power Of Convergence: Linking Business Strategies and Technology Decisions to Create Sustainable Success by Faisal Hoque | AMACOM
- Enduring Success : What We Can Learn from the History of Outstanding Corporations by Christian Stadler | Stanford University Press
- Fuse: Making Sense of the New Cogenerational Workplace by Jim Finkelstein | Greenleaf Book Group
- Merchants of Virtue: Herman Miller and the Making of a Sustainable Company by Bill Birchard | Palgrave Macmillan
- The Drama-Free Office: A Guide to Healthy Collaboration with Your Team, Coworkers, and Boss by Jim Warner, Kaley Klemp | Greenleaf Book Group
So which book is going to win the Leadership and the Management categories and be in the running for the 800-CEO-READ Best Business Book of 2011? We'll announce the shortlist and winner in January!
Stay tuned!
