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Posted Dec. 31, 2011 5:10 a.m. by dylan
In - 800 CEO Read Blog
2011 was the second year that Inc. magazine partnered with us to spread the word on what books are leaving our warehouse in great numbers every month, heading out to businesspeople and their organizations to solve problems, promote change and inspire leadership. We've now compiled the Inc./800-CEO-READ Business Book Bestseller 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, for the second straight year, Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath has topped the list. Here are the rest of
the bestsellers of 2011.
- Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath, Gallup Press
- What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter, Hyperion Books
- From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership by Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jossey-Bass
- Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself by William C. Taylor, William Morrow & Company
- The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk, HarperBusiness
- What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential by Robert Steven Kaplan, Harvard Business School Press
- How to Market to People Not Like You: "Know It or Blow It" Rules for Reaching Diverse Customers by Kelly McDonald, John Wiley & Sons
- Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg & John David Mann, Portfolio
- Make It in America: The Case for Re-Inventing the Economy by Andrew Liveris, John Wiley & Sons
- Unfair Advantage: The Power of Financial Education by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing
- Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us about Innovation by Frans Johansson, Harvard Business School Press
- The NOW Revolution: 7 Shifts to Make Your Business Faster, Smarter, and More Social by Jay Baer & Amber Naslund, John Wiley & Sons
- Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines—And How It Will Change Our Lives by Miguel Nicolelis, Times Books
- From the Jungle to the Boardroom by Mike Monahan, Beacon Publishing
- Rich Dad's Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money by Robert T. Kiyosaki, Business Plus
- Beyond Performance: How Great Organizations Build Ultimate Competitive Advantage by Scott Keller & Colin Price, John Wiley & Sons
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath & Dan Heath, Broadway Business
- Today We Are Rich: Harnessing the Power of Total Confidence by Tim Sanders, Tyndale House Publishers
- Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back If You Lose It by Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter, Hyperion Books
- Relationship Economics: Transform Your Most Valuable Business Contacts Into Personal and Professional Success (Revised, Updated) by David Nour, John Wiley & Sons
- It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by D. Michael Abrashoff, Warner Books
- The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin, The Penguin Press
- Look at More: A Proven Approach to Innovation, Growth, and Change by Andy Stefanovich, Jossey-Bass
- Surviving Your Serengeti: 7 Skills to Master Business and Life by Stefan Swanepoel, John Wiley & Sons
- The Only Three Questions That Count: Investing by Knowing What Others Don't by Kenneth L Fisher with Jennifer Chou & Lara Hoffmans, John Wiley & Sons
To stay up to date on what businesses and business leaders are reading, whether it's address a specific problem, build teams, deepen their knowledge or enlighten the way their entire organization thinks, subscribe to the RSS feed for The Inc./800-CEO-READ Business Book Bestseller List.
800-CEO-READ's Decade-in-Review
Posted Dec. 31, 2009 9:45 a.m. by sally-haldorson
In - 800 CEO Read Blog
It's an admittedly worn device to use the alphabet to organize one's thoughts, but when reflecting over the past decade and trying to distill the most notable events and objects that affected our company and also the publishing industry and business sector into a brief blog post, I found such a device to be quite helpful. As Jack put it when we initially discussed writing a decade-in-review post, not only is it like opening a can of worms, it seems like whenever one harkens back to the Millenium, one can't help but get sidetracked into thoughts about 9/11. But of course there were many more ups and downs that we've all been a victim and/or a participant in, and this list is an attempt to do that chaos a little bit of justice.
Amazon (may not have its origins in this decade, but grew from 1.6B in 1999 to 19.1 in 2008; Annual 800ceoread Business Book Awards (Inaugural 2007); Erika Anderson, founder of Proteus International, Inc., author of Growing Great Employees, and great friend of 800-CEO-READ who introduced us to a new in-office vocabulary (2007)
Blue Ocean Strategy (our decade's Best Seller, 2005); Bill George, author of three 800-CEO-READ best sellers, Authentic Leadership (2004), True North (2007) and Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis
ChangeThis (website presenting ideas via manifesto PDFs adopted by 800-CEO-READ from Seth Godin, 2005)
Disasters, natural and otherwise (Dot Com Bust, 2000; 9/11, 2001; tsunami, 2004; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; banking, 2009)
Enron bankruptcy (2001); Eight years of George W. Bush (2000-2008); Election of Barack Obama (2008)
Farewell, Schwartz Bookshops (2009); free/freemium changes everything; Facebook leads the herd.
Good to Great by Jim Collins; Green, Global and Google become top trends
Heath Brothers’ Made to Stick (2007) introduced us to a new language for the creation of ideas
InBubbleWrap offers free business books from 800-CEO-READ (2005); In the Books, 800-CEO-READ's yearly review of business books (2007); It's Your Ship by D. Michael Abrashoff (2002), an 800-CEO-READ bestseller with legs.
JackCovertSelects reviews (Inaugural 2000); Joy Panos Stauber, design extraordinaire and great friend of 800-CEO-READ.
Kindle (2007) and the advancing threat (revelation?) of digital books.
Lay-Offs (2009), Levitt & Dubner’s Freakonomics (2005), The Long Tail by Chris Anderson (2006); 800-CEO-READ's LeaveSmarter events (2006) kick off in Milwaukee.
Mega-Sales of Oprah’s Recommendations, Harry Potter & the Twilight series, lend hopefulness that books still beguile.
New York (book launch, company party, annual awards fete, 2009)
The 100 Business Books of All Time (written & anguished over during 2008, published 2009)
PechaKucha – 800-CEO-READ becomes the Milwaukee host for this exciting new way to present ideas in 20 images in 20 seconds (2008).
QbQ! The Question behind the Question by John Miller (2004), an 800-CEO-READ best seller that tapped into the perceived absence of personal accountability.
Rich Dad books populate the decade as the best selling personal finance books; Rehiring & Remodeling (2009)
Seth Godin (Unleashing the Idea Virus 2001 to Purple Cow 2003 to Tribes 2008); Strengths-based management books and strategies from Gallup.
Todd Sattersten (consultant 2004 - coauthor, 2008 - president, 2009), The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (2000); Twitter
Used books on Amazon (2001); The Ultimate Question by Fred Reichheld (2006) became the basis of some important questions we asked of our company and our customers.
Visit 800ceoread's Daily Blog for daily business insight (2001).
Wiki-anything; The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki (2004) and The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (2005), two books that changed the way we think.
X-treme changes to news and publishing industry
You're a blueberry (2008), an 800-CEO-READ inside joke that encapsulates the relationships of the 800-CEO-READ employees.
Zero percent. The likelihood that 2010 will be anything but another exhilarating ride.
Okay, so in terms of adhering to the alphabetization of this list, some are a bit of a cheat. And some inclusions are events that had a direct effect on our company internally, but most were important occurrences felt by everyone in business. If there is anything I missed, feel free to add in comments.
Happy New Year everyone!
2008 Best Sellers
Posted Jan. 20, 2009 2:00 a.m. by tom-ehrenfeld
In The Company - 800 CEO Read Blog
Below are our 2008 Best Sellers (links open in new windows/tabs)
1. How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything...in Business and in Life
2. It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
3. The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea
5. The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
6. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
7. What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
8. Creating Success from the Inside Out: Develop the Focus and Strategy to Uncover the Life You Want
9. Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want
10. Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
12. True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership
13. We Are Smarter Than Me: How to Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business
15. Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies
16. How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership
17. Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything
19. The Brand Bubble: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How to Avoid It
20. The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation
21. Outsmart!: How to Do What Your Competitors Can't
22. Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace With Today's Nontraditional Workforce
23. Rules to Break and Laws to Follow: How Your Business Can Beat the Crisis of Short-Termism
24. Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower
25. Think Big, Act Small: How America's Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive
Jack Covert Selects - It's Our Ship
Posted May 13, 2008 10:00 a.m. by 800-ceo-read
It's Our Ship: The No-Nonsense Guide to Leadership by Michael Abrashoff, Business Plus, 208 pages, $25.99, May 2008, ISBN 9780446199667
One of our best-selling books of the new century has been Michael Abrashoff's first book, It's Your Ship. Abrashoff was then a recently retired captain in the US Navy, and the book told the story of his successful turnaround of the USS Benfold. That book continues to sell in ever-increasing numbers, and Abrashoff is now in much demand as a speaker.
In his new book, Abrashoff returns to his experience on the Benfold, this time focusing solely on leadership lessons. He asserts that there are key skills a good leader needs to learn. He offers 8 of them, and each skill is represented in a chapter within the book.
In the chapter on inspiring your people to be their best, Buoy Up Your People, Abrashoff tells a story about Bill Walsh, the late, revered coach of the San Francisco 49ers. During one game, an offensive lineman was called for a holding penalty that cost the football team a touchdown, and, naturally, the player was dreading the film session the following Monday. As the coach was going over the film with the team, however, he said, "We all know what Bruce did on the play, but I want you to see what he did on the next play." Because the player was angry with himself, he had flattened the defensive lineman. Walsh said, "This is what I want you to do after you make a mistake. You don't need to be thinking about your mistakes. Do something constructive about it." Walsh had just changed the way the players viewed failure with a few minutes of game film.
Abrashoff's writing is a joy to read. Very simple, basic sentences convey rather profound ideas. Sprinkled in with the stories of his ship, he includes stories from the civilian world of business and profiles a variety of people dealing with leadership issues. One of the strengths of It's Our Ship is that Abrashoff introduces us to businesses that are not your usual suspects. Following the Walsh story, for example, he includes a story on how the West Coast chain In-N-Out Burger manages to attract and motivate its great employees. I won't spoil that one for you though.
800-CEO-READ 2007 Best Sellers
Posted Feb. 5, 2008 2:12 a.m. by kate
In Lists - 800 CEO Read Blog
Below you'll find the list of our top 25 bestsellers for 2007. Congratulations and thanks to everyone on the list!
- The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
by Stephen M.R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill; Free Press.
Leadership expert Stephen Covey uncovers why trust is vital in professional and personal relationships. - True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership
by Bill George and Peter Sims; Jossey-Bass.
Former Medtronic CEO Bill George and coauthor Peter Sims share the wisdom of 125 outstanding leaders of today and describe how you can develop as an authentic leader. - It's Your Ship
by D. Michael Abrashoff; Warner Business Books.Business managers will benefit from Abrashoff's guiding belief that focus should be on empowering your people rather than on chain of command.
- Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth
by David Thomson; John Wiley & Sons.Follow this blueprint to turn your idea into the next multi-billion dollar company.
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Chip Heath, Dan Heath; Random House.The brothers Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier.
- Unlock Behavior, Unleash Profits: Developing Leadership Behavior That Drives Profitability in Your Organization
by Leslie Wilk Braksick; McGraw-Hill.Fortune 500 thought leader Leslie Braksick provides powerful tools to help you, whether you're an executive, entrepreneur, or manager, in any field, to unlock behavior and unleash unprecedented profits.
- Citizen Marketers: When People Are the Message
by Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba; Kaplan.A provocative new exploration of the ramifications of today's burgeoning social media.
- What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
by Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter; Hyperion.One of the nation's most sought-after executive coaches shows how subtle changes can make all the difference when climbing those last few rungs of the corporate ladder.
- The Power of Nice
by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval; Currency.In business, nice guys (and gals) really do finish first.
- Inside Every Woman: Using the 10 Strengths You Didn't Know You Had to Get the Career and Life You Want Now
by Vickie L. Milazzo; John Wiley & Sons.Discover and use your strengths to pursue your dreams.
- The Long Tail
by Chris Anderson; Hyperion.The Long Tail was coined by Chris Anderson to describe the recent development of endless niche markets.
- Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace With Today's Nontraditional Workforce
by Cathleen Benko, Anne Weisberg; Harvard Business School Press.This book is centered on the powerful insight that career options in today’s economy need to accommodate the rising and falling phases of employee engagement as it changes over time.
- The Millionaire Maker's Guide to Creating a Cash Machine for Life
by Loral Langemeier; McGraw-Hill.Whether you want to partner with others or create your own team to start, fix, or buy a business, Langemeier shows you how to turn it into a Cash Machine that makes money from Day One.
- The Flip Side: Break Free of the Behaviors That Hold You Back
by Flip Flippen; Springboard Press.Flippen presents a simple process for learning how to identify our personal constraints and take the necessary steps to correct self-limiting behaviors. He shows that we will experience a dramatic surge in productivity, achieve things we have only dreamed of, and find greater happiness overall.
- Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough: Reinventing The Customer Experience
by Jonathan M. Tisch, Karl Weber; Wiley.Chocolates on the Pillow Aren't Enough will show you how to improve every customer touch point; understand what customers really want and need; and design organizational structures to meet those needs.
- Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation
by James P. Andrew, Harold L. Sirkin, John Butman; Harvard Business School Press.Payback offers a new way to think about and manage innovation.
- Finding the Next Starbucks: How to Identify and Invest in the Hot Stocks of Tomorrow
by Michael Moe; Portfolio.Learn how winners like Dell, eBay, and Home Depot could have been spotted in their start-up phase and how you can find Wall Street’s future giants.
- The Strategy Paradox: Why committing to success leads to failure (and what to do about it)
by Michael E. Raynor; Currency.Raynor sheds light on the collision between commitment and uncertainty that many managers face in the pursuit for success. He presents a concrete framework for strategic action that allows companies to seize today’s opportunities while preparing for an uncertain future.
- The 4:8 Principle: The Secret to a Joy-Filled Life
by Tommy Newberry; Tyndale House Publishers.Whether you are at a low point or a high point in your life, the authors assert that The 4:8 Principle can help you experience joy by design--God's design.
- Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
by W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne; Harvard Business School Press.The authors argue that lasting success comes not from battling competitors, but from creating blue oceans--untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.
- Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
by Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams; Portfolio.Smart firms can harness the collective capability and genius of online communities to spur innovation, growth, and success.
- StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths
by Tom Rath; Gallup Press.This strengths reference, accompanied by a code for an online assessment test, is an extension of the original StrengthsFinder, now updated with a customized version of your top 5 strengths and a guide for applying your strengths in the world.
- QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life
by John G. Miller; Putnam Publishing Group.QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, already a phenomenon in its self-published edition, addresses the most important issue in business and society today: personal accountability.
- I Didn't See it Coming: The Only Book You'll Ever Need to Avoid Being Blindsided in Business
by Nancy C. Widmann, Elaine J. Eisenman, Amy Dorn Kopelan; Wiley.The authors provide critical counsel and keen observation on how all employees can develop strategic insights, effective tools, and sharp instincts for reading the room and controlling their own career destiny.
- The Starbucks Experience
by Joseph Michelli; McGraw-Hill.Michelli reveals how you can follow the Starbucks way to...reach out to entire communities, listen to individual workers and consumers, seize growth opportunities in every market, and custom-design a truly satisfying experience that benefits everyone involved.
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