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Posted May 11, 2010 5:22 a.m. by the-roy
In - 800 CEO Read Blog
It's been a whole month (and then some) after the last posting of what was being read from across this great world of ours. So, hold on to your seats... here's what 8CR sold overseas:
The Venturesome Economy - by Amar Bhide - Trinidad
Baked In - by Alex Bogusky and John Winsor - Spain
Strategy for Sustainability - by Adam Werbach - France
Unlocking Opportunities for Growth - by Ian C. MacMillan and Alexander B. Van Putten - Thailand
Judgment - by Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis - India
End of the Free Market - by Ian Bremmer - Monaco
Comebacks - by Andrea Redmond and Patricia Crisafulli - Canada
Two Lists
Posted Oct. 28, 2008 4:00 a.m. by dylan
In Uncategorized - 800 CEO Read Blog
The Arizona Republic printed a list of recommended finance and business titles from Jeffrey L. Coles'--finance department chair at Arizona State University. They are:
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein, John Wiley & Sons, 1998 Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies by Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart & David Wessels, John Wiley & Sons, 2005 Irrational Exuberance by Robert Schiller, Currency, 2006 Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors by Michael Porter, Free Press, 1998 Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China by John Pomfret, Holt Rinehart and Winston, 2007
Coles sneaks in a sixth suggestion "for humor and cheer in our turbulent times," Scott Adams' Still Pumped From Using the Mouse.
CIO Insight has picked ten leadership books they feel "capture what it takes to lead." They are:
Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value by Bill George, Jossey-Bass, 2004 Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls by Noel Tichy & Warren Bennis, Portfolio, 2007 Leading Change by John Kotter, Harvard Business School Press, 1996 The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All by Michael Useem, Three River Press, 1999 What Were They Thinking?: Unconventional Wisdom about Management by Jeffrey Pfeffer, Harvard Business School Press, 2007 Leadership Passages: The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader by David L. Dotlich, James L. Noel & Norman Walker, Jossey-Bass, 2004 Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution by Michael Hammer & James Champy, HarperBusiness, 2004 The Practice of Management by Peter Drucker, HarperCollins, 2006 Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators by Patrick Lencioni, Jossey-Bass, 2005 A Leader's Legacy by James Kouzes & Barry Posner, Jossey-Bass, 2006
Shipping 'Over There'
Posted Feb. 2008 5:38 a.m. by delicious
In International Bestsellers - 800 CEO Read Blog
I just got an inquiry concerning shipping to another country and they were kind of disappointed to find out how much and how long it will take. Here are just some of my own personal Rules of Thumb to keep in mind when shipping overseas.
* Regular shipping time varies upon countries and customs may hold up boxes for an undertimed length of time, so if you need materials for a specific date, plan well in advance!
* Customs also may charge for the books to get released. If you can, provide your own account information (FEDEX, DHL number) when ordering. Sometimes it helps if the carrier is for the person or company in the country.
* Some countries may have the book there at a distributor or warehouse. If you can and you want to save time and money, the country you are shipping to may have access to the book. Chances are unlikely, but sometimes a popular book can be easy to get in other countries.
* There is no thing called 'Not Enough Information' so, when placing an order for overseas include everything you can about the receiver of the book(s). Email, phone, fax, cell number, even another person for delivery can be helpful. (Mom's maiden name is ok to leave out, but you never know...)
Hope this helps for some of you that order overseas. If you have any questions about pricing, availability of a certain title(s) just give us a call and we'll be glad to assist you!
In the meantime, here are the top selling titles we sent out overseas this past January:
Hostage at the Table - Mexico
Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls - Mexico
Customer Centered Selling - Malaysia
The CEO Within - Sweden
The Dip - Canada
Happy February Everyone!
Three Leadership Experts on Dealing With Internal Trouble
Posted Dec. 21, 2007 3:19 a.m. by todd-sattersten
In Leadership - 800 CEO Read Blog
Hidden inside Fortune's 2008 Investor's Guide is a one page article titled "The Three Minute Manager: Lessons In Leadership." They interview Bill George (True North), Noel Tichy (Judgment) and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld (Firing Back) and each was asked questions around the problem:
"What do you do if you discover a huge loss at your company?"
There is no link on the Fortune's site to the piece, so I can only give you the choicest words from each authority:
- Sonnenfeld on your first move: "First you want to figure out the entirety of the problem so you don't lose credibility coming out with more and more bad news. Determine how much time you have to analyze the extent of the situation before you release information to the public."
- George on taking responsibility: "Do everything you can to avoid denial. There's a tendency in many organizations to not want to hear bad news. I used to say at Medtronic, 'You will never get fired for making a mistake, but you will get fired for covering it up.'"
- Tichy on who's done it right: "Jack Welch was a master of crisis management. In the 1980's a GE engineer was caught bribing a Israeli general, and Welch himself fired 20 other GE managers because they should have smelled it. They were the ones stealing, but they got fired for it. Welch personally owned that."
Jack Covert Selects - Judgment
Posted Nov. 12, 2007 4:32 a.m. by 800-ceo-read
Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls by Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis, Portfolio, 365p, $26.95, Hardcover, November 2007, ISBN 9781591841531
You make decisions constantly--sometimes subconsciously, sometimes deliberately--throughout every day. Some decisions are simple choices: Will you wear the brown shoes or the black shoes today? Others change the course of your life. The choice of university, first job and partner come to mind. The judgment you use at each important crossroads helps determine the success you will have in life. Many of the decisions made by managers affect not only their own futures, but the futures of every employee or shareholder.
Authors Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis consider the essence of decision-making in their new book, Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls. It would be hard to find two more qualified authorities. Tichy developed GE's leadership program under Jack Welch and co-wrote Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will about the conglomerate. Bennis defined the genre of leadership literature with his books, Leaders and On Becoming a Leader. The acknowledgments thank a "Who's Who" of Fortune 50 leaders from Jack Welch to Jeff Immelt, A.G. Lafley to Jim McNerney, all who provided in-depth access and anecdotes to reinforce the authors' framework.
In Judgment, Tichy and Bennis describe how successful leaders show good judgment and focus on what they found to be key aspects of decision-making. The authors found the most important types of judgments made by leaders were those regarding people, strategy, and crisis, adding that leaders could recover from poor judgments on the latter two, but rarely with bad decisions on people. Their process for good judgment consists of three steps: preparation, making "the call" and execution. The defining characteristic for good judgment was leaders who were willing to revisit prior steps to gather more information or organization support.
This book just feels like a classic, from the cover art to the authors' authority. But more importantly, the 365 pages address a topic not effectively written about in previous books. The true test for a timely treatment is when you feel like a book's topic is one you should have been talking about and the conclusions feel natural--Judgment passes that test with flying colors.
