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Posted Feb. 6, 2009 4:19 a.m. by the-roy
In International Bestsellers - 800 CEO Read Blog
With more and more people doing business in other countries - it's always nice to keep an eye as to what business leaders are reading. Or, for that matter, what they are having their employees read...
Here's our listing of what was at the top of the list around the world in January:
Have a GREAT weekend!
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
The 2008 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards - Fables & Parables
Posted Dec. 9, 2008 9:25 a.m. by 800-ceo-read
In Book Awards - 800 CEO Read Blog
The books on our 2008 shortlist for the Fables & Parables Category are:
The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea
by Bob Burg and John David Mann (Portfolio, January 2008)Putting another person's needs before yours is the main principle in this business parable. Burg and Mann offer five "laws" to follow in order to become a real "go-giver": Value, Compensation, Influence, Authenticity and Receptivity. Understanding how to be a go-giver may just be the best kept secret that everyone should know about in the business world... and maybe even the whole world.
The Myth of Multitasking: How "Doing it All" Gets Nothing Done by Dave Crenshaw, Jossey-Bass, August 2008) We've all been there. Not wanting to delegate or seek help in projects because we can do it all. We may even convince ourselves and others that we are the ultimate octopus in our business transactions. We handle two or three calls at once and overbook our daily calendars . But that's work, right? No it's not, at least not according to Crenshaw, who takes apart the strengths and weaknesses in one person's attempt to be the guy who does it all and yet does nothing at all.
Squawk!: How to Stop Making Noise and Start Getting Results
by Travis Bradberry, (HarperBusiness, September 2008)There's a certain sound that is heard from one time or another: the managerial squawk. That certain someone who goes into a problem, a situation, a room and just gives orders, directions, or just useless facts. Squawking usually gets nowhere fast, and this story gives advice about how to work with someone just going off about one thing or the other. Yes, even if the squawker happens to be you, too.
What to Say to a Porcupine: 20 Humorous Tales That Get to the Heart of Great Customer Service
by Richard S. Gallagher (AMACOM, June 2008)The book begins with a story about "some clowns sitting around a conference table." Nope, not in pinstripe suits and blank stares, but REAL clowns with red foam noses, big shoes and painted on grins. Seriously. And it seems to get more and more absurd as the pigs, penguins, bees, dogs, knights, Greek chorus and, yes, the porcupine all tell their stories about a very serious matter: customer service.
The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need
by Daniel Pink, art by Rob Ten Pas (Riverhead Books, April 2008)From the first crack of the magic chopsticks and the arrival of Diana, a "half human creature whose superpowers appear in a time of crisis," the reader is off to an incredible journey of self-discovery. Pink's book is the first business book to use the Japanese comic form called Manga, which not only keeps the pace lively but also allows the reader to feel part of the narrative by focusing on Johnny Bunko, who's thrust into unfamiliar territory on a quest to learn the 6 Career Secrets. Before you know it, it's over. But then somewhere, somehow a chopstick snaps and you find yourself wanting to read it over and over again.
Jack Covert Selects - The Go-Giver
Posted March 11, 2008 6:26 a.m. by 800-ceo-read
The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea, by Bob Burg and John David Mann, Portfolio, 112 pages, $19.95, Hardcover, December 2007, ISBN 9781591842002
Bob Burg and John David Mann have written an interesting parable around the life of "Joe," a highly ambitious guy who comes to a dead end when he can't create the two things he needs to succeed: clout and leverage. In his pursuit of obtaining these things, he meets "Pindar," a smart, kind, and extremely wealthy man who seems to have everything Joe wants. After meeting with Pindar, Joe realizes that he's on a much bigger quest than he anticipated, and learns through Pindar and his associates that the most optimal way to receive is to give. By learning and practicing Pindar's "Five Laws," Joe obtains not only clout and leverage, but a life fulfilled far beyond the old goals he used to have.
The process is much more complicated than he expected though. In fact, a constant shift in perspective, a breaking of usual habits, and an adoption of seemingly illogical business practices had to take place. In his meetings with Pindar and associates, Joe examines such things as why people crowd into restaurants with good food while tables sit empty at places with excellent food; he sees meeting rooms with executives using finger paints as part of their creative process; and he learns about creating a huge network of influence by placing other people's interests first.
Each lesson is themed with the idea that the more you put other people first, and the more you provide for them, the more you'll be able to receive. The book states, "Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment." In business, it is typical to focus on what we are going to get and how we are going to get it. The Go-Giver reminds us to focus on the important point of what we are going to give to people. As shown throughout the book, this focus turns business from a 50/50 proposition to a 100% success.
