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National Leadership Books

Time to Excel

The following review is about the new book, Ready, Aim, Excel, that I think will help anyone in the field of leadership get to the next level. Why...
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Seven books in seven days

Readers of this column know that I read a lot of business books. But it’s not like UPS is pulling up every week with packages from Amazon...
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The business advice book that started it all

30 million people worldwide have read it. Your father or grandfather probably had a copy of it on their shelf. It was published in 1936, and yet,...
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Bootstrap Leadership: A blueprint for developing your leadership

Bootstrap LeadershipBerrett-Koehler, 2010How do you review a book when you happen to be the author? The answer is, you don’t. But I do want...
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Leading clever people

My friend Dave sent me a book last week, so I thought it was a good time for another book review. The book is called Clever (2009) and it’s...
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Grassroots leadership in action

OK, one more book recommendation for 2009, and it’s a good one (and just in time for Christmas). This one isn't a current release, though...
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Understanding failure

Jim Collins seems like a strange choice to write about failure. His best-selling books Built to Last (1995) and Good to Great (2001) were...
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The Top 5 books on influencing others

Back in January and March of this year, I offered my picks for the top 5 books on leading change and strategy, respectively. We’re overdue...
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Folkman & Zenger pen another winner

In 2002, Joe Folkman and Jack Zenger wrote one of the most comprehensive books ever written on the art of leadership. Their bestselling work The...
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Cracking the code on talent

This is getting to be a trend. First, there was Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. A few months later, Geoff Colvin wrote Talent is Overrated. Now,...
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