Saturday, June 5, 2010

Looking for a Good Business Book?

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Business Book Reviews

We are all looking for answers on how to do things better, smarter, faster - especially in this economy. There are several different resources and business books out there devoted specifically to addressing these concerns. Well, now it's summer and time to pull a book off the shelf - or if you're like Diane, pick one of the many books you have downloaded to your Kindle or iPad - and relax outside and read.

There are a plethora of business books available on the market, but how do you know which is the best? What books should you invest your time in reading?

Diane discusses some of the current business best-sellers to add to your summer reading list as well as some new business books out in 2010.

Because Diane discusses so many books on the podcast, the following is a list of the titles and authors mentioned. If you are interested in them, listen to the podcast as Diane summarizes and comments on their merit.

Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell

Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard - Chip & Dan Heath

Rework - Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Daniel Pink

Superfreakonomics & Freakonomics - Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? - Seth Godin

The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell

How We Decide - Jonah Leher

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey

Nudge - Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

Louder Than Words - Joe Navarro

The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence - Thomas J. Peters

Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations - Garr Reynolds

Flip the Funnel: How to Use Existing Customers to Gain New Ones - Joseph Jaffe

Good to Great - Jim Collins

The Way We Work Isn't Working - Tony Schwartz, Catherin McCarthy, Jean Gomes

Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work that Matters - Michael Bungay Stanier

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