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Books, Blogs and Other Interesting Reading
On-line Business Insights, Ideas, Trends and Thinking
- Ladies
Who Launch an interesting online site that offers services
and networking opportunities for women business owners
- The Adventure
of Strategy- a thought provoking blog for professional service providers
- Fresh Ink- Inc.
magazine's blog daily insight for entrepreneurs
- Edward
DeBono and Robert Hellers Blog for managers
- Many Worlds-
A great resource for articles on strategy, innovation and business trends
- FastCompany
-an online magazine focusing on business innovation and creativity in
the workplace
- CEO Express-A
great link for busy executives
- Client
Service Insights (CSI)
- Leadership Now- Leadership
thinking from a British site.
- Better Management.com
–business management, leaders and decision making strategies and
resources
- Blogs on Marketing
- HBS Working Knowledge
- timely business information on management topics and features interviews
with Harvard Business School (HBS) professors and industry leaders,
the best of HBS publications, and coverage of HBS campus speakers and
conferences. New features, book recommendations, and Web site reviews
are added each week.
- Knowledge@Wharton
- a bi-weekly online resource that offers the latest business insights,
information and research from a variety of sources. These include analysis
of current business trends, interviews with industry leaders and Wharton
faculty, articles based on the most recent business research, book reviews,
conference and seminar reports, links to other web sites and so on.
- MagPortal.com
- Book Summaries
- Key ideas from business bestsellers
- NJBIZ- Read this May, 2004 NJBIZ article titled “Building
Better Business Leaders” to learn about a variety of ways
to develop leadership skills, including how Princeton Performance Dynamics
has helped some of its clients. [PDF file 505K]
- Financial
planning
- My
Business Magazine for Small business
Books on Business Strategy and Leadership:
- Mavericks
at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win by
William C. Taylor and Polly G. LaBarre
- A
Leader's Legacy by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
- Getting
Things Done, The Art of Stress- Free Productivity
by David Allen
- Working
With You is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself from Emotional Traps
at Work by Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster
- Purpose:
The Starting Point of Great Companies by Nikos Mourkogiannis and
Roger Fisher
- Values-Driven
Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun
(Social Venture Network) by Ben Cohen and Mal Warwick
- Innovation:
The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want by Curtis
R. Carlson and William W. Wilmot (Hardcover - Aug 8, 2006)
- Purple
Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth
Godin
- The
Cutting Edge in Financial Services by Bob Veres
If you are looking for the latest trends in financial services,
this book is a must read! Whether you are a service provider, or on
the buying end, you will gain tremendous value from thinking about the
implications of what this book has to offer.
- Accountability
by Rob Lebow, Randy Spitzer
So many organizations have struggled with change initiatives that
have been unsuccessful. If you wonder why no one on your team is as
motivated as you, and you want to generate some enthusiasm, this book
is definitely worth a read!
- Good
to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by Jim Collins
- The
Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell
- Leadership
and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World Revised
by Margaret J. Wheatley (Paperback)
- We've
Got to Start Meeting Like This: A Guide to Successful Meeting
Management by Roger K. Mosvick, Robert B. Nelson (Paperback - May
1996)
- Executive
Eq: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organization
by Robert K. Cooper, Ayman Sawaf (Paperback)
- A
New Brand World: Eight Principles for Achieving Brand Leadership
in the 21st Century by Scott Bedbury, Stephen Fenichell
A new view on branding from Bedbury, who headed advertising and
marketing divisions for Nike and Starbucks.
- The
Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning
Organizations by Peter M. Senge, et al (Paperback)
- Peak
Performance: Aligning the Hearts and Minds of Your Employees
by Jon R. Katzenbach
- Built
to Last:
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by James C. Collins, Jerry
I. Porras
- Never
Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at
a Time by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz
- Execution:
The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan,
and Charles Burck
- The
100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success (Paperback)
by Brian Tracy
- Princeton Business Journal, Fast
Track to Success by Melinda Sherwood, August 2004
A short article on how Helene Mazur of Princeton Performance Dynamics
and other business coaches have helped successful professionals address
a variety of issues including choosing a suitable career, picking a
compatible business partner, firing employees, etc.
Books about Personal Leadership, Motivation and
Meaning
- The
Resilience Factor by Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatte
The ideas presented in this book are a very practical set of techniques
to help smooth the bumps in the road, that can paralyze us. This book
is a must read for anyone who has trouble weathering challenges in their
life.
- Do
What You Are
: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality
Type--Revised and Updated Edition Featuring E-careers for the 21st Century
by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger (Paperback - April 2001)
- Climb
Your Own Mountain : The Ultimate Success Guide by John
Zaccaro (Hardcover - March 1986)
- Zen
and the Art of Making a Living : A Practical Guide to Creative
Career Design by Laurence G. Boldt (Paperback - May 1999)
- Artful
Work: Awakening Joy, Meaning, and Commitment in the Workplace
by Dick Richards (Hardcover - March 1995)
- The
Artist's Way : A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
by Julia Cameron (Paperback - July 1992)
- The
On-Purpose Person: Making Your Life Make Sense: A Modern Parable
by Kevin W. McCarthy (Hardcover - August 1992)
- The
Lemming Conspiracy: How to Redirect Your Life from Stress to
Balance (Includes Bibliographical References) by Don Hutcheson,
Bob McDonald (Contributor)
- Jump
Start Your Business Brain:
Win More, Lose Less, and Make More Money by Doug Hall, Forward by
Tom Peters
- The
7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
(Paperback - August 1990)
- 9
Steps to Financial Freedom:
Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman
(Paperback)
- Organized
to Be Your Best!
: Simplify and Improve How You Work by Susan Silver (Hardcover)
- Adversity
Quotient: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities by Paul
G. Stoltz (Paperback)
- Focal
Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity,
and Achieve All Your Goals by Brian Tracy
