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Alpha Leadership - Tools for Business Leaders Who Want More from Life by Robert Dilts et al

Reviewer: mr s finnan from rickmansworth, hertfordshire Great Britain This book extends beyond normal leadership books because it starts from a different assumption base. Margaret Wheatley in Leadership and the New Science shows us that chaos theory has lessons for everyday life. In a world of chaos where the future cannot be accurately predicted Leadership becomes increasingly difficult. Alpha Leadership fills the gap by giving us tools and practical techniques for leaders to use in management of their organisation to respond rapidly and effectively to a changing world

Balanced scorecard - Translating strategy into action by Kaplan et al

One of the original and best books on the balanced scorecard

Balanced scorecard within a week by Mike and Pippa Bourne

Short, simple and good introduction to implementing a 'balanced scorecard' approach

Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute by Ken Blanchard et al

Harvey Mackay, author of Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive “The most truthful, straight-talk book on managing people to come along in aeons. This is an exceptional tool for business

Faster Than the Speed of Change: by Paul Lemberg

How to Transform Your Business into High-Performance, High-Profit, High-Satisfaction Enterprise: Secrets from a Leading Executive Coach and Futurist

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: a Leadership Fable: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni

Makes Sense: Like anything good that has ever been written on management there is a healthy dose of common sense here. Unlike many other books I liked the fact that it does not contain the "How To" as much as it illustrates how to recognise specific issues in Teams and offers ideas on how to deal with them. The model used is simple and progressive and you can't apply it in one minute

Good to Great by Jim Collins

Five years ago Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how?" In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last concludes that it is possible, but finds that there are no silver bullets to greatness. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11--including Gillette, Walgreens and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not-so-great, Collins lays a well-reasoned roadmap to excellence that any organisation would do well to consider.

Leadership and the One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard et al

Leadership and The One Minute Manager goes straight to the heart of management as it describes the effective, adaptive styles of Situational Leadership. In clear and simple terms it teaches how to become a flexible and successful leader, fitting your style to the needs of the individual and to the situation at hand, and using the One Minute Manager techniques to enhance the motivation of others. "Situational Leadership has been the cornerstone of our management training programme for the last five years. Now the model is available to everyone through this action-oriented book" MIKE ROSE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Holiday Inns Inc

Leadership by the Book: Tools to Transform Your Workplace by Kenneth Blanchard et al

Told in the parable format of "The One Minute Manager", this work draws on the model and messages of Jesus as a source of practical lessons in effective leadership. Recounting the story of a teacher, a minister and a marketplace leader who support one another in their leadership challenges, this book offers unexpected and exceptional answers to tough leadership issues. The authors offer simple strategies for bringing vision - and values - to the workplace by examining messages and examples from the Bible

The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman

An engrossing look at the new international system that is transforming world affairs today. Globalisation has replaced the cold war with the integration of capital, technology, and information across national borders.

Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: How I Turned Around IBM by Louis V. Gerstner Jr

This is CEO Louis V. Gerstner Jr's memoir about the turnaround of IBM and his transformation of the company into the industry leader of the computer age. When Gerstner became CEO of IBM in 1993, shares were in freefall and the company was on the verge of collapse. Hired for his successful management of RJR Nabisco and American Express, Gerstner had no background in technology, but during his seven-year chairmanship, he transformed the company into the leading force of the computer age. In his frank, direct voice, Gerstner recalls the obstacles he faced: the plans to fragment the company; the inconsistent global policies; the stodgy white-shirt hierarchy and inter-departmental competitiveness; and the rapidly declining sales.

Why the bottom line isn't by Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood

In Why the Bottom Line Isn't! authors Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood argue that sustainable shareholder value comes increasingly from assets not accounted for on an organization's balance sheet. These assets include a company's reputation, its ability to attract talent, and its ability to react quickly to new opportunities in the marketplace. Why the Bottom Line Isn't! harnesses research from a number of disciplines including human resources, finance, and leadership to establish a hierarchy of such intangibles. The authors extrapolate from these intangibles to establish leadership tools that will help create sustainable shareholder value. The book offers a broad, expansive perspective on leadership while eschewing convoluted theory for concrete practice.

In a world where we give lip service to brotherly love but fight each other over every little thing till we're bloody, both figuratively in the world of business, and literally on the world stage in war and politics, "change architect" Gregg Cochlan sees light at the end of the tunnel. For him, the time is right, and that time is right now, to begin a major paradigm shift toward a new leadership style that he calls Love Leadership.