And now for something completely similar. Last month we learned quite a bit from David Casullo about Leading the High-Energy Culture; this month, we explore Discover Your CEO Brand by Suzanne Bates. The common thread is that Casullo runs Bates Communications, founded by this month’s featured author, so we’re dedicating a chunk of our summer in a two-part series learning to be energized, branded leaderswith guidance provided…
Book Review – Leading the High-Energy Culture by David Casullo
Hopefully you got a nugget or two out of last month’s review of Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh. This month we feature a good book with a boring title: Leading the High-Energy Culture by David Casullo. If the new trend is to name a book after a typical web search – and can’t you just picture the beleaguered CEO saying, “I’m gonna go to the…
Book Review – Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh
Last month, the honey pot in this here space was stirred with commentary about Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg’s controversial book about women in the workplace. And this month, we stay in tech mogul land by discussing Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh, CEO of the billion-dollar grossing Zappos.com. The author has made such a substantial impact in growing the relatively young online shoe-and-so-much-more store that perhaps we no longer have to clarify…
Book Review – Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
So you’re saying, “Okay, circus boy – reviews of vanilla business books are fine, but where’s the controversial stuff?” Well, look no further than this month’s offering, Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg. If you haven’t read this one already (and at just 182 pages and mostly stories, it’s a lay-up), you’ve likely heard of it or seen Ms. Sandberg interviewed. As…
Book Review – Seizing the White Space by Mark W. Johnson
Truth be told, 20 pages into Mark W. Johnson’s Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal, I figured I’d hate it. Nothing personal; Johnson’s local and surely kind to small creatures, but with lines like, “I lay out in detail a structured process for designing new business models and developing them into profitable, thriving enterprises, and investigate the managerial challenges…