Tue.Oct 04, 2011

First Friday Book Synopsis

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Here is the October, 2011 New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers List

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is the October, 2011 New York Times Best Sellers Hardcover Business Books list. As I regularly note, there are some “long-time” titles on this list (Drive; Delivering Happiness; 4-Hour Workweek; Strenghts-Based Leadership). But there are some new titles this month. The new Friedman and Maddelbaum book, That Used to Be Us, is number one.

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What is on your own “one piece of paper”?

First Friday Book Synopsis

I agree with Albert Einstein that it is important to “make everything as simple as possible but no simpler.” One of the best exercises for learning how to do that is what Mike Figliuolo introduces in his new book, One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership, published by Jossey-Bass (October, 2011). [.].

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Putting Steve Jobs in perspective

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an especially insightful article written by Nancy Koehn. It is part of The Washington Post‘s recent On Leadership roundtable exploring Tim Cook’s succession of Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, and how to follow in the footsteps of an icon. At the conclusion of the excerpt, I provide links to [.].

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