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(More customer reviews)This is a book of book summaries. Soundview is a company that creates and sells these summaries and there are many other companies that provide them. This book has 15 of these summaries. I have read and reviewed several of these books already and can vouch for them as very good books. However, the title of the sub-book is pure hyperbole. These are NOT the "best management books of all time". I can point to books by books by Drucker, Jack Welch, and others that are not included here. These may be the best books of the past few years, but even that is pretty subjective given the huge number of forests that get consumed in printing management books each and every year. However, using a subtitle something like "some pretty good books on management from the past couple of years" just doesn't have the same punch even if it is more accurate.
The books included are:
"Winning with People" by John C. Maxwell
"Topgrading" by Bradford D. Smart, Ph.D.
"Jack Welch and the 4 E's of Leadership" by Jeffrey A. Krames
"The Leadership Challenge" by James Kouzes and Barry Posner
"Gods of Management" by Charles Handy
"Influencer" by Patterson, Grenny, Maxfield, et al
"True North" By Bill George and Peter E. Sims
"What Got You Here Won't Get You There" by Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter
"Judgment" by Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis
"Small Giants" by Bo Burlingham
"Dealing with Darwin" by Geoffrey A. Moore
"Wikinomics" by Tapscott and Williams
"Managing Crises Before They Happen" by Mitroff and Anagnos
"The Leader of the Future" by Hesselbein, Goldsmith, and Beckhard
"The Next Global Stage" by Kenichi Ohmae
I have to say that the summaries of the books read well and are nicely organized. Of course, I recommend reading the actual books if you are interested in the topics.
Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI
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Insightful summaries of fifteen outstanding management books Since 1978, Soundview Executive Book Summaries has offered its subscribers condensed versions of the most relevant and influential business books published each year. The company has won acclaim as the definitive selection service for business book readers. Following its successful first collection, The Marketing Gurus, Soundview has now compiled The Management Gurus, which includes summaries of fifteen management classics. One of them is a previously unpublished summary: Jack Welch and the 4 E's of Leadership. Other featured books include: • Winning with People by John Maxwell • Judgment by Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis • Managing Crises Before They Happen by Ian I. Mitroff These summaries distill thousands of pages about leadership, strategy, crisis management, organizational behavior, and more—perfect for busy executives and students.
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