March 2012 | sf business times

Remember Every Name Every Time: Corporate America's Memory Master Reveals His Secrets Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Overall this book will achieve its intended purpose of helping me remember names; however, this book has many weaknesses. First and foremost, the first 3 or 4 chapters were 100% worthless. He states how important it is to remember names 50 different ways and using quotes from many different people. My...

Franchise Times Guide to Selecting, Buying & Owning a Franchise Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I liked this book very much. It is basically a marketing piece for Franchise Times magazine. It is written by a contributing writer to the magazine. And the book's forward is written by the founder of the magazine. The book is well written and very well organized. It is split into five sections and 18...

Fish Sticks: A Remarkable Way to Adapt to Changing Times and Keep Your Work Fresh Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)How do you get a group of people to adopt new strategies of coping with change? This story provides food for thought. I recommend you read it along with Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self. When we use Optimal Thinking, we take the most constructive actions and achieve what is supremely important.Click...

The Performance Prism: The Scorecard for Measuring and Managing Business Success Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Neely, Adams & Kennerley caught my attention. They note that the various performance measurement / management systems, such as Balance Scorecard to name one of many examples cited, despite their usefulness, are only partial or point solutions to the whole performance measurement / management problem....

Fleeing the Nazis, Surviving the Gulag, and Arriving in the Free World: My Life and Times Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Here is the astonising story of someone who grew up in Auschwitz when it was an unknown small town in Poland before the war. Zarnowitz escaped behind Soviet lines to survive and later become a famous economist. He tells his story in a personal tone, as if he were telling you about his life over coffee....

Making Change Happen One Person at a Time: Assessing Change Capacity within Your Organization Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Making Change Happen" is good, as far as it goes. The discussion of people and their ability to fit in a changing organization and promote the change is good. If you are buying this book to guide in change planning and implementation, it provides some good groundwork information. But it is not sufficient,...

Renewable Advantage: Crafting Strategy Through Economic Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Jeffrey Williams has delivered a new and important way for businesses to view their strategic position. Whether slow cycle, or fast cycle, his most important revelation is that no business has the right simply to exist. All businesses exist to maximize value to the stakeholder. Sometimes, maximum value...

Tutor And Grow Rich: Make A Full Time Income As A Part Time Tutor. Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am giving this book two stars because many people suspect that one-star reviews are simply vendettas written by people that might not like an author personally or have ideological differences with him/her--neither of which is implicated in my evaluation of this book. First, consider that the typical...

Learning Paths: Increase Profits by Reducing the Time It Takes Employees to Get Up-to-Speed Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Learning Paths" by Rosenbaum and Williams takes an innovative look at training and how people develop beyond "graduation day" to "independence day". This book is chuck full of great ideas that anyone with basic training and curriculum development ability should be able to implement within 30 days. My...

If You Haven't Got the Time to Do It Right, When Will You Find the Time to Do It Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The truth is that many of the quick fix techiniques and tips that are given to the many unorganized people as I used to be don't work well for long. I was on a quest to find out how to become organized my self and be part of the select few who seem to be born that way. By following what this books says...

Financial Times Guide to Making the Right Investment Decisions: How to Analyse Companies and Value Shares (2nd Edition) (Financial Times Guides) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As to be expected Michael covers the major concepts, ratios and models used by the investment industry in determining the absolute and relative valuation of company shares. The insights he brings from his experiences as a sell-side equity analyst, an executive coach and trainer distinguish his writing....

Mastering Equity Derivatives (Financial Times Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Good solid introduction to the subject - but wont leave you as a "master". All of the fundamental concepts are set out - and as you would expect from an introductory text they are all explained well but there is a real lack of depth in terms of pricing, market operations and dealing with real world issues...

FutureThink: How to Think Clearly in a Time of Change Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)According to Weiner and Brown, their book "defines the ABCs of clearly seeing patterns, weighing choices, understanding trends, getting the future right, making good and innovative decisions about the future, and, indeed, influencing what that future will be." Frankly, my own crystal ball imploded many...

How To Say It for First-Time Managers: Winning Words and Strategies for Earning Your Team's Confidence Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Managers must be able to communicate with their employees. However, new supervisors generally do not get promoted on the basis of their communication skills. The executives who promote them assume, often mistakenly, that terrific salespeople or bookkeepers magically will become strong communicators....

Florida Cow Hunter: The Life and Times of Bone Mizell Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Using a bigger than life cow hunter, these tales of Florida before tourist and railroads ruined our only semi-tropical frontier, Bone Mizell is of raw grit and survival. I like an up to date map when I read a book of this type.Click Here to see more reviews about: Florida Cow Hunter: The Life and Times...

Money Masters of Our Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have read Mr. Train's earlier books The Money Masters and The New Money Masters and found them informative and interesting, gaining insights from some of the worlds most sucessful investors. Mr. Train's research seemed to rely heavily on personal interviews of these Masters often providing the reader...

Competitive Selling: Out-Plan, Out-Think, and Out-Sell to Win Every Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a well thought-out book that highlights the key elements of the sales cycle. Chase does a great job in breaking down the critical failure points to avoid in making a pitch that has applications beyond traditional sales situations. If you are looking for a straightforward method of improving your...