But of
course, this was our top choice! If you go by the not-so-charming title that
makes it sound like a teenager’s guide to life, you are highly mistaken. Listen
to Dale, the leader of his own ilk, who teaches you how to deal with people in
business-context. Do read it if you haven’t already.
No one else
says it as effectively as the researcher and management guru Jim Collins does. Good to Great and Built to Last are his masterpieces. Getting people in the key
seats, some team exercises that can help the bond last longer and your company
turns into the best one around. Now, aren’t these enough perks?
Do you know
what’s the hardest thing for a leader? Not progress indicators, not share
prices, not brand image or even the decisions which we usually deem as tough.
The biggest challenge is that of interpreting one’s own psychology. This book
tells you how to build a business when there are no easy answers.
Emotional
intelligence is much more important than smartness. It means a hell lot more
than Intelligence Quotient and people in the business world do understand the
importance and value of remaining emotionally stable through ups and downs of
this world that can always leave you on the edge.
If you
assumed this book was about baseball, you are mighty wrong. And in your
assumption, you also exposed your limited knowledge of the business terms. This
book by Lewis is precisely about intellectual honesty! This deals with the most
pertinent question we have before us today – that of instinct and data, which
one would we follow? Sounds like this is today’s book!
Title of the
book is self explanatory. This book is a must for those managers who wish to
follow their instinct, heart and ambition instead of merely sitting around as a
data crunching machine. Responses from over 80,000 interviews prove that
managers and leaders are those who take the road that’s less trodden to meet
success, and not those to tread the safe crowded path to remain mediocre.
The author,
who served as a CEO of GM between 1923-46 was probably among the early writers
who chronicled their work at this prestigious company that’s still going great
guns. Though GM’s lawyers did manage to ban the book for a few years, but
eventually the book won over. Sloan gives some shrewd lessons about managing
the automotive behemoth. If you are in automobile industry, this should be your
Bible. Even otherwise, this is a must-read.
This book is
a sheer work of art, and the best one at that. This is a ‘read me quick’ book
that can be finished no sooner than you started it. But, book by the ‘The One Minute Manager’ authors has
changed a lot of lives for better. There is a bit of something in everything
this book talks about.
Oh, come on!
This book on the list of business literature? No, this ain’t a mistake. This
book has been read by way too many business leaders to take the message out of
it. This will drive home the core message – holding on to your conviction even
during the times when things don’t seem to work at all. Have the vision, the
perseverance and most certainly, you will win!
Total Quality Management is the core message of the book. The key management principles enumerated in this book are relevant at all times, though Quality Management and building on customer feedback, and constant improvement are all the mantras of every business house today. Don’t miss it!
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