The Soundview 30th Anniversary Collection

The Soundview 30th Anniversary Collection
Item #: PKS30ANNIV

The 30 Best Business Books of the Past 30 Years

Soundview proudly introduces our Anniversary Collection - a compilation of 30 summaries from the past 30 years that have stood the test of time. These titles continue to be referenced by business executives worldwide and will provide you with the key principles you need to succeed in business today. The authors of these titles are the who's who of business thinking from the past three decades, and they remain thought-leaders today.

This collection includes such classic business summaries as:

  • Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management by Peter Drucker
  • The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge
  • Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras
  • Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan
  • Competing for the Future by Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad
  • And 25 other top summaries from the past thirty years (see the full list below)
  • This collection is only available in our print format and will be shipped in a FREE Soundview Binder.
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    The Necessary Revolution

    By Peter Senge, Sara Schley, Bryan Smith, Joe Laur, Nina Kruschwitz
    Item #: 3021
    The Necessary Revolution focuses on sustainability and the challenge for businesses to invest in new solutions to environmental problems and innovative strategies that will generate both short- and long-term profitability while helping to create a better world. The authors tell us that it is business that has the motivation, ability and resources to dramatically change the way we do things.
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    What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

    By Marshall Goldsmith
    Item #: 2914
    The corporate world is full of intelligent and skilled executives, but few will ever reach the top and, according to Goldsmith, subtle nuances make the difference.
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    The 360 Degree Leader

    By John Maxwell
    Item #: 2806
    According to leadership expert John Maxwell, you can learn to develop your influence from wherever you are in the organization by becoming a 360-degree leader. You can learn to lead up, lead across and lead down. He writes that only 360-degree leaders influence people at every level of the organization, and by helping others, they help themselves. In The 360 Degree Leader, Maxwell explains that becoming a 360-degree leader is within the reach of anyone who possesses average or better le
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    Blink

    By Malcolm Gladwell
    Item #: 2714
    Blink is about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant — in the blink of an eye — that actually aren’t as simple as they seem, and about those instantaneous decisions that are impossible to explain to others. In this summary, staff writer from The New Yorker Malcolm Gladwell reveals that great decision makers aren’t those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of “thin-slicing” —
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    Crucial Confrontations

    By Al Switzler, Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan
    Item #: 2626
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    Service America

    By Ron Zemke, Karl Albrecht
    Item #: 0804
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    Execution

    By Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan
    Item #: 2429
    Bossidy, the legendary CEO of Honeywell International, Inc., joins forces with consultant and prolific author Charan to explain how getting things done — not strategy, innovation or anything else — is the most important function of a leader. The authors examine in detail the three key processes of execution — people, strategy and operations — and show how all three are linked.
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    By Jack Trout, Al Ries
    Item #: 0404
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    Leading Change

    By John P. Kotter
    Item #: 1825
    Harvard's Kotter simplifies the messy, complex process of corporate change. He provides a blueprint for the steps you need to take whether your change is a restructuring, reengineering project, or cultural renewal. This is the last word on managing change.
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    Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance?

    By Louis Gerstner Jr.
    Item #: 2506
    The visionary former chairman and CEO of IBM gives his detailed, insider account of the now-legendary turnaround at the giant computer company. Among the lessons you will learn: If it’s broken, fix it; if it’s not broken, fix it anyway.
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    You've Got To Be Believed To Be Heard

    By Bert Decker
    Item #: 1416
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    By Michael LeBoeuf
    Item #: 0132
    How to make more of your most precious asset — time — by a professor of management and communications.
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    The Customer Revolution

    By Patricia B. Seybold
    Item #: 2315
    Customers are taking control of industries and reshaping them from the outside in. While some characterize the changes taking place as the New Economy, the Internet economy, or the knowledge economy, Seybold, the bestselling author of the book Customers.com, simply calls it the “customer economy.” To survive in this customer economy, you need to respond to customer demands for changes in the way you design and deliver products and services. Seybold shows you how.
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    First, Break All the Rules

    By Curt Coffman, Marcus Buckingham
    Item #: 2204
    Based on in-depth interviews with more than 80,000 managers at all levels (and in companies of all sizes), the Gallup Organization’s Buckingham and Coffman reveal in this summary what great managers do differently from ordinary managers to coax world class performance out of their workers.
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    Jack Welch and the GE Way

    By Robert Slater
    Item #: 2101
    Jack Welch gets the credit, as CEO, for the booming success of General Electric since 1981. How did he do it? This summary describes it in detail, his role as a leader, the way he stripped the company of its weighty bureaucracy, and, perhaps most important, how he found the ideas that spurred the company's growth. Engrossing reading for leaders and would-be leaders.
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    Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management

    By Peter F. Drucker
    Item #: 2013
    Here's a collection of valuable tips from the top author on management. Do things right, don't do the right things, he says. Don't confuse effectiveness with efficiency. And much, much more.
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  • Image of The World on Time

    The World on Time

    By James Wetherbe
    Item #: 1903
    It took FedEx only twenty-three years to grow from inception to worldwide leader in overnight delivery. The key to its remarkable success lies in its eleven guiding principles.
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    Built to Last

    By James Collins, Jerry Porras
    Item #: 1704
    Most companies don't last more than a few decades. This summary dissects those that have done far better to reveal the secrets of their longevity.
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    Competing for the Future

    By CK Prahalad, Gary Hamel
    Item #: 1624
    Create a successful future by transforming your company into a nimble organization, with the help of this summary.
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  • Image of Reengineering The Corporation

    Reengineering The Corporation

    By Michael Hammer, Jim Champy
    Item #: 1520
    Forget about incremental improvement. Here’s how to make quantum leaps in performance by analyzing and redesigning your work practices. This is your guide to remaining competitive.
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    By Peter Senge
    Item #: 1313
    The fifth discipline — systems thinking — is the cornerstone of the learning organization. In this thoughtful analysis, Senge helps you to see through the complexity of systems and identify the patterns often hidden behind events and details. You’ll explore the five disciplines and learn how to create a learning organization.
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    Item #: 1224
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    By Rosabeth Moss Kanter
    Item #: 1121
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    By Tom Peters
    Item #: 1009
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    Moments of Truth

    By Jan Carlzon
    Item #: 0921
    If you’re concerned about service, don’t miss this one. Carlzon tells how he turned around three companies by giving top priority to customer needs. As the president of SAS Carlzon relates how he set goals and got everyone to work for them. Good management techniques.
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    The Change Masters

    By Rosabeth Moss Kanter
    Item #: 0613
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    In Search of Excellence

    By Tom Peters, Robert Waterman
    Item #: 0513
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    By Michael Porter
    Item #: 0309
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