Book Summaries

Global Vision offers a lens through which to view globalization in a new and compelling way, helping managers understand the risks associated with globalization while equipping them with the necessary tools to overcome those risks.

Winning Well offers managers a quick, practical action plan. They will learn how to stamp out the corrosive win-at-all-costs mentality; focus on the game, not just the score; reinforce behaviors that produce results; build productive relationships; and be the leader people want to work for.

In Primary Greatness, a posthumous work, Covey lays out the 12 levers of success that will lead to a life of primary greatness: Integrity, Contribution, Priority, Sacrifice, Service, Responsibility, Loyalty, Reciprocity, Diversity, Learning, Teaching and Renewal.

An award-winning author and creator of the Wharton School's "Success Course," G. Richard Shell uses his decades of research to help you probe your past, imagine your future, and measure your strengths. He then combines these with the latest scientific insights on everything from self-confidence and happiness to relationships and careers. Springboard will help you reevaluate your future and envision success on your own terms. It may even change your life.

Managing people effectively means using finely tuned interpersonal skills and astutely reading emotional cues to get the job done right and on time. The practical tools to use Emotional Intelligence (EQ) offered by Anthony Mersino will help you improve your ability to read between the emotional lines and transform your results from "good enough" to "beyond expectations." Improve your EQ and you’ll soon be getting the best work out of everyone including yourself.

Barbara Annis, a world-renowned expert on gender issues in the workplace, and John Gray, author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, identify eight gender blind spots that create tension between the sexes at work and in their personal relations. This definitive guide brings insights and offers solutions to help both men and women to remove the blind spots that separate them, allowing for greater success and satisfaction in their professional and personal lives.

Better by Mistake turns our cultural wisdom on its head to illustrate the downside of striving for perfection and the rewards of acknowledging and accepting mistakes and embracing the imperfection in all of us.

The authors of Extreme Trust, argue that the only sane response to these rising levels of transparency is to protect the interests of customers proactively,

To be exceptional as a leader requires a revolutionary approach to leadership development. In How to Be Exceptional: Drive Leadership Success by Magnifying Your Strengths, John H. Zenger, Joseph R. Folkman, Robert H. Sherwin, Jr., and Barbara A. Steel instruct leaders to focus not on their weaknesses but on their strengths and how to magnify them. An exceptional leader can increase employee engagement, productivity and profitability. These leadership gurus can show you how.