By: Seth Godin Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: When was the last time you did something for the first time? asks Seth Godin in his “start something” manifesto, Poke the Box. This slim volume is a bit like reading a Rick Mercer rant with a bit of a marketing spin. Godin continues on his …
By: Patrick Lencioni Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: Patrick Lencioni is the author of a variety of best selling business fable type books (The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Five Temptations of a CEO etc.). The Advantage is a departure from the storybook style and, instead, brings in many of Lencioni’s consulting team’s …
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By: Charles Duhigg Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: Science says that 95% of what we do is out of habit… only 5% is conscious choice. To succeed against your goals – whether that’s to lose weight, to get a new job, to run a marathon – requires changing out old habits for new. Through …
By: Laura Whitworth, Karen Kimsey-House, Henry Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: Coaching has become a world-wide phenomenon, with everyone and their brother hanging up shingles to be a “coach”. One of the earliest training groups into the field was The Coaches Training Institute (CTI). Founders Laura Whitworth, Karen Kimsey-House and Henry …
By: Eric Ries Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Leveraging lessons from lean manufacturing, Ries outlines some counter-intuitive practices that shorten development cycles, measure actual progress and help us learn what customers really want. Instead of spending …
By: Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson are the co-founders of 37 Signals, a software company that provides a variety of products used by large and small enterprises around the world. Through a series of short chapters (average 1.5 pages), they share their …
By: Michael Port Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: Stand for something before someone stands on you, says the back cover of Michael Port’s latest offering, The Think Big Manifesto. Port has written this book as the ultimate guide for individuals who are ready to shake things up and get serious about “being the change …
By: Peter Bregman Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: In this age of “work-on-demand”, where lines between work and home are continually being blurred, Peter Bregman’s 18 minutes promises readers the opportunity to get a grip and regain control of their time. The book is written in very quick read 3-4 page chapters and mixes …
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By: Laura Hillenbrand Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: When Laura Hillenbrand wrote her book Seabiscuit, she thought it would be hard to find a story as intriguing as that of the Depression-era racehorse team. Find it she did in the story of Louie Zamperini. Unbroken follows the unbelievable story of Zamperini, a former Olympian …
By: Robert Kelsey Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: Robert Kelsey is a former banker and financial journalist who found himself on a career path that felt like it was careening out of control. What’s Stopping You? essentially documents his personal journey into examining his own fear of failure and the techniques he discovered to …
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