For a long time, we didn’t have to worry about business book “classics” because there just weren’t that many business books. Today gazillions of business books are published every year. Some are great, others...
Business Book Classic: The Fifth Discipline
Great business books have a major impact when they’re published. Then they get “plowed under.” Other books claim attention. And without noticing it, we’re not thinking about them anymore. I call a business...
Business Book Classic: Managing for Results
When Shelley told me she had never heard of Peter Drucker, I was astounded. Then I realized that it was the way of the world. Shelley was born in the 90s and went to college in this century. It’s likely that no one in...
Business Book Classic: The Best Business Book You’ve Never Heard Of
If anyone ever puts together a list of the auto industry’s greatest hits, it would have to include the 1986 Ford Taurus. That car reversed the fortunes of the Ford Motor Company, set a styling standard that would last...
Business Book Classic: The Leadership Challenge
One of the prides of my library is my copy of The Leadership Challenge: How to Get Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, which I bought back in 1987. It’s a 1st edition...