Nov 2005
Here are 12 of the best business sellers books I have been reading over the last 10 years. It emphasizes importance of staying on your feet, proper utilization of information that will aide in the planning and eventual execution designed to preserve the company’s competitiveness during the ever-changing business environment. The asterisks is ranking from 1 to 5 with 5 as the best.
1.) Gerstner, Louis ( 2002), Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance, New York: Harper Business
- **** Gerstner, IBM’s CEO from 1992 to 2002 shares the insights on how he was able to get things moving and thereby saved IBM.
2.) Bossidy, Larry with Ram Charam ( 2002) , Execution - The Discipline of Getting Things Done, New York:Crown Business
- **** Bossidy was chairman of Honeywell, and Ram shares insights on how to get the job done, and thereby define the true meaning of leadership in terms of ability to ex</a>ecute.
3.) Welch, Jack (2001) , Straight from the Gut, New York: Warner Books
- ***** Welch, voted most influential CEO of the 20th century, shares his experiences of over 20 years in leading GE to become the world’s most valuable company. Excellent book in provide vision, encourage teamwork, train and reward performance.
4.) Goldratt, Eliyahu ( 1992), The Goal, A process of ongoing Improvement, 2nd edition, MA:North River Press
- ****** Dr. Goldratt’s book which introduced the Theory of Constraints, and change the way on how to look at productivity. A must read on improving everyday operations processes.
5.) Allen, David ( 2001), Getting Things Done, New York: Penguin Books
- *** Author shares tips on how to reassess goals and stay focused in changing situations </a>to allow breakthrough methods for stress-free performance.
6.) Treacy, Michael and Wiersema Fred ( 1995) The Discipline of Market Leaders, MA: Addison Wesley
- **** Provides an excellent guide on how to bring value to the products and services of the company to the market, and how the proper focus ( instead of trying to do everything) on the right goals and great execution will enable a company to get greater returns.
7.) Grove, Andrew ( 1996), Only the Paranoid Survive, New York: Doubleday proper recognition and response to such threat is essential to survival in the modern day business.
8.) Gates, William (1999), Business @ the Speed of Thought, NY: Warner Books
- **** contains many of the best tips on how to respond to change</a>, and how to use knowledge management and the right information systems in managing a corporation from the founder of Microsoft. Almost a must for people in management and technology jobs.
9.) Johnson, Spencer ( 1999), Who Moved My Cheese,
- - **** A simple parable about the management and acceptance of change which became a runaway bestseller. We easily forget about the principles we learn, and this is one book that is easy to read and reread every so and then to remind us of its lessons.
10.) Walton, Sam ( 1992), Sam Walton, Made in America, NY: Doubleday
- **** an autobiography on how Sam Walton build up the world’s biggest company and successful retailer. Contains many homespun wisdom, and practical tips. His 10 rules on running a successful company at the last chapter alone is probably one of the best 5 page practical advice on how to run a small company as well as a successful company</a> now employing over a million associates.
11.) Hayward, Steven ( 1997), Churchill on Leadership, CA: Prima Publishing
- **** practical leadership is a must for management, and nobody else have exhibited greater foresight and fortitude in leading Europe during World War II than Winston Churchill. The way he managed the country could astonishingly be applied to managing corporations.
12.) The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century ( 2005), Thomas Friedman, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
-***** Excellent commentary by a veteran New York columnist, which has been selling quite briskly. More important than the number of copies is who is reading it — and it seems the top businessmen from Bill Gates to top policy makers and government officials from the United States, and most parts of Asia are raving on the book. It discusses how technology and globalization is changing not only the way we live, but the way we conduct our business, and even affecting the relationship and wealth of nations. Highly recommended for you to understand how to interact better in this rapidly changing 21st century. Highly impactful, yet could be understood by a non technical reader.
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wilson ng
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