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Sunday Jan 01, 2012
Personal Development – The Books I Read in 2011
Sunday Jan 01, 2012
Sunday Jan 01, 2012
January 2011
1. On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind’s Hard-Wired Habits by Wray Herbert
2. Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis by Ram Charan
3. Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional’s Guide to Growing a Practice by Alan Weiss
4. The First 90 Days: Critical Success for New Leaders at All Levels by Michael Watkins
5. How To Maximize Fees In Professional Service Firms by Alan Weiss
6. Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed by Joey Green
7. The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuition Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons
8. Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar’s Way to Transform Your Dog… and Your Life by Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo Peltier
9. Make Today Count: The Secret of Your Success Is Determined By Your Daily Agenda by John C. Maxwell
10. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
February 2011
1. The Leadership Engine: Building Leaders at Every Level by Noel Tichy with Eli Cohen
2. Million Dollar Speaking: The Professional’s Guide to Building Your Platform by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
3. Understanding A3 Thinking: A Critical Component of Toyota’s PDCA Management Systems by Durward K. Sobek II and Art Smalley
4. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway
5. What Is Six Sigma? by Pete Pande and Larry Holpp
6. The Secrets of Power Negotiating: How to Gain the Upper Hand in Any Negotiation by Roger Dawson
7. Globalization (EK Essential Managers) by Pervez Ghauri and Sarah Powell
March 2011
1. Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain by Antonio Damasio
2. Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions by Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde and Sandra Blakeslee
3. Gung Ho! Turn On the People in Any Organization by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles
4. Value-Based Fees: How to Charge – and Get – What You’re Worth by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
5. Please Hug Me—I’ve Been Delayed: The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need to Help You Survive These Not-So-Friendly Skies by Jeff Michaels
6. Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down by John P. Kotter
April 2011
1. Leading The Charge: Leadership Lessons From The Battlefield to the Boardroom by General Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz
2. The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
3. Million Dollar Coaching: Build A World-Class Practice by Helping Others Succeed by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
4. The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization by Peter F. Drucker with Jim Collins, Philip Kotler, James Kouzes, Judith Rodin, V. Kasturi Rangan, and Frances Hesselbein
5. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) by Seth Godin
6. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
7. Business Etiquette: 101 Ways to Conduct Business With Charm and Savvy by Ann Marie Sabath
8. Change the Culture, Change the Game: The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results by Roger Connors and Tom Smith
9. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
May 2011
1. Ignore Everything: and 39 Other Keys To Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
2. Poke The Box by Seth Godin
3. The Consulting Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Expand a Seven-Figure Consulting Practice by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
4. It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques From the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Michael Abrashoff
5. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
6. Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story by Peter Guber
7. Decision Points by George W. Bush
8. The Global Consultant: How To Make Seven Figures Across Boarders by Alan Weiss and Omar Khan
June 2011
1. Thrive! Stop Wishing Your Life Away by Alan Weiss
2. The Four-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss
3. The Company We Keep: A Husband-And-Wife True-Life Spy Story by Robert Baer and Dayna Baer
4. Leadership Lessons of the Navy Seals: Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results by Jeff Cannon and Jon Cannon
5. In The Sounds and Seas Volume 1 by Marnie Galloway
July 2011
1. Heaven is For Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
2. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
3. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
4. 10 Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships by Dr. Laura Schilessinger
5. Reward Systems: Does Yours Measure Up by Steve Kerr with Glenn Rifkin
August 2011
1. Lessons in Mastery by Anthony Robbins
2. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
3. Organizational Consulting: How to Be an Effective Internal Change Agent by Alan Weiss
4. The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability by Roger Connors, Tom Smith and Craig Hickman
5. The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World by Chris Guillebeau
September 2011
1. The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World by Walter Kiechel
2. How Did That Happen?: Holding People Accountable For Results the Positive, Principled Way by Roger Connors and Tom Smith
3. The Six Characteristics of Highly Effective Change Leaders: by Brett Clay
4. Leadership is An Art by Max Depree
October 2011
1. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle
2. Man’s Search For Meaning by Victor E. Frankl
3. Managing the Generation Mix: From Collision to Collaboration by Carolyn A. Martin, Ph.D. and Bruce Tulgan
4. Journey to the Emerald City: Achieve a Competitive Edge by Creating a Culture of Accountability by Roger Connors and Tom Smith
5. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
6. The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation by Jay Elliot and William L. Simon
7. Process Consulting: How to Launch, Implement, and Conclude Successful Consulting Projects by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
8. Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
9. Doing Well By Doing Right: Guidelines, Accountabilities and Discussion About Ethical Management Practices by Alan Weiss, Ph.D.
November 2011
1. The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance by Tony Schwartz
December 2011
1. The Tell-Tell Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest For What Makes Us Human by V.S. Ramachandran
2. The Millionaire Messenger: Made a Difference and a Fortune Sharing Your Advice by Brendon Burchard
Happy reading!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc.