Title |
Author |
Publisher |
Comment |
Management |
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Good to Great |
James Collins |
Random House |
Industry benchmark for strategy |
Rules of Management |
Richard Templar |
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Good overall summary of management for managers |
Handbook of Leadership and Management |
John Adair |
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Good overall summary of management for managers |
Unstuck |
K Yamashita, Sandra Spartoro |
Portfolio |
How to identify the barriers and what to do about them. Short book but great read |
101 Ways to become a better Manager |
Graham Little |
Reed |
Easy to read, very good management principles and overview for new managers |
1 Minute Manager |
Keith Blanchard Spenser Johnson |
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Great little book on management techniques. Stood the test of time |
Innovation and Manufacturing |
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Why innovation fails |
Carl Franklin |
Spiro |
A must read for those in the innovation game |
The Goal |
Eliyahu Goldratt |
North River Press |
Industry standard on process improvement |
Selling and Marketing |
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Purple Cow |
Seth Godin |
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An excellent book on differentiation |
Marketing |
Kotler, Armstrong, |
Prentice Hall |
A detailed bible for effective marketing. Easy to read Good case studies. Essential fro managers serous about understanding marketing |
Or Principles of Marketing |
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Differentiate or Die |
Jack Trout |
Wiley |
I liked this book. It makes you think about the risks of being the same as your competitors |
All Marketers are Liars |
Seth Godin |
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Another Godin must read. |
Personal / Motivation |
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7 Habits of Highly Successful People |
Stephen Covey |
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An essential read for anyone. Helps you develop a personal framework for decision making |
Who Moved my Cheese |
Spenser Johnson |
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About your attitudes to change. A must read. |
Succession Planning |
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Family Business Succession The final Test of Greatness |
Aronoff, McCLure, Ward |
Family Enterprise Publishers |
Great guide to succession palnning |
Other |
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E-Myth |
Michael Gerber |
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Essential reading for understanding why we get trapped in our businesses and what to do about it. |
7 Keys to Business Success |
Greg Roworth |
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Written by the founder of PBS. |