Archive for the Book Reviews Category

09
Feb '10

Taming the Abrasive Manager

Have you ever worked for a tyrannical boss? Have you ever worked with someone brilliant in their field but also gifted at demoralizing employees and pissing off peers?
Help is here!
Taming the Abrasive Manager is a quick read and a should be a mandatory read for anyone who works for (or even near) one of those [...]

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Book Reviews, Harnessing Ambition by Michael Schutzler
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17
Jun '09

Book Review: More Than A Minute

Holly is a friend of mine and a talented strategy faciliator. She is a highly qualified authority on management techniques after serving for many years as a consultant to major corporations around the world.
Holly reprises and enhances the original tools for supervisors and executives explored in The One Minute Manager more than 25 years ago by [...]

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Book Reviews by Michael Schutzler
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10
Jun '09

Book Reviews for Inspiring Excellence

This new take on leadership as a learned behavior is now available on amazon.com  They have it online and it is fully searchable.  So far, the book has received strong endorsements.
Jeff Seely CEO  Recruiting.com
I’ve read a number of management science/behavior books (many!) and I found Schutzler’s book to be a useful, refreshing and insightful read. He [...]

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Book Reviews by Michael Schutzler
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16
Mar '08

A Whole New Mind – Dan Pink

Amazon Listing: A Whole New Mind
This is a fun yet profound read that you can easily finish on a cross-country flight and that you will probably not forget. It will deeply interest most people faced with challenges in leading a growing organization. The author’s main premise is that the forces of [...]

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03
Dec '07

The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Amazon Listing: The Black Swan
Overview
For hundreds of years, the commonly held truth in Europe was that all swans are white. All the evidence “proved” this. Then one day a European explorer in Australia discovered a black swan. The theory of white swan exclusivity died suddenly. The black swan metaphor serves [...]

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Book Reviews by Michael Schutzler
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