Cracking the New Job Market: The 7 Rules for Getting Hired in Any Economy, by R. William Holland, is a needed book in today’s dysfunctional job market. I wouldn’t say it is needed because of the hundreds of job search tips you get from the book; rather, it is because the book comes from a… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Book Reviews
I’ve Landed My Dream Job-Now What???
Just a quick note. If you have been following updates here on the site, you know that I’ve been working on a book – I’ve Landed My Dream Job — Now What??? I’m really happy to report that the book is now available for sale on Amazon in both paperback or Kindle version. The link… Continue Reading
Book Review: New Job, New You
Start a new career! Get out of that old job and move to something new! Appealing, isn’t it, just dumping one career you don’t like for another that you’ll love? Appealing, but not practical. Until now. Alexandra Levit gets jobs and careers and she has a new book out called New Job, New You: A… Continue Reading
Book Review: SWAT – Seize the Accomplishment
You have to love a book on business that uses SWAT teams to make business points, don’t you? Timothy L. Johnson‘s book SWAT: Seize the Accomplishment tells the tale of our hero, trying to lead a dispirited, skeptical team that needs to solve difficult issues. And doing it while being undermined every point along the… Continue Reading
Book Review: Making It All Work
Those who consistently read this site know that I am a big fan of David Allen’s Getting Things Done method of organizing all of your work. “Work” in this instance means all of your work in your life, not just your employer’s work. I started practicing this method when I read David’s first book, Getting… Continue Reading
Book Review: Outliers
Most of us have heard of Malcolm Gladwell’s other books: The Tipping Point and Blink. Both of them are excellent books and established Malcolm’s pattern for writing: Find studies that tell a story about something commonplace that blows up our assumptions. “Outliers: The Story of Success” is no different, but the book has implications for… Continue Reading
Book Review: The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan
With the election now over, many are focusing on the “first 100 days” of the new Presidential administration. 100 days has a nice ring to it – the time frame is short enough to have some meaningful results in place and long enough to see some of the better strategy outlines of the administrations. Preparing… Continue Reading
Book Review: The Integrity Dividend
Intellectually, we understand that having integrity is an important value to demonstrate to others. Then we fail in the follow-through to show integrity in the moment. We don’t keep our word on small commitments, or forget our commitment to do something, or don’t think that showing up makes a difference. It does. In “The Integrity… Continue Reading
Book Review: Confidence
Sports and business, for the most part, don’t mix well in my values. They are very different entities and to use analogies comparing one to the other is fraught with risk. Yet, my fascination with the NFL is largely built around what turns a team around from losing to winning and then sustaining the wins… Continue Reading
Book Review: Beyond Bullet Points
On the face of it, Beyond Bullet Points has a lot of things going against it. First, it is a book about PowerPoint. Buy a book about a program most people hate? Second, it’s published by Microsoft Press. One would think it would be entirely propaganda. Most PowerPoint Presentations are simply horrible. I’ve been driven… Continue Reading
