Book Recommendation Archive

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March 15, 2010

Fitness 9 to 5: Easy Exercises for the Working Week
The latest trend in fitness for the overworked and underexercised? The office cubicle, of course! Fitness 9 to 5 is the perfect antidote to long hours hunched over a desk and missed dates with the gym. This handy book features 75 quick and easy exercises that can be performed discreetly while sitting at a desk, standing at a file cabinet, and even on the morning commute. Coffee Pot Curls in the kitchenette build up biceps, while Stairwell Bun Blasters are sure to improve the bottom line.

March 8, 2010

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
A remarkably liberating and persuasive inquiry into what it takes to work successfully and with a personal sense of satisfaction. The first thing you'll realize is that it takes more than just one person to do a job well. This is a toppling revelation made all the more powerful by Gawande's skillful blend of anecdote and practical wisdom as he profiles his own experience as a surgeon and seeks out a wide range of other professions to show that a team is only as strong as its checklist--by his definition, a way of organizing that empowers people at all levels to put their best knowledge to use, communicate at crucial points, and get things done.

March 1, 2010

Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Based on hundreds of interviews with the people who lived the story, Game Change is a reportorial tour de force that reads like a fast-paced novel. Character-driven and dialogue-rich, replete with extravagantly detailed scenes, it's an intimate portrait of some of the most powerful and fascinating figures in American life - the occasionally shocking, often hilarious, ultimately definitive account of the campaign of a lifetime.

February 22, 2010

The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down
The underside of modern American politics -- raw ambition, manipulation, and deception -- are revealed in detail by Andrew Young's riveting account of a presidential hopeful's meteoric rise and scandalous fall. Like a non-fiction version of All the King's Men, The Politician offers a truly disturbing, even shocking perspective on the risks taken and tactics employed by a man determined to rule the most powerful nation on earth.

February 15, 2010

Profiles in Performance: Business Intelligence Journeys and the Roadmap for Change
A thought-provoking exploration of the fascinating intersection between people, processes, and technology, and an important tool for all levels of management, providing key insights into the formation of a performance-directed culture and a glimpse into those organizations that have successfully created one.

February 8, 2010

Cost Recovery: Turning Your Accounts Payable Department into a Profit Center
Now every organization can generate cash recoveries, stop profit leaks, move away from control issues, and work toward process improvements with the tools found in Cost Recovery: Turning Your Accounts Payable Department into a Profit Center. Authoritatively showing how to incorporate profit recovery technology to achieve stellar bottom-line results, this insightful and highly readable book provides step-by-step guidance for completing a cost recovery effort of any company's spending.

February 1, 2010

Measuring Business Interruption Losses and Other Commercial Damages
An updated explanation of the methodology for how lost profits should be measured. Now fully revised and updated, focused on commercial litigation and the many common types of cases, this is the only book in the field to explain the complicated process of measuring business interruption damages. The book features an easy to understand and apply, step-by-step process for how losses should be measured so as to be accurate and reliable and consistent with the relevant laws.

January 25, 2010

The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life
A child of privilege with one of the most familiar surnames in America, Trump has managed to avoid many of the pitfalls that routinely plague children of the rich and famous (reckless partying, drug abuse and other mindless self-indulgences) to become a focused, successful woman in her own right-a model, entrepreneur and vice president of the Trump Organization.

January 17, 2010

Auditing Leadership: The Professional and Leadership Skills You Need
All about uncovering your big plan and having lots of little plans as well, the skills discussed in this guide are centered on the auditing career, and becoming a better leader, whether you are "leading" your family, working alone, or working with a large group of people. Both a professional guide and an insightful personal reference tool, Auditing Leadership authoritatively enables auditors to boost their personal leadership and professional skills.

January 11, 2010

How to Run Your Business by the Book
How to use Bible-based leadership principles to improve business performance. A refreshing return to commonsense business basics, based on leadership lessons peppered throughout the Good Book. In these turbulent times, quality leadership is the key to surviving and thriving in the business world. You'll learn what the Bible has to say about hiring and training people, managing money, creating a leadership vision, balancing work and life, and achieving your most ambitious business goals.

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