Archive for the 'Books' Category

Book Review: Behind Closed Doors by Johanna Rothman and Esther Derby

Subtitled "Secrets of Great Management" this book has a condensed set of wisdom to spout to us. I dislike the fictional "Sam the Manager" approach - but so much good advice lies in here that I found it a useful read.
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Book Review: Managing Multiple Projects by Irene & Michael Tobis

 
Aimed at the "manager of a small workgroup faced with a wide range of responsibilities." Hey, that describes my job! So does the book have useful words of advice? Indeed it does…
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Book Review: Connect! A Guide to a New way of Working by Anne Truitt Zeleneka

Much of this book dishes out information that I already knew and I found myself rushing through it to find things I didn’t. And eventually the book did dish out some things I didn’t know. I also found that someone else had already implemented some product ideas I had planned to follow up on, […]

Book Review: The Guerrilla Marketing Revolution by Jay Conrad Levinson & Paul R. J. Hanley

This book answers the question "What happens if you taken Guerrilla Marketing and throw in a whole bunch of NLP?". Do the methods in here work or not? Well you’ll have to try it to find out. I do know that the coverage of NLP methods reads simply and clearly.
So Why NLP? Because, the […]

Some Business books only worth mentioning in passing

I read a lot of books but sadly some of them are not worth writing reviews of, or making notes from.  I’ve listed the most recent set below in case you feel tempted.

The Search by John Battelle

A short history of Google and Search Engines specifically and ‘Searching’ in general. Instead of the book, read the […]