books by Howard Schultz

books by Howard Schultz

books:

Howard Schultz

It's Not about the Coffee: Leadership Lessons from a Life at Starbucks

Howard Behar, Janet M. Goldstein

Blackstone Audio Inc., 2008

Attempting to live leadership idealism
As a leadership author and teacher, I recommend Behar's work for its challenge to live the idealism of leadership. While Starbucks is less than perfect as an organization [just witness their recent court battles], Behar outlines how he tried to inspire leadership in ...

We Will Be Heard: Voices in the Struggle for Constitutional Rights Past and Present

Bud Schultz, Ruth Schultz

Merrell, 2008

A short history of U.S. dissent
This was an excellent book about people who have dissented from the norm of U.S. politics and paid the price of government oppression. The book opens up with the story of Fred Korematsu and the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII. During WWII, Korematsu ...

Open Boundaries: Creating Business Innovation Through Complexity

Howard Sherman, Ron Schultz

Basic Books, 1999

TEACH YOUR COMPANY TO PREPARE, ADAPT, AND CHANGE FASTER
I am a believer that organizational systems share much with biological systems. This idea struck me on the head the first time I visited the Galapagos. That trip made it clear that adaptation can occur very quickly and that more than one form of adaptation can ...

Pour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time

Howard Schultz, Dori Jones Yang

Hyperion, 1999

The Starbucks' Success Story
"If you pour your heart into your work, or into any worthy enterprise, you can achieve dreams others may think impossible." ~ Howard Schultz When Howard Schultz found Starbucks he had a dream of all Starbucks could be. After bringing back ideas from Milan he planned ...

Changing the Game: Organizational Transformations of the First, Second, and Third Kinds

Yvonne Randle, Eric G. Flamholtz, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

"Business is a game without an end".
"In its broadest sense, a game involves procedures or strategies for gaining certain ends. The game of business is to use resources (people, money, ideas, equipment, and tools) to gain certain ends desired by the organization. For a corporation, the objectives of ...

The Coming of Conan: The Cimmerian
Robert E. Howard

Ballantine Books, 2003

Here are timeless tales featuring Conan the raw and dangerous youth, Conan the daring thief, Conan the swashbuckling pirate, and Conan the commander of armies. Great Reading!