books about: decision

books about: decision

books:

Decision

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Patrick M. Lencioni

Jossey-Bass, 2002

Great resource
This book was an excellent reasource for team building. We used it on a couple off site meetings and it really helped get us moving towards working out our issues. It helps put everyone on the same page and eliminates finger pointing. I've loved all of his books so ...

The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels

Michael Watkins

Harvard Business School Press, 2003

Good for CEO or first time supervisor
Clear and concise action plan. Helps you think before just jumping in and running in circles.

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005

Great Book
I thought this book was great although I didn't read the whole thing. It appears to confuse people because it attacks statistics while spending so much time examining them, but the title makes it clear that this is the intention of the book. This is an important point ...

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Random House, 2007

Interesting book to read...difficult to apply
I thought this book was a really interesting read, but it wasn't one where you can easily see how to apply what you read. For instance, the author does a great job of demonstrating how random life can be...for example, the stories about the true risks of a Las Vegas ...

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Malcolm Gladwell

Back Bay Books, 2007

In the Blink of an Eye
This book is a really quick read and easy to read. I enjoyed the anecdotes that pulled Gladwell's premise together. The ten million dollar Kouros fraud and the serial dating actually have something in common. Both use split second analysis to decide if the statue or ...

War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism

Douglas J. Feith

Harper, 2008

A Quartet; Terrorist, CIA, Dept State & Media
Wow this is an important definiton of managed major media news -- as well ad the agenda driven, risk adverse CIA and Department of State -- "Let's go along and get along, we will pay the consequences some other time" and "My mind is made up, don't confuse me with the ...

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Dan Ariely

HarperCollins, 2008

Amazing view of the human condition, really amazing!
If you have an interest in why we do the things we do that show little to no logic over and over again, this book will provide superior insight. It tells us how and why choices (and too many of them) skews our vision and leads us to irrational behavior from lovers ...

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

Yale University Press, 2008

Something new under the sun...
Thaler and Sunstein pulled off something fairly rare and valuable in this book; they offered up a social/political idea that isn't currently being offered up by either the Republicans or the Democrats, but is still politically viable for either party. That's a good ...

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

Dan Roam

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008

You can tell your story more compellingly using simple drawings
Most business books fall into a few broad categories, and though this one might be lumped in the category of how to do presentations, it is really much cooler than that. I guess I find it so cool because I can't really draw a straight line with a ruler. My kids are ...

The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child (Sears Parenting Library)

Robert Sears

Little, Brown and Company, 2007

The Vaccine Book
Excellent book. Goes over all the vaccines, and what they are made of. I feel it was an unbiased book. It gives information so you can make an educated choice about vaccines. Worth reading and if you are a parent that has concerns, this book will help you. It will ...

Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

Richard Florida

Basic Books, 2008

Location drives nearly everything read why
This is a wonderful book. R. Florida counters the theories of the The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. At the beginning, he outlines how just 40 Mega-Regions dominate the World economy. While those account for just 17% of the World's ...

Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box

The Arbinger Institute

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002

Incredible, Insightful, Engaging
This book was an incredibly engaging book that required the reader to consider their current conduct in light of the realities of the material presented! Must Read.

My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing "Slow Medicine," the Compassionate Approach to Caring for Your Aging Loved ...

Dennis Mccullough

Harper, 2008

bound to become a classic
If I had an unlimited amount of cash, I would buy thousands of copies of MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER. Here's who I'd give them to: Every doctor, nurse, aide, medical assistant, physical and occupational therapist, specialist, psychologist, counselor, social worker, ...

Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman, Richard E. Boyatzis, ...

Harvard Business School Press, 2004

This book taught me to develop my own leadership...
I just had my first personnel when I read this book. With only twenty-some years and no leadership under the belt I had to manage my company. You might think that's easy, but believe me... it isn't. Having the knowledge how to lead certainly helps though. Actually, ...

The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World

Alan Greenspan

Penguin Press HC, The, 2007

What he thinks
Some of the best books are written by people at a stage of their lives where they speak their mind... This is one of them. I didn't like everything he said but I like that he did say it. It's mostly autobiographical. His choices, education, and worklife ...