Summer Isn’t Over Yet: Business Strategy Recommended Reads…
No leader is an island. Learning from the mistakes and experiences of like minded people in similar situations is a great way to jump start our own skills and insights.
And you certainly don’t want your head in the sand when it comes to making decisions about your crucial business IT processes and systems.
Following are highlights from a CIO Insights list of recent or pending business books covering various facets of your day to day management needs.
• IT Savvy: What Top Executives Must Know to Go From Pain to Gain, by Peter Weill & Jeanne Ross
How non-IT executives can harness the power of IT to propel their businesses forward.
• Green Recovery: Get Lean, Get Smart, and Emerge from the Downturn on Top, by Andrew Winston
An environmental consultant builds the case that current weakness is no excuse for delaying green initiatives.
• 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis, by Bill George
Former Medtronic CEO discusses experiences of leading in an economic downturn.
• Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People, by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones
Experts from the London Business School describe how your most ‘clever’ – and typically least easily led – can be managed to their best results.
• Winston Churchill, CEO: 25 Lessons for Bold Business Leaders, by Alan Axelrod
What we as business leaders can learn from the legendary Englishman.
• Making Telework Work: Leading People and Leveraging Technology for High Impact Results, by Evan Offstein and Jason M. Worwick
How can your business make the most of a dispersed workforce.
Enjoy and return to the office rejuvenated!
M. Scott Schaffernoth, ACC
Senior Analyst
Winnovative Technology Consulting, LLC
blogger@winnovative.com
