The Bookshelf in Your Boss’s Brain: An Overview of the Best Management Books of All Time

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So you don’t have the time to read the management books that your boss has read. He keeps using terms like BHAG, Synergize, and the Hedgehog idea, and you don’t know what he is talking about.

What you do know is that you should have a working vocabulary of these important ideas.

The Bookshelf in the Boss’s Brain is the solution. Don’t rely on Wikipedia. Please do not pay $10 for a single executive book summary.

The Bookshelf in the Boss’s Brain was written by a college professor who designed a masters degree program in leadership He walks you through the major management books, providing and overview, setting each in context, and describing the interrelationship between the books.

Each book review follows the same format:

Introduction: The author’s background, credentials, and the historical context in which the book was written.

One Sentence Summary: The essence of the book in a few words.

Key Phrases: These are the terms you should immediately recognize and associate with this book.

Overview of the Book: This is the executive summary of the work.
Implications for Leadership: Here I explain why the book matters.

Recommended Reading: I recommend the two or three books that I found to be compelling.
Books by Author: I provide every book by the author with hyperlinks to Amazon.com. Scan the list and see what titles may be relevant to you in your situation.

The books include:
-How to Win Friends and Influence People
-Think and Grow Rich
-The Essential Drucker
-In Search of Excellence
-The One Minute Manager
-The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
-Built to Last
-Good To Great
-The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team