Lists of Bests: Best Business Reads http://www.listsofbests.com/list/881 'must-reads' from the worlds of business, non-fiction and personal development Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:51:47 GMT en-us 0 50 28 0 0 Reckoning With Risk http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/517077 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/517077"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vJrA-2SyL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gerd Gigerenzer</div> Competing for the Future http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26921 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/26921"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QtVoiIpTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Hamel</div> Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2075 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2075"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VrxaCVU2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Collins</div> Management of the Absurd http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/216535 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/216535"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pQq1M4y2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Farson</div> Dilbert Principle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58322 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58322"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5142nTQVWcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Scott Adams</div> Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73929 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73929"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-zlI3yXBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Brian Tracy</div> The Rules of Management: A Definitive Code for Managerial Success http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313203 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313203"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JMp95t2nL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Templar</div> The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6975 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6975"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41sp6oWt1DL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm Gladwell</div> Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1097 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1097"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5189SPZ049L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven D. Levitt</div> SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE : Powerful Lessons in Personal Change http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79888 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79888"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671663984.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056463581_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen R. Covey</div> Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3542"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vNYixP71L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Allen</div> Understanding Organizations (Penguin Business Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72637 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72637"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140156038.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles B. Handy</div> Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15879 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15879"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553375067.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Goleman</div> Working with Emotional Intelligence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15893 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15893"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BDiR9YBhL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Goleman</div> Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32665 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32665"><img src="http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/159184021X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057198380_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Seth Godin</div> Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41810 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41810"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Q72h-myIL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Keith Ferrazzi</div> How to Win Friends & Influence People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18019 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18019"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514laI6nP1L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dale Carnegie</div> Chasing Daylight:How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/393609 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/393609"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511SkvnEqOL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gene O'Kelly</div> Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70899 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70899"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AWPX1RVGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Rushkoff</div> The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/217449 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/217449"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0471648493.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pietra Rivoli</div> Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32626 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32626"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NYXBLX9KL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Chan Kim</div> H.I.M.M. - High Impact Middle Management: Solutions for Today's Busy Managers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591553 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591553"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512PS9A8RKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lisa Haneberg</div> Is Your Genius at Work?: 4 Key Questions to Ask Before Your Next Career Move http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188815 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188815"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ASG0HVFTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dick Richards</div> Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13259 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13259"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qXFvM50lL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ricardo Semler</div> Managing with Aloha: Bringing Hawaii's Universal Values to the Art of Business http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591580 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/591580"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515cBYhmEXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rosa Say</div> Rule #1: The Simple Strategy for Successful Investing in Only 15 Minutes a Week! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/753168 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/753168"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307336131.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Phil Town</div> Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967907 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/967907"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ylmrqxo2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim Collins</div> The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27410 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27410"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ieA7d6CYL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael E. Gerber</div>