Books Recommended by Broccoli Management Channel
The brief volume tells a story, recounting three techniques and of an effective manager: one minute goals, one minute praisings, and one minute reprimands. Each of these takes only a minute but is purportedly of lasting benefit.
The One Minute Manager - Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson
Why some companies make the leap and others don't. This book describes how companies transition from good companies to great companies while others fail to make that transition happen.
Good to Great - Jim Collins
When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences.
Crucial Conversations - Kerry Patterson
Watkins outlines proven strategies that will dramatically shorten the time it takes to reach what he calls the break-even point, when your organization needs you as much as you need the job.
The First 90 Days - Michael Watkins
In this classic text, Taiichi Ohno–inventor of the Toyota Production System and Lean manufacturing–shares the genius that sets him apart as one of the most disciplined and creative thinkers of our time.
Toyota Production System - Taiichi Ohno
This book covers the basic principles and concerns of management and its problems, challenges, and opportunities, giving managers, executives, and professionals the tools to perform the tasks that the economy of tomorrow will demand of them.
The Essential Drucker - Peter F. Drucker
Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we unleash our creative potential.
Getting Things Done - David Allen
Peters reexamined, refined and reinvented his views on innovation–the #1 survival strategy, he asserts, for businesses of the next millennium.
The Circle of Innovation - Tom Peters
In this revolutionary bestseller, Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen says outstanding companies can do everything right and still lose their market leadership — or worse, disappear completely. And he not only proves what he says, he tells others how to avoid a similar fate.
The Innovator's Dilemma - Clayton M. Christensen
Six Sigma was originally developed at Motorola in the 1980's and has become one of the most widely discussed and reported trends in business over the past few years.
The Six Sigma Way - Tom Peters
In this book, they develop a coherent model for how today's executives can identify and accomplish no less than heroic goals in tomorrow's marketplace. Their masterful blueprint addresses how executives can ease the tension between competing today and clearing a path toward leadership in the future
Competing For The Future - Gary Hamel, C. K. Prahalad
Management must be judged not only by the quarterly dividend, but by innovative plans to stay in business, protect investment, ensure future dividends, and provide more jobs through improved product and service.
Out of The Crisis - W. Edwards Deming