Summer Reading List – Part I

HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER

Title: University of Michigan, Ross School of Management Publications

Competencies: self-development, leadership, performance management, innovation, judgment, decision-making

Who benefits: readers interested in current business literature

Consultant Usage: staying up-to-date, executive coaches making reading recommendations

What’s it about? During the summer months I always put together a reading list, the “beach reads”.  But interspersed with the latest novels from my favorite authors are a few serious business books.  I like to think it keeps me relatively current on the learning curve!

This week I went to the websites of some of the most respected US university business schools to find the latest publications coming out from some of the most respected business minds in the country.  The results are eclectic.  Each school has its own particular perspective and visiting six sites I came up with a wide variety of literature all published within the last 12 months.  The good news is that somewhere on one of the lists is a book just right for me…and perhaps a different book just right for you.

So over the next few weeks I will share with you “What’s new?” from select B-Schools, beginning this week with the University of Michigan, Ross School of Management.  Do any of these appeal to you or your clients:

Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls by Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis.  The authors examine the critical role judgment plays in effective leadership.

The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks by C.K Prahalad and M.S. Krishnan.  The authors unveil what they consider to be the critical missing link in connecting strategy to execution–building organizational capabilities that allow companies to achieve and sustain continuous change and innovation.

Leadership Brand: Developing Customer-Focused Leaders to Drive Performance and Build Lasting Value by Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood.  The authors lay out a straightforward six-step process of creating a leadership brand.

Managing the Unexpected: Resilient Performance in an Age of Uncertainty by Karl E. Weick and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe.  Why some organizations are better able than others to maintain function and structure in the face of unanticipated change.

Supply Chain Science by Wallace Hopp.  The author describes the collection of people, resources, and activities involved in bringing materials and information together to produce and deliver goods and services to customers. 

More “What’s New” next week from another campus.  Happy reading.

 

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Bill Bradley

Bill Bradley (mostly) retired after 35 years in organizational consulting, training and management development. During those years he worked internally with seven organizations and trained and consulted externally with more than 90 large and small businesses, government agencies, hospitals and schools.