"Win your case" by Gerry Spense or "Leadersh

Both.

I cannot recommend Spense - he's a lawyer, flamboyant, and too many of his methods are hard to stomach.

I like Rudy, but can't say the book is all that good either.

Any other choices? :wink:

Now you're talking.

GTD

How to win friends

Winning by Jack Welch - fantastic

Execution by Bossidy - BRILLIANT

The E-Myth revisited. Might be perfect for you Ced.

Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Words that Work - you asked about that one!

The Lexus and The Olive Tree - Friedman

Blue Ocean Strategy

There are others, but these are all QUITE good.

Mark

Well done!

Lexus is about politics AND capitalism- so I apologize I didn't catch that. But it IS Friedman!

Mark

I'm in the middle of Blink by Malcolm Gladwell ([url]http://www.gladwell.com/blink/[/url]) and it's great. The illustrative stories are entertaining and do a wonderful job of cementing the concepts in the book. I have already become more confident in my decisions related to my area of expertise. I'm also more aware of the areas that my judgment is not as strong and other experts or research should be consulted.

Highly recommended.

I enjoyed both of the books remaining on your list.

'Five dysfunctions...' is a great read - very much a different style to most other 'management' books out there (in a good way). It's very easy to read and absorb, and has some useful, practical tips. Excellent proof of the power of clear writing - books don't have to be complicated to be useful. I plan on checking out some of his other books.

'Lexus...' was required reading during my business degree a few years back, and we discussed several sections of the book as a group each week. This is another good recommendation. Friedman makes a lot of good points, and puts together a great case to back up his opinions. I didn't agree with everything he had to say (hardly surprising given the number of things he says), but agree or not, it's a very valuable read. I probably made more notes while reading this book than during any other.

I have to say I agree with Mark about Giuliani's Leadership. I'm sure he's a remarkable leader, but his book is unremarkable from a lessons-learned perspective.

'The Tipping Point' is another interesting read, especially from a word of mouth marketing perspective. Like 'Blink', it can be quite hard to implement much from the book unless you're in the right field, but I found both books to be good reading from a context perspective.

Hope this helps!

Dave

[quote="cedwat"]How to win friends - average (the audio is way too long and boring voice).[/quote]

It's funny you say that. I like the reader a lot, he sounded very 1960's radio announcer, back when they were rated more on their speaking voice than their goofy antics.

I would recommend this book. If you want to watch an interview with the author you can buy a DVD from Willow Creek Association. He was interviewed at their Leadership Summit a few years back.

We took our team through the book and found it quite useful. We are working on incentives now to get different departments to work together in projects.

Blessings,

Dave