I just finished another book off of my “Learning List”: Primal Leadership: Realizing the Power of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, Annie McKee, & Richard E. Boyatzis Publisher: Harvard Business Press; 1 edition (March 15, 2002) ISBN-10: 157851486X ISBN-13: 978-1578514861 Rating: 6.4 / 14.0 Pros: I enjoyed the noted science behind the methods and observations mentioned.  […]

Just finished another book that I would like to share with ya’ll: Title: For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage Author: Tara Parker-Pope Publisher: Dutton Adult (May 6, 2010) ISBN-10: 0525951385 ISBN-13: 978-0525951384 Rating: 9.7 / 14.0 Pros: I really enjoyed the author’s examination of the abuse of statistics that is so rampant now-a-days […]

Just finished up on this audio presentation: How To Handle The Toughest Job Interview Questions You’ll Ever Get by David R. Portney Publisher: David Portney & Associates (June 8, 2007) ISBN: 978-0976987888 Rating: 7.5/14.0 Pros: Good, solid interview / research tips. Cons: The data is a little dated and I disagree with some philosophies behind […]

I stumbled upon what I thought was an interesting book and I just finished it: The 80/20 Individual: How to Build on the 20% of What You do Best by Richard Koch Broadway Business (March 15, 2005) ISBN-10: 0385509758 ISBN-13: 978-0385509756 Pros: Nice detail on the (mostly) practical application of the Pareto 80/20 Principle… tons […]

Just finished the following book: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni Jossey-Bass – 2002 ISBN-13: 978-0787960759 I give the book a 6.2/14.0.  The story portion of the book was engaging and really sounded like any given day out of a normal company… thus leading the reader to assuming the […]

I just finished the following Audiobook: Becoming an Outstanding Manager by Brian Tracy 2002 – briantracy.com I would rate this book at a 5.9/14.0 and label it as decent.  It has sound tips to becoming / maintaing a successful management career of today.  Mostly focused on tried & true management techniques – little innovation. Below are […]

This was a pretty quick audiobook: Reengineering Yourself: Using Tomorrow’s Success Tools To Excel Today by Daniel Burrus Nightingale-Conant (August 1, 1996) ISBN-10: 0671572938 ISBN-13: 978-0671572938 I would rate this book a 7.9 / 14.0 on the Richardstep.com Book Scale. It was relatively decent in quality, adequately informative, and pretty enjoyable ‘read’.  Most of the […]

I have been hammering through these books here lately it seems.  Cool! I just finished listening to the following Audiobook. “The Future of Management” by Gary Hamel 2007 – Harvard Business School Press – ISBN: 978-1422102503 I would rate this book as excellent.  12.3 / 14.0 Stars. It is very informative, highly encouraging, and really […]

I recently finished reading over the following book: Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business by STEVE GARFIELD 2010 – Wiley – ISBN 978-0470-52546-3 I would rate it as decently entertaining and informative – 8.1 / 14.0 Stars. It was pretty apparent the intended audience was the more “entry level” crowd simply because I […]