Book Reviews
Business
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Jesus,
Inc: The Visionary Path: An Entrepreneur's Guide to True Success By Laurie Beth Jones. Crown Publishing. Laurie Beth Jones is a brilliant and insightful writer who has touched the lives of millions. In her latest outing, she casts Jesus as entrepreneur, or "spiritreneur," as she coins it. Beyond work, beyond entrepreneurism, there is a spiritual work that allows you to do well by doing right. In this book, she shows you how to find soul-satisfaction in your vocation. Laurie Beth Jones is the author of the worldwide best-seller, Jesus, CEO. |
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The
80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less By Richard Koch. Doubleday. The 80/20 principle asserts that a minority of causes, inputs or efforts usually leads to a majority of the results, outputs or rewards. In other words, 80 percent of what you achieve in your job comes from 20 percent of the time spent. This look at an economic principle from the 19th century has the opportunity to revolutionize the practice of education today. |
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Values-Shift:
The New Work Ethic and What it Means for Business By John B. Izzo and Pam Withers. Fairwinds Press. This book explores and dispels the myths of generational sameness. At the same time, the authors provide a wealth of insights and management tools for understanding the values that previous generations have brought to the workplace, and how these values clash with the spirit of the younger generations. The authors address how to retain workers by understanding the values of the younger generation, such as balance, community, fun, flexibility and the development of skill sets. |
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The
Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life By Laurie Beth Jones. Hyperion. History clearly bears evidence that the adoption of personal and organizational missions is the real secret to all successes. In fact, it is safe to say that we know of none in our past who have achieved or fulfilled great dreams who did not have a personal mission statement. This is a great book to help groups and individuals identify personal mission statements, vision statements and plans of action. |
Further Reading...
- Generations at Work: Managing the Clash of Veterans, Boomers, Xers, and Nexters in Your Workplace.By Ron Zemke, Claire Raines and Bob Filipczak. Amaco
- When Generations Collide: Who They Are. Why They Clash. How to Solve the Generational Puzzle at Work. By Lynne C. Lancaster and David Stillman. HarperCollins.
- Managing Generation X: How to Bring Out the Best in Young Talent. By Bruce Tulgan. WW Norton.
(James T. Harris is available to conduct 1-2 day Path seminars or generational workshops as part of his Seminars and Workshops program.)