1 | LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. (Knopf.) The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence. Also available as an Audiobook on CD, an eBook, and a downloadable Audiobook | |||
2 | OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent. Also available as an Audiobook on CD, an eBook, and a downloadable Audiobook. | |||
3 | EXTORTION, by Peter Schweizer. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.) A Hoover institution fellow argues that politicians shape legislation in order to extract donations. | |||
4 | THE EVERYTHING STORE, by Brad Stone. (Little, Brown.) The story of Jeff Bezos and Amazon. | |||
5 | FOCUS, by Daniel Goleman. (Harper.) The author of “Emotional Intelligence” relies on research on attention to argue that high achievement requires three kinds of focus. | |||
6 | HUNDRED PERCENTERS, by Mark Murphy. (McGraw-Hill Education.) Challenging employees to perform at their highest level. (†)(Not currently held by EPL) | |||
7 | DO YOU SPEAK SHOE LOVER?, by Linda Meadow. (Wiley.) Stories from customers and employees of the shoe retailer DSW. (†)(Not currently held by EPL.) | |||
8 | CATERPILLAR WAY, by Craig T. Bouchard and James V. Koch. (McGraw-Hill Education.) A biography of Caterpillar Inc., as a tale of successful business management. (†) (Not currently held by any CCS library) | |||
9 | THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux.) The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life. (Also available as an Audiobook on CD, and as a downloadable Audiobook.) | |||
10 | STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster.) A biography of the entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years. (Also available in Spanish, and as an Audiobook on CD. |
Executives on the Move: The Week of April 17th – 21st
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Here are just a few of the interesting executive changes making headlines
over this past week: Isn’t It Ironic? Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO and chair
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