Books Slideshow:
15 Must-Read Winter Picks for IT Leaders

• 8 Things We Hate About IT
  By Susan Cramm
  Harvard Business Press
  Available March 22, 2010
  The leadership coach and former CIO explains how business executives and operatives should understand IT—and how the two sides can work together for mutual success.
• The Practical CIO: A Common-Sense Guide for Successful IT Leadership
  By Jose Carlos Eiras
  Wiley
  Available Feb. 15, 2010
  The former international CIO outlines the new reality for IT leaders, with anecdotes and perspectives from a number of IT leaders.
• Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results
  By Thomas Davenport, Jeanne Harris and Robert Morison.
  Harvard Business Press
  Available Feb. 12, 2010
  The follow-up to Competing on Analytics offers a step-by-step framework for companies to use analytics to make better decisions.
• Denial: Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face
  By Richard S. Tedlow
  Portfolio Hardcover
  Available March 4, 2010
  The Harvard Business School professor looks at why some companies ignore challenges and problems, while others succeed by meeting them head-on.
• Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard
  By Chip and Dan Heath
  Broadway
  Available Feb. 16, 2010
  The sibling academics, who co-wrote Made to Stick, return with a guide for understanding why the human brain resists change, with examples of how to turn those challenges on their heads.
• Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World
  By Walter Kiechel
  Harvard Business Press
  Available March 3, 2010
  How three consulting leaders and an academic brought corporate strategy to the forefront—and changed business as we know it.
• Mojo: How to Get It, How to Keep It, How to Get It Back if You Lose It
  By Marshall Goldsmith
  Hyperion
  Available Feb. 2, 2010
  The renowned executive coach explains how leaders can harness their identity, achievement and reputation to reach the full potential.
• The Right Fight: How Great Leaders Use Healthy Conflict to Drive Performance, Innovation, and Value
  By Saj-nicole Joni and Damon Beyer
  HarperBusiness
  Available Feb. 2, 2010
  The founder of Cambridge International teams with a Booz & Company consultant to explain how corporate leaders can channel conflict to get better results.
• Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal
  By Mark Johnson
  Harvard Business Press
  Available Feb. 22, 2010
  A primer on the art of business model innovation, from the chairman of Innosight, which was co-founded by Harvard Business School’s Clayton Christensen.
• The Death of Modern Management: How to Lead in the New World Disorder
  By Jo Owen
  Wiley
  Available Feb. 1, 2010
  A how-to guide for rewriting the rules of management following the global economic collapse, by the author and consultant.
• Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business
  By Ranjay Gulati
  Harvard Business Press
  Available Jan. 9, 2010
  The Harvard Business School professor uses a decade of research to reveal five key elements that successful companies employ to build effective customer strategies.
• Hyperformance: Using Competitive Intelligence for Better Strategy and Execution
  By T.J. Waters
  Jossey-Bass
  Available March 8, 2010
  The intelligence expert and former business executive outlines a strategy for understanding the competition and staying ahead of the pack.
• Beating the Commodity Trap: How to Maximize Your Competitive Position and Increase Your Pricing Power
  By Richard D'Aveni
  Harvard Business Press
  Available Jan. 12, 2010
  The Dartmouth professor and consultant argues that any company can become commoditized—and offers ways to avoid falling into that trap.
• How the Best Leaders Lead
  By Brian Tracy
  AMACOM
  Available Feb. 3, 2010
  The author and consultant chronicles the leadership secrets of business executives from 1,000 companies in 52 countries.
• The China Strategy: Harnessing the Power of the World's Fastest-Growing Economy
  By Edward Tse
  Basic Books
  Available March 23, 2010
  Booz & Company’s China chief explains the four drivers for changing the way companies do business in the world’s economic juggernaut.