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By Dennis McCafferty on 2010-12-16
Are you looking to unravel the mysteries of power within your organization? Do you need insight into how to foster innovation within your department? What do you know about the concept of “brainsteering” as a means to address project tasks and overcome bottlenecks? All of these leadership topics and more are addressed in the 11 best business books for CIOs to add to your reading list in winter and spring 2011. The authors behind these titles include a psychiatrist, a multimedia entertainment titan and current or former executives from Accenture, Deloitte, McKinsey and Verizon Communications, and other top organizations. More information about each book can often be found at referenced publishers' Web sites and/or the authors' personal pages. You'll also find these available for sale on bookseller sites such as Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com, among others. Specific dates of publication were not available for all books; in these cases the month of publication has been provided. Publication dates are subject to change. These 11 business books are sure to boost your leadership IQ:
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Leadership, Teamwork, and Trust: Building a Competitive Software CapabilityBy Watts S. Humphrey and James W. OverPearson/Addison-Wesley Professional/Available Jan. 7The authors illustrate how knowledge work is critical to the success of modern organizations. CIOs and other leaders will learn know how to transform knowledge work into competitive advantage to reap the rewards.
Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your PeopleBy Ned HallowellHarvard Business Review Press/Available Jan. 13Psychiatrist and ADD expert Edward Hallowell combines new research into “brain science” with performance-management theories. The result is a blueprint for leaders to get the best from their teams and their people.
As One: Individual Action, Collective PowerBy Mehrdad Baghai & James QuigleyPortfolio/Available in FebruaryQuigley, who is CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and his co-author Baghai contend that there are alternatives to the traditional styles of “command-and-control” and “collective” leadership. This guide to alternative management models can help you find the right fit for your teams.
Breaking AwayBy Jane Stevenson & Bilal KaarfaraniMcGraw-Hill/Available in MarchThis book is a how-to guide on inspiring a culture of innovation within your workplace. Among other topic points, the book explains how great ideas often come from failure.
Brainsteering: A Better Approach to Breakthrough IdeasBy Kevin P. Coyne and Shawn T. CoynevHarperBusiness/Available March 1Brainstorming doesn't work, according to these former McKinsey consultants. Instead, idea-generation needs to be properly steered for the most productive outcomes.
Managers, Can You Hear Me Now?By Denny F. StriglMcGraw-Hill/Available in AprilRetired President/COO of Verizon Communications, Strigl elaborates on the leadership traits that served him best during a 20-year tenure in which he transformed the company from a regional carrier into a powerhouse of U.S. wireless telecommunications.
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