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#10
The Power of Convergence: Linking Business Strategies and Technology Decisions to Create Sustainable Success
By Faisal Hoque, With Lawrence Walsh, Diana L. Mirakaj and Jeffrey Bruckner
AMACOM
Published May 2011
The head of the BTM Institute (along with a former Baseline editor) offers a new take on the convergence of business and technology strategies.
#9
The Leader’s Checklist: 15 Mission-Critical Principles (Expanded Edition)
By Michael Useem
Wharton Digital Press, Second Edition
Published September 2011
The Wharton professor uses true examples of success (and failure) to illustrate new criteria for effective leadership.
#8
Better Under Pressure: How Great Leaders Bring Out the Best in Themselves and Others
By Justin Menkes
Harvard Business Press
Published April 2011
A Spencer Stuart consultant explains how optimism, dedication and clarity have helped the most successful leaders thrive.
#7
Lessons in IT Transformation: Technology Expert to Business Leader
By Larry Bonfante
Wiley
Published May 2011
Practical advice on how IT can produce truly compelling results and change for the business, by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) CIO and career coach.
#6
Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value
By Michael Beer and Flemming Norrgren
Harvard Business Review Press
Published September 2011
A Harvard Business School professor and his consulting partners use interviews with CEOs to explain how leaders can build sustainable value on every level.
#5
Unleashing the Power of IT: Bringing People, Business and Technology Together
By Dan Roberts
Wiley
Published April 2011
Using years of research, client anecdotes and personal experience, the longtime consultant offers toolsets and tips for getting the most out of your IT operation.
#4
IT’s All About the People: Technology Management That Overcomes Disaffected People, Stupid Processes, and Deranged Corporate Cultures
By Stephen J. Andriole
Auerbach Publications
Published October 2011
A guide for eliminating chaos, conflict and calamity in IT organizations, by a professor who served as a CTO and director at DARPA.
#3
The Innovator’s Manifesto: Deliberate Disruption for Transformational Growth
By Michael E. Raynor
Crown Business
Published August 2011
The Deloitte consultant and author delves into Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruption to show how it can accurately predict the success of innovation.
#2
What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential
By Robert Steven Kaplan
Harvard Business Press
Published July 2011
The Harvard Business School professor explains why asking the right questions—and not just having the right answers—can separate great leaders from the pack.
#1
Race Against the Machine: How the Digital Revolution is Accelerating Innovation, Driving Productivity, and Irreversibly Transforming Employment and the Economy
By Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
Digital Frontier Press
Published October 2011
The IT visionaries offer a vivid account of where the technology revolution actually stands—and the impact it’s having on workers, productivity, and the future of the economy.
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