Saturday, February 16, 2008

Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter and Holger Rathegeber

Learn some fundamental principles of leadership by reading this humorous fable story.

Through narrating how a group of penguins went ahead to convince the entire herd to react to the melting iceberg, the authors bring across the Eight Step Process of Successful Change.

1) Create a sense of urgency in the colony to deal with a difficult problem
2) put a carefully selected group in charge of guiding the change
3) found the sensible vision of a better future
4) communicated that vision so others would understand and accept it
5) removed as many obstacles to action as was practical
6) created some sort of success quickly
7) never let up until the new way of life was firmly established
8) ensured that the changes would not be overcomed by stubborn, hard-to-die traditions

Rating: 9.5/10

Thursday, February 14, 2008

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

Learn the path to riches by reading the stories of Babylon. Over a mere hundred pages of wisdom generated from the realms of the wealthy city.

"The Richest Man in Babylon" educates one with the most fundamental financial notions.

Rating: 8.5/10

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