Book Bluffs

This garden is where I plant references to the books I’ve read and may share. It’s mostly business-related, but we’ll see where it meanders…

Biography

• Pao, Ellen. Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change. Spiegel & Grau. 2017

Culture

• Cabrera, Angel, and Gregory Unruh. Being Global: How to Think, Act, and Lead in a Transformed World. Harvard Business Review Press. 2012
• Livermore, David A. Expand Your Borders: Discover Ten Cultural Clusters. Cultural Intelligence Center. 2013
• Livermore, David A. Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The Real Secret to Success. 2nd Edition. AMACOM. 2015
• Meyer, Erin. The Culture Map (INTL ED): Decoding How People Lead, Think, and Get Things Done Across Cultures. PublicAffairs. 2016

Entrepreneurship

• Alvarez, Cindy. Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers Will Buy. O’Reilly Media. 2014
• Blank, Steve. The Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company. K & S Ranch. 2012
• Brown, Tim. Change By Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation. Harper Business. 2009
• Elkington, John, and Pamela Hartigan. The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World. Harvard Business Review Press. 2008
• Feld, Brad and Mendelson, Jason. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist. 3rd Edition. Wiley, 2016
• Fried, Jason and Hansson, David Heinemeier. Remote: Office Not Required.
• Fried, Jason. Rework. Crown Business. 2010
• Isenberg, Daniel. Worthless, Impossible, and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value. Harvard Business Review Press. 2013
• Maurya, Ash. Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works. 2nd Edition. O’Reilly Media. 2012
• McGinnis, Patrick. The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job.
• Mullins, John and Randy Komisar. Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Harvard Business Review Press. 2009
• Olsen, Dan. The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback. Wiley. 2015
• Osterwalder, Alex and Pigneur, Bernarda, and Smith. Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want. Wiley. 2010
• Osterwalder, Alexander, and Yves Pigneur. Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. John Wiley and Sons. 2010
• Ries, Eric. The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. Crown Business. 2011
• Siegel, Alan and Irene Etzkorn. Simple: Conquering the Crisis of Complexity. Twelve. 2013
• Weinberg, Gabriel and Justin Mares. Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Growth. Portfolio. 2015
• Williams, E Freya. Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar Businesses. AMACOM. 2015

Finances

• Berman, Karen and Knight, Scott. Financial Intelligence: A Manager’s Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean Harvard Business Review Press (2013)
• Clydebank. Taxes for Small Businesses QuickStart Guide: Understanding Taxes for Your Sole Proprietorship, Startup, & LLC Clydebank Media LLC (2017)
• Robilliard, Mark, and Peter Frampton. Accounting Comes Alive: The Color Accounting Parable. ACA International. 2011
• Smith, Stephen. Taxation: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press (2015)

History

• Micklethwait, John, and Adrian Wooldridge. The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea. Modern Library. 2005

HR

• Fleischer, Charles. HR for Small Business: An Essential Guide for Managers, Human Resources Professionals, and Small Business Owners. 2nd Edition. Sphinx Publishing. 2009
• Kruse, Kevin. Employee Engagement 2.0: How to Motivate Your Team for High Performance. 2nd Edition. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2012
• Smith, Shawn and Rebecca Mazin. The HR Answer Book: An Indispensable Guide for Managers and Human Resources Professionals. 2nd Edition. AMACOM. 2011

Law

• Steingold, Fred S. Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business. 15th Edition. NOLO, 2017
• Wang, Sue. 22 Legal Mistakes You Don’t Have to Make: A Guide for Start-ups, Small Businesses, & Tech Entrepreneurs.

Leadership

• Blanchard, Ken and Spencer Johnson. The New One Minute Manager. William Morrow. 2015
• Blanchard, Ken, Patricia Zigarmi, and Drea Zigarmi. Leadership and the One Minute Manager: Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership II. Updated Edition. William Morrow. 2013
• Bradberry, Travis and Greaves, Jean. Leadership 2.0 (2012) TalentSmart.
• Gallo, Carmine. Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds. St. Martin’s Press. 2014
• Goleman, Daniel, Boyatzis, Richard and McKee, Annie. Primal Leadership: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Intelligence. Harvard Business Review Press. 2013
• Krames, Jeffrey A.. Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis. AMACOM. 2014
• Marquardt, Michael J. Leading with Questions: How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask. 2nd Edition. Jossey-Bass. 2014
• Maxwell, John C. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You. 10th Anniversary Edition. Thomas Nelson. 2007
• Maxwell, John C. The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader’s Day: Revitalize Your Spirit and Empower Your Leadership. Thomas Nelson. 2007
• Maxwell, John. 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow. 2nd ed. Thomas Nelson. 2007
• Miller, William and Rollnick, Stephen. Motivational Interviewing.
• Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization. Revised & Updated Edition. Crown Business. 2010

Management / Process

• Campbell, Clark A and Mick Campbell. The New One-Page Project Manager: Communicate and Manage Any Project With A Single Sheet of Paper. 2nd Edition. Wiley. 2012
• Damelio, Robert. The Basics of Process Mapping. 2nd Edition. Productivity Press. 2016
• Drucker, Peter. The Essential Drucker. HarperCollins. 2001
• Press, Tycho. Scrum Basics: A Very Quick Guide to Agile Project Management. Tycho Press. 2015

Sales / Marketing

• McGowan, Bill. Pitch Perfect: How To Say It Right The First Time, Every Time. Harper Business. 2014
• Miller, Jeremy. Sticky Branding: 12.5 Principles to Stand Out, Attract Customers, and Grow an Incredible Brand. Dundurn. 2015
• Pink, Daniel. To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. Riverhead Books. 2012
• Sambucci, Scott. Startup Selling: How To Sell If You Really, Really Have To And Don’t Know How. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 2012
• Watkins, Alexandra. Hello, My Name Is Awesome: How to Create Brand Names That Stick. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. 2014

Social Entrepreneurship

• Polak, Paul and Mal Warwick. The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion New Customers. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. 2013

Spiritual Integration

• Anderson, Dave. How to Lead by THE BOOK: Proverbs, Parables, and Principles to Tackle Your Toughest Business Challenges Wiley (2011)
• Anderson, Dave. How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK: A Biblical Blueprint to Bless Your Business. 2nd Edition. Wiley. 2011
• Benefiel, Margaret. Soul at Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations. Seabury Books. 2005
• Burkett, Larry. Business by the Book: The Complete Guide of Biblical Principles for the Workplace. Thomas Nelson. 2006
• Goldmann, Robert. Business Wisdom from the Bible: Devotional Scripture Readings for Business. Self-published, Amazon Kindle. 2018
• Grudem, Wayne. Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business. Crossway. 2003
• Silvoso, Ed. Anointed for Business: How to Use Your Influence in the Marketplace to Change the World. 2nd ed. Regal Books. 2006