Leadership
The First 90 Days
By: Michael Watkins Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: In an homage to the recent US inauguration and the scrutiny being placed on President Obama,
September 9, 2016
Onward
By: Howard Schultz Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: In 2007, after years of recording record growth and profits, Starbucks Coffee Company started to take
August 10, 2016
Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success
Written by: Shane Snow Review by: Julie Melaschenko The Premise: Billed as a book for entrepreneurs, Shane Snow’s Smartcuts is actually a great book for
June 1, 2016
Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
Written by: Derek Sivers Review by: Julie Melaschenko The Premise: A short, easy to read autobiography/manifesto, this pocket book outlines 40 lessons learned by Derek
May 1, 2016
One Red Lipstick
Written by: Spenser Chapple Review by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: Spenser Chapple’s life flipped upside down when, at 17, her father had a debilitating brain-cell
February 1, 2016
Death by Meeting
Written by: Patrick M. Lencioni Review by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise: Consultant and author Patrick M. Lencioni, author of the Five Dysfunctions of a Team,
November 1, 2015
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