Best Business Books of the Decade

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Book Summary – Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business

The Entrepreneurial Operating System®, or EOS®, is a set of comprehensive processes and tools to help leadership teams overcome key business challenges, gain control of…

ReadingraphicsFebruary 27, 2019

Book Summaries Business Development Business Management Entrepreneurship and Start-Ups

Book Summary – Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It…and Why the Rest Don’t

Most businesses follow an S-shaped life-cycle. They start small (like mice) and many die. A small percentage successfully scale up rapidly (like gazelles) into companies…

ReadingraphicsJanuary 29, 2019

The 4 Disciplines of Execution - Book summary

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Book Summary – The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

Often, leaders know the strategic plan, but struggle to execute it. Indeed, even if we know broadly what we must do, we may not know…

ReadingraphicsJanuary 17, 2019

Business Management Motivation and Potential Tips and Insights

Bring your Whole Self to Work

Work is increasingly seen as an important part of our self-expression, personal growth and fulfillment. More people are rejecting the idea of putting on a…

ReadingraphicsJanuary 7, 2019

Business Management Personal Development Tips and Insights

10 Powerful Tips About Success

What is it like to surround yourself with top books, thought leaders, and ideas daily? How does this impact not just your knowledge but also…

ReadingraphicsJanuary 1, 2019

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Book Summary – The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less

In all aspects of life, be it personal or professional life - predictable cycles emerge, where 80% of outputs, results, and consequences come from just…

ReadingraphicsDecember 29, 2018

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Book Summary – The Ideal Team Player (Patrick Lencioni)

Great teams are essential for success in any organization. To have great teams, you need great team players. In this book, Patrick Lencioni explains how…

ReadingraphicsDecember 14, 2018

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Book Summary – Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

Our world today is full of rapid, unpredictable changes and complex inter-dependencies. Traditional organizational models—which are built on efficiency and optimizing predictable systems—are no longer…

ReadingraphicsNovember 23, 2018

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Book Summary – The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

In unstable, fast-changing environments, flexible operations and quick turnaround can offer real competitive advantages by allowing you to respond quickly to the market. In The…

ReadingraphicsNovember 13, 2018

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Book Summary – Sun Tzu The Art of War for Managers: 50 Strategic Rules Updated for Today’s Business

Sun Tzu’s famous book, The Art of War, was written in about 500 B.C. and its timeless principles have been used widely in business and…

ReadingraphicsSeptember 21, 2018

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Book Summary – Playing To Win: How Strategy Really Works

Any organization without a sound strategy is bound to fail. Yet, most leaders don’t truly understand strategy nor how to apply it. This book by…

ReadingraphicsAugust 31, 2018

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Key business insights from Jim Collins’ top strategy books

How do great companies become so successful? How do market leaders stay ahead despite never-ending changes and new competitors in their industries? How do businesses…

ReadingraphicsAugust 24, 2018

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Sales and Marketing 101…and why you should know them

Did you realize that sales and marketing program are the lifeblood of any company? No sales = no business. This means that sales and marketing…

ReadingraphicsAugust 8, 2018

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Book Summary – Shoe Dog: A Memoir By The Creator Of Nike

How did Nike begin, how did they translate an idea into a business and what challenges did they have to overcome? Shoe Dog offers valuable…

ReadingraphicsJuly 30, 2018

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Book Summary – Great By Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, And Luck-Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

Uncertainty is unavoidable in business. Every company has to face external forces that it cannot predict nor control. The question is, why do some companies…

ReadingraphicsJuly 15, 2018

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Product Innovation: How to bring an idea to life successfully

"How can I bring a product idea to life?" "What does it take to successfully launch a new product/service?" "I have a great business idea...how…

ReadingraphicsJuly 3, 2018

The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster - Book summary

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Book Summary – The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster: Why now is the time to #JointheRide

Most people have no idea how to start a business nor what to expect. "The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster" by Darren Hardy is a guidebook that…

ReadingraphicsJune 22, 2018

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Book Summary – Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan that Works

Innovation is vital for the success of any business, be it a startup or an established company. This book by Ash Maurya builds on 3…

ReadingraphicsMay 31, 2018

So Good They Cant Ignore You - Book summary

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Book Summary – So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

This book addresses the question: Why do some people end up doing work that they love, while others don’t? Through personal interviews and third-party research, Cal…

ReadingraphicsMay 24, 2018

Business Management Tips and Insights

How to Define Vision, Mission, and Values

Vision, mission, and values. What do these terms mean to you and your organization? Are they just vague concepts being used loosely by the management,…

ReadingraphicsMay 7, 2018