Issue No. 120 of Your Weekly Staff Meeting features the annual recap of the books I've reviewed in 2008 (Issues No. 70 to 119). To read past book reviews featured in Your Weekly Staff Meeting, visit the archives here. To download the chronological list of book reviews (119 issues) and my Top-10 Picks for 2008, visit the The Blog at the Management Buckets website. I reviewed 46 books and two DVDs in 2008:
- Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs (Bill Hybels)
- Beyond Bullet Points: Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate and Inspire (Cliff Atkinson)
- Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School (John Medina)
- Cents & Sensibility: How Couples Can Agree About Money (Scott and Bethany Palmer)
- Coach Wooden One-on-One: Inspiring Conversations on Purpose, Passion and the Pursuit of Success (John Wooden and Jay Carty)
- Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups (2005 Revised Edition by Richard J. Foster and James Bryan Smith)
- Duct Tape Marketing: The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide (John Jantsch)
- Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God (Henry T. Blackaby and Claude V. King)
- Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team's Passion, Creativity and Productivity (Michael Lee Stallard)
- Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (David Allen)
- Heroic Leadership: Best Practices From a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World (Chris Lowney)
- It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy (Captain D. Michael Abrashoff)
- Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls (Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis)
- Know Can Do! Put Your Know-How Into Action (Ken Blanchard, Paul J. Meyer and Dick Ruhe)
- Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis (Ram Charan)
- LeaderShift: Letting Go of Leadership Heresies (Don Cousins)
- Leadership Gold: Lessons I've Learned From a Lifetime of Leading (John C. Maxwell)
- Life's a Campaign: What Politics Has Taught Me About Friendship, Rivalry, Reputation and Success (Chris Matthews)
- Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Chip Heath)
- Managing the Nonprofit Organization: Principles and Practices (Peter F. Drucker)
- Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives (Richard A. Swenson, M.D.)
- Mastering the Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for Leading Your Business or Nonprofit (John Pearson)
- Operation World: When We Pray God Works (21st Century Edition by Patrick Johnstone)
- Outliers: The Story of Success (Malcolm Gladwell)
- Put Down the Duckie (Sesame Street DVD)
- Revolution in Generosity: Transforming Stewards to Be Rich Toward God (Wesley K. Willmer, general editor)
- Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the UnlikelyWoman Who Bound Them Together (Ron Hall and Denver Moore)
- Simply Strategic Stuff: Help for Leaders Drowning in the Details of Running a Church (Tim Stevens and Tony Morgan)
- Six Disciplines Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems Easier (Gary Harpst)
- Squawk! How to Stop Making Noise and Start Getting Results (Travis Bradberry)
- The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More With Less (Richard Koch)
- The Best Investment Advice I Ever Received (Liz Claman)
- The Bucket List (DVD)
- The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership (Steven Sample)
- The Essential Bible Guide: 100 Readings Through the World's Most Important Book (Whitney Kuniholm)
- The Essential Engstrom: Proven Principles of Leadership (Ted W. Engstrom)
- The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization (Peter F. Drucker)
- The Five Temptations of a CEO (Patrick Lencioni)
- The Great Connection--A Story That Reveals Life's Most Important Lesson: How to Connect With Others--Especially Yourself (Arnie Warren)
- The One Year Mini for Leaders (Jim Seybert)
- The Perfect Search: What Every Nonprofit Board Member Needs to Know About Hiring Their Next CEO (Tommy Thomas with Nick Isbister and Robert C. Andringa)
- The Prince (Niccolo Machiavelli, translated by Peter Constantine)
- The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington (Robert D. Novak)
- The Social Styles Handbook: Find Your Comfort Zone and Make People Feel Comfortable With You (Wilson Learning Library)
- The Truth About Managing People and Nothing But the Truth (Stephen P. Robbins)
- Too Busy Not to Pray (Bill Hybels)
- You've Got to Be Believed to Be Heard: The Complete Book of Speaking in Business and in Life (Bert Decker)
- Zone of Insolvency: How Nonprofits Avoid Hidden Liabilities and Build Financial Strengths (Ron Mattocks)
And finally, these reminders for 2009: 1) Delegate your reading. Assign books to other team members and ask for mini-reports at staff meetings. 2) Read relevant chapters only. Don't feel guilty for not finishing a book. 3) Hold high the value of sharpening the saw and model it yourself and reward others who read. 4) Budget for books. Invest in your people by investing in books.
I have some fantastic books coming in 2009. Stay tuned and have a Happy New Year!
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