Business Book Reviews – an introduction
Here at the Yorkshire Powerhouse, we believe in the value of considering new ideas and strategies that could benefit your own business. There are thousands of business books out there and we’ve selected the most highly rated and reviewed books we can find – and then we tell you what we really think about them! We are in Yorkshire after all, a spade is definitely a spade as far as we’re concerned!
We hope you enjoy our short and snappy reviews and we hope you are inspired to read more and ignore the dross!
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Good to Great by Jim Collins – a readable business book based on in depth and extensive research. As close as you come to a must read in the business world.
Outsiders by William Thorndike
Outsiders by William Thorndike – a book review by Yorkshire Powerhouse – using capital control as the mainstay of business success
The Sticking Point Solution by Jay Abraham
The Sticking Point Solution by Jay Abraham is based on the premise that all businesses can thrive in a downturn by applying strategy and marketing
The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters
The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters – a book review by Yorkshire Powerhouse. A book about psychology and human behaviour.
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Man’s Search for Meaning is not written as a business book … but the lessons and thinking within apply to us all to the core of our being
Definitive Book of Body Language by Alan and Barbara Pease
Definitive Book of Body Language is a book written for salesmen, with the blunt objective of teaching them how to read people and close sales
Subscribed by Tien Tzuo
Subscribed is a great introduction to how more companies are switching to a subscription model, it’s clearly written & covers several interesting instances
Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
In Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday, the author describes ‘ego’ as, “an unhealthy belief in our own importance. Arrogance. Self-centred ambition”
Management in 10 Words by Sir Terry Leahy
Management in 10 Words by Sir Terry Leahy Yorkshire Powerhouse Score: 8/10 Terry Leahy joined...
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg helps you consider how you come across and how you ensure valid opinions are heard in the workplace
No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs by Dan Kennedy
No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs by Dan Kennedy … There is so much good stuff in here that you can’t implement it all.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni Editors Note: This book review has been...