"How Full is Your Bucket?" by Tom Rath & Donald Clifton. Donald Clifton is know as the grandfather of positive psychology. Tom Rath is his grandson. As yourself this - How did you feel after your last interaction with another person? Did that person "fill your bucket" leaving you more positive or did they "dip in your bucket" leaving you more negative than before? Grounded in 50 years of research, this book will show how to greatly increase your positive moments in your work and life while reducing the negative.
Blink is by the same author of the runaway bestseller "The Tipping Point", Gladwell writes for the New Yorker Magazine. He is a true social scientist. In a powerful and pointed way, observes the human condition, selects fascinating aspects of it and then identifies principles and phenomenon's using diverse and global examples to make his points. Along the way, he teaches us a new language ("Blink" "Thin Slicing") to explain how people make decisions. Then, like a mathematician, proves his points. He calls back to previous language and examples to further prove his points. Both The Tipping Point and Blink are tough to put down once you start to read.
The One Minute Manger by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson William Morrow 111 pages. There is a reason this book has sold 8 million copies worldwide. Read, Apply, Achieve.
How to Read a Person Like a Book by Gerard Nierenberg Pocket Books 189 pages. One of the two best books on Body Language written.
Body Language by Julius Fast Pocket Books 183 pages. The other book. If the meaning of most communication really is 55% body language, these two books will help you become fluent.
The Art of Talking So That People Will Listen by Paul Swets. "This excellent book will make a major contribution to the lives of its readers by helping them enhance personal relationships through better communication." Paul J Meyer, President, SMI International, Inc. (The Father of Personal Development)
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus John Gray, Ph.D. - Harper Collins 286 pages A valuable contribution to the understanding of the communication styles of men and women.
The Greatest Management Principle in the World by Michael LeBouef, Ph.D. GP Putnam & Sons 126 pages A hard hitting, action ready rewards/incentives management practice to get you the results you want. (out of print - but can be ordered used)
"You Just Dont Understand" by Deborah Tannen, Ph.D. Ballantine Books 330 pages. As a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, she has written a readable book on the problems of communication with the opposite sex in a manageable perspective.
"Good to Great" by Jim Collins Harper Business 300 pages Why some companies make the leap from good to great and others dont. This carefully researched and well written book should enable competence to become excellence. A must read for aspiring leaders.
"Freedom From Fear" by Mark Matteson Executive Books 86 pages An inspiring little fable on Personal Leadership. The fastest selling book in Executive Books history. Learn the causes of success, peace of mind and true wealth.
