Talk of work usually raises issues of being overwhelmed. That has been common for a few decades, but lately there’s a new twist: The difficulty of finding focus amidst the swirl of people, demands, and, above all, devices. The first widely used smartphone, dubbed the Crackberry, was launched in 2003 and the iPhone, which drove mass usage, came in 2007. A generation into their use, we are struggling.
, but it’s essential reading – a concise explanation of how leading companies he advises are building flywheels, perpetual motion processes to propel continual economic success.by Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes magazine, fights back against what he calls a conspiracy celebrating those who achieve success at a very young age, leading us to miss out on the many notables who blossom later in life.
As always, in preparing this annual list I stuck with books published this year rather than revised editions. But I’d be remiss not to mention the third edition ofby consultants John Zenger and Joseph Folkman which otherwise would have been high on the list. I had not read previous versions and found their research on competencies of leaders and leadership development fascinating.
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