What Happy Companies Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Company for the Better6 reviews
Dan Baker, Cathy Greenberg, ...

Prentice Hall, 2006

Ethical vision for a successful future.

+ Cheerful scientific take on employee contentment
+ What Happy Companies Know:
+ What Happy Companies Know
  
  











  



  
Culture.com: Building Corporate Culture in the Connected Workplace10 reviews
Peg C. Neuhauser, Ray Bender, ...

Wiley, 2000

Your Corporate Culture Must Be a Connected Workplace

+ A good read
+ A Good Read!
+ Culture Com the way to go
+ This is a top-notch business book
  
  











  



  
Harvard Business Review on Culture and Change2 reviews
Bill Munck, Rpbert Kegan, ...

Harvard Business School Press, 2002

Rigorous, Practical, and Eloquent

+ A Good Supplement!

In this volume, one of a series of anthologies of articles previously published in the Harvard Business Review, the reader is provided with eight brilliant analyses of how to establish and then nourish innovative thinking enterprise-wide. No brief commentary such as this can do full justice to the ...
  
  











  



  
Organizational Culture and Leadership (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series)16 reviews
Edgar H. Schein

Jossey-Bass, 2004

How to get leadership in proper alignment with organizational development

+ Schein does a fabuolous job on this topic!
+ Organizational Culture and Leadership
+ Great Service
+ Really a lesson about organization culture
  
  











  



  
Results Rule!: Build a Culture That Blows the Competition Away16 reviews
Randy Pennington

Wiley, 2006

Why there are so many unsuccessful companies.

+ Results Rule!: Build a Culture That Blows the Competition Away
+ Right on Target

The thing that I liked best about this book was it's emphasis on employees. It's employees that make the business work. The Fortune 1 company is Wal-Mart. I know a lot of people who say they won't shop at Wal-Mart because of their policies towards women, they don't pay enough, their health ...
  
  











  



  
Leading for Growth: How Umpqua Bank Got Cool and Created a Culture of Greatness6 reviews
Raymond P. Davis, Alan Shrader

Jossey-Bass, 2007

Great Motivation

+ It's all about the Experience
+ Anyone would benefit from this read
+ A useful take on leadership
+ Pick this one up
  
  











  



  
Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework (The Jossey-Bass ...9 reviews
Kim S. Cameron, Robert E. Quinn

Jossey-Bass, 2005

The most helpful book...

+ Useful.Practical.
+ Interesting Model
+ Great book, plus...
+ A remarkable tool
  
  











  



  
In Good Company: How Social Capital Makes Organizations Work6 reviews
Don Cohen, Laurence Prusak

Harvard Business School Press, 2001

Common sense, uncommon insight

+ Social Capital is the leading edge for HR measurement- pay attention
+ Work as Social Process
+ I was glad someone noticed!
  
  











  



  
Managing Corporate Culture, Innovation, and Intrapreneurship1 review
Howard W. Oden

Quorum Books, 1997

A wealth of informative thinking.

Oden details processes for integrating culture, innovation, and intrapreneurship for competitive success. The book describes how strategic planning, cultural planning, organizational change, and process reengineering must be done in parallel to achieve an innovative culture. The author proposes ...
  
  











  



  
Making Your Company Human: Inspiring Others to Reach Their Potential2 reviews
Le Herron

Lsk Books LLC, 2006

Real life leadership, at its best

+ Voice in the Wilderness

Compare this book from Le Herron with the how-to's written by leadership theorists. There's a place for genuinely smart academics such as Kotter, but this is a leader who has been there, and done it with real people. They market this book with a focus on ethics for today's leaders, but its real ...
  
  











  



  
The Culture of Collaboration9 reviews
Evan Rosen

Red Ape Publishing, 2007

A practical guide to collaboration in the workplace

+ Collaboration: The Creative Endevour
+ How To Succeed In Business (By Working Together)
+ Going Past the Buzzwords of Collaboration with Effective Strategies and Analysis
+ A worthy book on how businesses can best tap diverse capabilities in many situations.
  
  











  



  
Care Packages for the Workplace: Dozens of Little Things You Can Do To Regenerate Spirit At Work11 reviews
Barbara A. Glanz

McGraw-Hill, 1996

Changing the way you look at work

+ Regenerate with Humor; Read WorkLaughs
+ Very Pleased Customer from Chicago
+ Great IDEAS
  
  











  



  
Creativity Inc.: Building an Inventive Organization8 reviews
Jeff Mauzy, Richard A. Harriman

Harvard Business School Press, 2003

Cabbages, Kings, and Creativity

+ From The Innovation Road Map Magazine
+ Exemplary creativity
+ 40 years of creativity research delivered in a fun package
  
  











  



  
Creating We: Change I-Thinking to WE-Thinking Build a Healthy, Thriving Organization16 reviews
Judith E. Glaser

Adams Media Corporation, 2005

It All Begins With You

+ Inclusion, teamwork and happines at workplace
+ Book supports concept with excellent examples
+ Really enjoyed reading "Creating We"
  
  











  



  
The Soul of an Organization: Understanding the Values That Drive Successful Corporate Cultures2 reviews
Richard S. Gallagher

Kaplan Business, 2002

Spiritual Health and the Emplowered Workplace

Up front, Gallagher informs his reader that the one purpose of this book is "to show how your values, and not your business practices, are what drive your success...[and] knowing this secret is perhaps the most strategic competitive factor in today's marketplace." I agree completely with him that ...
  
  











  



  
The Truth About Burnout: How Organizations Cause Personal Stress and What to Do About It10 reviews
Christina Maslach, Michael P. Leiter

Jossey-Bass, 1997

One of the Best Books on a Pervasive Problem

+ The Truth About Burnout
+ A useful framework to address burnout.
+ VERY VALIDATING
+ A Good Read!
  
  











  



  
Changing Organizational Culture: The Change Agent's Guidebook
Marc J. Schabracq

Wiley, 2007

To alter an organization’s culture, change agents must first understand its attitudes, beliefs and assumptions. Marc Schabracq’s innovative new book is based on a fresh way of thinking that deals with both the functional and structural features of cultures. Focusing on the greatest barrier to organizational change - the attitudes and assumptions of people – it offers three ...
  
  











  



  
Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team's Passion, Creativity, and Productivity76 reviews
Michael L. Stallard

Thomas Nelson, 2007

Fired Up or Burned Out

+ Inspired by "Fired Up or Burned Out"
+ I got burned out by this book
+ Don't miss this book!
  
  











  



  
Organizational Design: A Step-by-Step Approach2 reviews
Richard M. Burton, Gerardine DeSanctis, ...

Cambridge University Press, 2006

A practical guide for understanding organization design.

+ Straight to the point

This small book was a pleasant suprise. Burton and colleagues provide a simple, easy-to-understand and powerful framework for understanding the relationship between organization design and strategy. This book is designed for executives but based on extensive academic research. I found it helpful ...
  
  











  



  
Companies Are People, Too: Discover, Develop, and Grow Your Organization's True Personality4 reviews
Sandy Fekete

Wiley, 2003

A Practical Guide to Building Emotional Intelligence

+ Save Millions and spend a few dollars on this Book!
+ This one is a keeper!
+ Excellent and helpful new book