Getting Them to Give a Damn: How to Get Your Front Line to Care about Your Bottom Line8 reviews Eric Chester Kaplan Business, 2005 A 'must' for any member of the 'next generation employer' + Now I Get It + NOT a review of this book..... + Connecting with THEM + Motivate Young Employees             Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach22 reviews Dandridge M. Malone Presidio Press, 1983 Well written + Small Unit Leadership + excellent book even for non-military types + Gets to the point             Power Mentoring: How Successful Mentors and Proteges Get the Most Out of Their Relationships8 reviews Ellen A. Ensher, Susan E. Murphy Jossey-Bass, 2005 A Must + Great book, but too long + Welcome to Modern Mentoring + New mentoring strategies for new business environments + Best mentoring book you could find!             The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us31 reviews Robyn Meredith W. W. Norton, 2007 very well written + Fresh insight into the business and cultural particularities of two countries + As the United States descends two new stars are on the rise + A Challenge Facing America + the elephant & the dragon             The Coast Guard in World War I: An Untold Story Alex R. Larzelere US Naval Institute Press, 2003 Foreword by Adm. James M. Loy, USCG Commandant, 1998-2002 The U.S. Coast Guard suffered the highest percentage of losses of any American armed force in World War I, yet until now the extent of the Coast Guard's involvement in that war remains little known to the public. The author, an experienced Coast Guardsmen himself, makes extensive use of such primary sources as personal journals and ...             The Caine Mutiny: A Novel81 reviews Herman Wouk Back Bay Books, 1992 Entertaining, Rewarding, and Strong on Characterization + Serious flaws in a compelling novel + A Classic--Worth the Read (Even With Its Shortcomings) + The fascinating journey of the Caine + True classic literature             The Pendleton Disaster off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History1 review Theresa Mitchell Barbo; John Galluzzo and Captain W. Russell Webster; USCG (RET) The History Press, 2007 Excellent insights into an historic rescue The Pendleton Disaster gives new and important insights into Bernard C. Webber's impossible rescue of the crew of the SS Pendleton stern in 1952. The authors have done in-depth interview with the rescue crew and what emerges is heart-touching as well as insightful. The organization of the book is ...             Certain Trumpets: The Nature of Leadership9 reviews Garry Wills Simon & Schuster, 1995 Nuances with lots of food for thought + Kudos for Certain Trumpets I picked up this book intending to read only a couple of chapters. I ended up reading the entire book with fascination. This is the kind of book that makes one think, reflect, and re-evaluate simplistic cultural paradigms. Those who confuse leaders with super heroes or think leadership has to do ...             So Others May Live: Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death11 reviews Martha J LaGuardia-Kotite The Lyons Press, 2006 Muddy's Coffeehouse in Eliz. City + Great book, great movie + My son's favorite book + A history of the U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer             Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf: First Commandant of the Coast Guard (Library of Naval Biography)1 review C. Douglas Kroll US Naval Institute Press, 2002 Great review of the 1st Coast Guard Commandant Anyone interested in Coast Guard History... or it's new Department should take a day or so to read this book. It excellently reviews the career of the first Commandant from his childhood & midshipman days (that's right, he was in the Navy first), to his days as an arctic hero... the author does a ...             The Coast Guard at War: Vietnam, 1965-19754 reviews Alex Larzelere Naval Institute Press, 1997 Cutters and Sampans + Coast Guard in Vietnam not just cuttermen. + A must read for the military enthusiast or Coast Guard fans Very few Americans realize the U.S. Coast Guard is a military organization and has fought in all the wars of the United States. Capt. Alex Larzelere, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.) has written one of the very few excellent accounts of the service in combat. Captain Larzelere, as a young officer, ...             The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1165 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Picador, 2007 The world is flat 3.0 + The world is almost flat, but not completely flat. It is an interesting book, and Friedman brings up a lot of arguable points Its crazy how much outsourcing really goes over seas to China and India.             Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships78 reviews Daniel Goleman Bantam, 2007 Easy On Your Brain + Not as earth shattering as emotional intelligence + Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships. + Intelligence + Awareness = Healthy Relationships! (translation: Read this Book!)             Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-198963 reviews Michael R. Beschloss Simon & Schuster, 2007 Wonderful book! + Simple is good. + Flawed Men Finding the Strength to Do Great Things I recommend this book be read by everybody in America-in order to learn more about some of our finest Presidents. I was educated on things that I had not learned before-FASCINATING!             The Kite Runner2515 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 Could Not Put it Down + All that an exceptional book should be. + heartbreaking tale of loyalty + A Masterpiece + Heartbreaking, yet very touching story             The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success21 reviews Scott Eblin Davies-Black Publishing, 2006 An operations manual for navigating upward mobility in executive development + Congratulations, you have been promoted NOW What? + Nice but not groundbreaking + Your Next Level             On Becoming a Leader: The Leadership Classic30 reviews Warren Bennis Basic Books, 2003 One of the best books on leadership ever published + Leaders Inspire Trust and Loyalty; Maximize Productivity + Self mastery and spiritual journey Those who understand the fundamentals of leadership realize that it is an artful combination of arrogance and humility. The arrogance is needed so that you have the confidence to take the calculated risks that all leaders must take. Without confidence, leadership is impossible, because if the ...             Crucial Confrontations33 reviews Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ... McGraw-Hill, 2004 Daily problems solutions + Still using these teachings + The first half is a must-read. + Crucial Confrontation + Great job             Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking964 reviews Malcolm Gladwell Back Bay Books, 2007 blink...and then it's gone + Entertaining, Educating, Provocative There's not much substance to this book. Rather than being a resource of information, it is merely a book of examples. There is no broad takeaway you can gather from it after reading except to say perhaps that many of our decisions are based on split-second thoughts. But did you really need to read ...             My American Journey87 reviews Colin Powell, Joseph E., ... Ballantine Books, 2003 Valued Early Bird over Spies and Secrecy + His Perspective... + Wonderful, insightful book I read biographies of key officials as a means of trying to understand how they make decisions, and on what basis of fact or fancy they make decisions. Colin Powell is a great man, and I hope he returns as Secretary of State under a transpartisan team. He was destroyed by Dick Cheney and his ...