Influencer:
The New Science of Leading Change 2nd Edition
Authored By: Ron Macmillan, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler, David Maxfield, Kerry Patterson Publisher: McGraw Hill Education (2013) Rs. 675/- (Paperback)
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rom the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes the new edition of Influencer, a thought-provoking book that combines the remarkable insights of behavioral scientists and business leaders with the astonishing stories of highpowered influencers from all walks of life. You'll be taught each and every step of the influence process--including robust strategies for making change inevitable in your personal life, your business, and your world. Influencer takes you on a fascinating journey from San Francisco to Thailand to South Africa, where you'll see how seemingly "insignificant" people are making incredibly significant improvements in solving problems others would think impossible. You'll learn how savvy folks make change not only achievable and sustainable, but inevitable. You'll discover breakthrough ways of changing the key behaviors that lead to greater safety, productivity, quality, and customer service.
Author: Manoj Arora Publisher: Jaico Publishing House (2013) Rs. 299/(Paperback)
From the Rat Race to
Financial Freedom
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rom the corporate executive to the street vendor, everyone wants financial security, wealth and affluence. But, the author feels that most people are so lost in getting the wealth that they forget to live their lives. In From The Rat Race To Financial Freedom, the author takes his own life as an example to illustrate how everyone gets lost in the mad race to earn a living, to acquire wealth, and to ensure financial security for themselves and their family. In the process, they miss most of the things that they earn the money for in the first place. They lose touch with their family, fail to relax and enjoy the simple things in life, and get stressed out. The author says that he travelled the same route for years as a corporate executive worrying about his finances before he realized that in order to achieve what he wanted, he had to get out of the rut he had placed himself in. The author decided to take control of his own finances. He points out that it is not how much a person earns that determines their affluence and financial security. It is how much they save and invest that matters.
Lonely at the Top
Author: V. K. Madhav Mohan Publisher: Leadstart Publishing (2013) Rs. 495/(Hardcover)
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onely at the Top is about leaders and the challenges they face as they walk alone. This edited anthology contains the reflections of a seasoned Mentor, on the leadership dilemmas of the CEO in a turbulent and unpredictably changing world. With examples and experiences, the author indicates, sometimes subtly and at other times, forcefully, the tools, mindsets and approaches that enable leaders to steer their organizations safely through dangerous times. Many Indian CEOs also suffer from cultural schizophrenia, whether acknowledged or not a crisis of identity stemming from the differing dialectics of modern Western business culture and Indias own rich, philosophical heritage. Using real experiences as telling case studies, the book demonstrates the value of anchorage in the spiritual ethos of India, and especially in the ambrosial mentoring of Arjuna by Lord Krishna, on the eve of a primordial conflict that has much in common with the inner conflicts in the minds of todays decision-makers.
August 2013 UNIQUE TIMES 51