Lean In

Lean In

Sheryl Sandberg

Alfred A. Knopf

New York

2013

228 pp.

Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg, was recommended to me by Natalie Peerali, one of our current graduate students in the new HTM Master’s program.  I immediately set out to find it and almost ran into the display shelf featuring the book at the entrance of my local Barnes and Noble.  The book is currently #3 on the New York Times Best Sellers list for nonfiction and has opened up a national conversation about leadership roles for women.  Indeed, the book is subtitled Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.

Just Listen

Just Listen
By Mark Goulston
AMACOM
American Management Association
New York, NY  
234 pp.
2010

Just Listen is subtitled Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone.  In this book, Mark Goulston reveals numerous strategies for getting through to anyone based on an understanding of their needs and agendas.  Interestingly, one of the author’s areas of expertise is training hostage negotiators to effectively handle life-or-death situations.  He has also served as a business coach for companies such as Hyatt and Disney.  Warren Bennis, author of Becoming a Leader, offers this praise:  “A groundbreaking work that all leaders, present and future, should read, and more important, practice.”