Category Archives: Books

The Weekend Read. Start with Why by Simon Sinek.

With a sub-title of “How great leaders inspire everyone to take action” this book sets its stall out from the very start. Simon Sinek first came to my attention when I watched his celebrated Ted Talk (see below) and I was wary that this book would be “just” another “how to beat the competition byContinue reading “The Weekend Read. Start with Why by Simon Sinek.”

The Weekend Read – The Second Curve by Charles Handy

I have been a fan of Charles Handy since I read “The Age of Unreason” in 1992 and his “Understanding Organisations” was one of the set texts on my MBA course at the Open University in 1994. He has a real grasp of the human condition, a rare intelligence and the ability to explain hisContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Second Curve by Charles Handy”

The Weekend Read – The One-Page Financial Plan by Carl Richards

I was listening to a conversation last week at a meeting where I was presenting about the collection of trinkets that seems to afflict dentists, a form of “keeping up with the Dr Joneses” emerges at conferences and meetings with people trying to outdo each other in cars driven, holidays taken, business loans obtained andContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The One-Page Financial Plan by Carl Richards”

The Weekend Read – Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith

A classic. Written as series of bite sized chapters emphasising good (and bad) habits, Beckwith lays down the easy to follow rules for success in marketing and branding. The format means that it’s easy to dip into for regular inspiration and at the same provokes one to think, “how would that work for me?” AsContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith”

The Weekend Read – The E-myth Revisited by Michael Gerber

I first read this book in February 2001 and my reaction was, “how did I survive for so long without this knowledge?”. The answer of course was, “at great cost both financially and emotionally”, so whilst I had learnt a lot of Michael Gerber’s lessons I did so painfully and slowly. This is a bookContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The E-myth Revisited by Michael Gerber”

The Weekend Read – How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen

A good book to read before the New Year gets up a head of steam. In it the author, who is a Professor at Harvard Business School (HBS) and has written several other books on innovation, prompts the reader to consider the most important questions you’ll ever face. It doesn’t pretend to have answers butContinue reading “The Weekend Read – How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen”

The Weekend Read – The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

Another book to which I was introduced by my brother, both Rees boys are hungry readers. I thought that I had featured it here already but it has either been edited away or my brain is willing me to have done so. What has brought Atul Gawande back to mind is that he is thisContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande”