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Our team has selected a list of Books we find useful in our work.


JUDGEMENT

Primary
Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
by Noel M. Tichy, Warren G. Bennis

Secondary
How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living
by Rushworth M. Kidder


LEADERSHIP

Primary
Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way
by W. Brad Johnson, Greg P. Harper

Secondary
Leading Minds: An Anatomy Of Leadership
by Howard Gardner, Emma Laskin

Changing Minds: The Art And Science of Changing Our Own And Other People's Minds
by Howard Gardner


STRATEGY

Primary
Winning
by Jack Welch, Suzy Welch

Secondary
Winning: The Answers: Confronting 74 of the Toughest Questions in Business Today
by Jack Welch, Suzy Welch

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor

Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
by W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne


PEOPLE

Primary
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
by Jim Collins

Secondary
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most
by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, Roger Fisher


EXECUTION

Primary
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck


CUSTOMERS

Primary
Satisfaction: How Every Great Company Listens to the Voice of the Customer
by Chris Denove, James Power


MARKETING

Primary
... none yet that satisfy us ...

Secondary
Marketing High Technology
by William H. Davidow


CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Primary
Corporate Governance and Chairmanship: A Personal View
by Adrian Cadbury


SOCIAL SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS

Primary
Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great
by Jim Collins


MENTAL AND PHYSICAL TOUGHNESS AND ENDURANCE

Primary
The Complete Guide to Navy SEAL Fitness, Third Edition (Includes Free DVD)
by Stewart Smith, USN (SEAL)
This book is by our team member Stew Smith. The majority of those who recently graduated from Navy SEAL "basic training" – BUD/S – used this book as their training manual. Many use these foundation routines as their maintenance workout programs.


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