If you’re a business entrepreneur or an aspiring
entrepreneur, chances are that at some point you will pick up a book full of
great business advice. Sometimes we learn from our own experiences and
mistakes, but it’s also good (and less painful) to look at some of the lessons
others can pass on to us because of their
experiences.
But where to start? There are lots and lots of books out
there, and sometimes it can be hard to decipher which ones are winners and
which are duds. Here’s a list and short synopsis of Amazon’s best five business
books:
1.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the
Leap… and Others Don’t by Jim Collins—This book explores the answer to the
question of what makes a company achieve enduring greatness. Through five years
of studies and comparisons, Collins and his team attempt to define what puts
some companies above others.
2.
The One Thing You Need To Know:…About Great
Managing, Great Lending, and Sustained Individual Success by Marcus
Buckingham—What leads to outstanding achievement? Marcus Buckingham shares with
readers invaluable lessons on how to succeed in the three most valuable areas
of professional activity: management, lending, and individual success.
3.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership
Fable by Patrick Lencioni—In this instructive leadership fable, Lencioni
explores the trials and tribulations of teams—and how to triumph over them.
4.
First, Break All the Rules: What the World’s
Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham—Another compelling
read by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman, this book explores how great
managers break all the rules to find talented employees, set up expectations
for them, motivate them, and develop them.
5.
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What
Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink—In his newest book, Daniel H. Pink looks
deeper into our humanity for what motivates us—and finds that our motivation is
dominated by our need for control over our lives, continued learning,
creativity, and becoming better people in a better world.
