BOOK REVIEW

   

  Its nice to see an autobiography from the women in business perspective. Especially where she writes: "A truly successful business needs solid foundations". (page 182)

Can You Have It All?
By Nicola Horlick.
published by: Macmillan Publishers Ltd

 

 

  One of the classics, it has a timeless quality about it.
"Understanding for most people is the key that unlocks the door of action."

Effective Leadership
By John Adair.
published by: Pan Books Limited

  It's one of essentials of the modern business world.   No matter where you go nor the position you hold in a company, business etiquette counts!

Not knowing is no excuse for a business person nor employee at the Christmas dinner party of which cutlery to use and it can make or break deals that would have been profitable.

Business Etiquette
by Lynne Brennan & David Block
Published by: Piatkus

  It makes a person question and think "why" and the purpose they are really working for a company and the intricate ways deals are made, undone and what values people place on themselves.  Makes the reader aware that business is as ancient as antiquity whatever anyone says, trade and the exchange of goods has been going on for thousands of years.

The Business
By Iain Banks.
Published by: Little, Brown and Company (UK).

 

 

book05_thm.bmp (2266 bytes)

  There are chapters on leadership, technology and of course, business:

"I think I agree with the 59th Rule of Acquisition, 'Free advice is seldom cheap' , in reply "True, but the 22nd Rule says 'A wise man can hear profit in the wind" DS9.

A dip into book as a resource to be inspired by because wisdom can come in many forms and from many words spoken.

Quotable Star Trek
By Jill Sherwin.
published by: Simon & Schuster Inc.

 

 

                       

                     Previous Page          Index      Homepage              Next Page