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New Book Review: "Leading the Leaders"

New book review for Leading the Leaders: How to Enrich Your Style of Management and Handle People Whose Style Is Different From Yours, by Ichak Kalderon Adizes PhD, Adizes Institute, 2004: This book is the third in a three-part series on "management" by Adizes, the first two being

Product Reviews: Part 12 - Update with a note about data quality (be careful when using floating data types!)

Almost exactly a year has passed since publishing my last post in this series, and a lot has changed. So many changes have taken place, in fact, that I've decided to significantly decrease my contributions as an Amazon product reviewer, beginning at the conclusion of my second "

New Book Review: "The Ideal Executive"

New book review for The Ideal Executive: Why You Cannot Be One and What To Do About It, by Ichak Kalderon Adizes PhD, Adizes Institute, 2004: Without question, this book is the best on the topic of "management" I've ever read in my entire career. The

New Book Review: "Running Toward Life"

New book review for Running Toward Life: Finding Community and Wisdom in the Distances We Run, by John Trent, Broad Book Press, 2023: Copy provided by Amazon. Trent mentions in his introduction that his hope in writing this book is to speak to various phases of one's running

New Book Review: "The Threshold"

New book review for The Threshold: Leading in the Age of AI, by Nick Chatrath, Diversion Books, 2023: Copy provided by Amazon. In the introductory pages of this book, Chatrath states that "this book functions as a first foray into exploring what good leadership looks like in the present

Product Reviews: Part 11 - Amazon reviewer rankings have disappeared

Two weeks ago, I reached a milestone of 850 reviews at Amazon, and I noticed for the first time that reviewer rankings have disappeared. About 6 months ago, I had commented that my ranking had been hovering around #3000 for quite some time, and that my ranking had continued to

New Book Review: "Running with Purpose"

New book review for Running with Purpose: How Brooks Outpaced Goliath Competitors to Lead the Pack, by Jim Weber, HarperCollins Leadership, 2022: Copy provided by Amazon. One of the unique aspects of this book is the author's explanation of the history and purpose behind writing it in the

Product Reviews: Part 10 - My Amazon reviewer ranking continues to hover around #3000

My ranking at Amazon continues to hover around #3000 as the 733 reviews I've written reached a milestone of 3500 helpful votes yesterday, an average of 4.775 helpful votes per review. Since the milestone when my reviews reached 3000 helpful votes in August 2021, Amazon merchants have

New Book Review: "Hero on a Mission"

New book review for Hero on a MIssion: A Path to a Meaningful Life, by Donald Miller, HarperCollins Leadership, 2022: Copy provided by Amazon. Just after I had first started reading through this book, someone commented to me that they had also started reading another book, entitled "Man'

New Book Review: "Do Something for Nothing"

New book review for Do Something for Nothing: Seeing Beneath the Surface of Homelessness, through the Simple Act of a Haircut, by Joshua Coombes, Akashic Books, 2021: Copy provided by Amazon. The subtitle to this book provides a great summary for what this book is all about, albeit from a