Learning Center

Vision & Strategy

Brandenburger, Adam M. and Barry J. Nalebuff. Co-opetition: 1. A revolutionary mindset that combines competition and cooperation, 2. The Game Theory strategy that’s changing the game of business. New York, NY: Currency Doubleday, 1996.

Brimson, James A. and John Antos. Driving Value Using Activity-Based Budgeting. New York, NY: John C. Wiley & Sons, 1999.

Collins, James C. and Jerry I. Porras. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. New York, NY: HarperBusiness Essentials, 2002.

Fogg, Davis C. Team-Based Strategic Planning. New York, NY: AMACOM, 1994.

Ghemawat, Pankaj. Strategy and the Business Landscape. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.

Hax, Arnoldo C. and Nicolas S. Majluf. The Strategy Concept and Process. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.

Hamel, Gary and C.K. Prahalad. Competing for the Future. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1994.

Kaplan, Robert S. and David P. Norton. Translating Strategy into Action: The Balanced Scorecard. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.

Mintzberg, Henry. The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1994.

Porter, Michael E. Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1985

People, Leadership and Mentoring

Collins, Jim. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2001.

Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler. The Art of Happiness: A handbook for living. New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 1998.

Hinckley, Gordon B. Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues that will Heal our Hearts and Homes. New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2000.

Goldratt, Eliyahu M. and Jeff Cox. The Goal: A process of ongoing improvement. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: North River Press, Inc., 1986.

Patterson, Kerry, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. Crucial Conversations: Tools for talking when stakes are high. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2002.

Rackham, Neil. SPIN (Situation, Problem, Implication, Need-payoff) Selling. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988.

Organization, Process and Infrastructure

Hammer, Michael and James Champy. Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2001

Gerber, Michael E. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1995.

Financial Health

Winton, Wayne L. Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 2004.