Yesterday, I published a post about the Wall Street Journal’s list of 50 Women to Watch 2007. Today, I’d like to expand on that a bit by providing a recap of some of the books those women business leaders recommend. Perhaps most interesting about the books recommended by these female executives was one specific title. Seven of the women on the list of 50 Women to Watch recommended Good to Great by Jim Collins as a great lesson in business. Good to Great discusses how companies move from being ‘good’ to being ‘great’ using hundreds of examples. It’s definitely on my book wish list now.
Here are some more books the 50 Women to Watch recommend:
- Social Intelligence by Daniel Coleman – Recommended by Hyun, Jeong-eun, chairwoman, Hyundai Group
- Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong – Recommended by Manisha Girotra, managing director and chairperson, India, UBS AGÂ Â
- The Time of Miracles by Borislav Pekic – Recommended by Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China
- Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera – Recommended by Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa, president, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Wealth Management
- The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski – Recommended by Neelie Kroes, EU
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey – Recommended by Denise Morrison, Campbell Soup
- The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman РRecommended by Carol Tom̩, Home Depot
- Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Ram Charan, Larry Bossidy and Charles Burck; Confronting Reality: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right by Ram Charan with Larry Bossidy; and Every Business is a Growth Business: How Your Company Can Prosper Year After Year by Ram Charan with Noel Tichy – Recommended by Mary Sammons, Rite-Aid
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – Recommended by Ann Livermore, H-P
- The Downing Years by Margaret Thatcher – Recommended by Jan Fields, McDonalds
- Personal History by Katharine Graham – Recommended by Toni Hoover, Pfizer
- Profit from the Core by Chris Zook and Widow for One Year by John Irving – Recommended by Nancy McKinstry, CEO of Wolters Kluwer
- The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual & Organizational Accountability by Craig Hickman, Tom Smith, and Roger Connors – Recommended by Julia Stewart, IHOP
- No Bad Dogs by Barbara Woodhouse – Recommended by Susan Arnold, P&G
- The Trusted Leader by Robert Galford and Anne Seibold Drapeau – Recommended by Melanie Healey, Procter & Gamble
- Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir and Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up by Stanley Bing – Recommended by Deborah Wahl Meyer, Chrysler
Susan Gunelius
Susan Gunelius is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Women on Business. She is a 30-year veteran of the marketing field and has authored a dozen books about marketing, branding, and social media, including the highly popular Ultimate Guide to Email Marketing, 30-Minute Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing for Dummies, Blogging All-in-One for Dummies and Kick-ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps. Susan’s marketing-related content can be found on Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, MSNBC.com, BusinessWeek.com, and more. Susan is President & CEO of KeySplash Creative, Inc., a marketing communications company. She has worked in corporate marketing roles and through client relationships with AT&T, HSBC, Citibank, Intuit, The New York Times, Cox Communications, and many more large and small companies around the world. Susan also speaks about marketing, branding and social media at events around the world and is frequently interviewed by television, online, radio, and print media organizations about these topics. She holds an MBA in Management and Strategy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and is a Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC).
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