BOOK REVIEWS BY KAREN MORATH
Personal Effectiveness Books
- I could do anything if only I knew what it was. Discover what you really want - and how to get it by Barbara Sher, Hachette Australia, 1999
- The Dip by Seth Godin, Piatkus Books, UK, 2007 $17.95
- The success principles - how to get from where you are to where you want to be by Jack Canfield, Harper Collins 2005
- Apprentice to Business Ace - Your Inside-Out Guide to Professional Branding, by Parnos, Robinett and Currie, 2007, $34.95
- Standing at the crossroads. Next steps for high-achieving women. Marian N Ruderman and Patricia J Ohlott, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2002
- Property Millionaire - The guidebook to having great Australian dreams by Gary Seeto, Pennon Publishing 2006 $24.95
- Purple Cow. Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable. Seth Godin, 2003, Portfolio by Penguin USA
- Who moved my cheese? An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life. By Dr Spencer Johnson. Published by Random House Australia 1998
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, Simon and Schuster, New York
- The 8th habit by Stephen Covey, Simon and Schuster UK 2004
- You inc. How to attract amazing success into your life and business by John McGrath, Harper Collins 2003
Life/Work Balance Books
- 1001 books you must read before you die, edited by Peter Boxall, ABC Books, 2006
- Family First - your step-by-step plan for creating a phenomenal family, by Dr Phil McGraw (TV's Dr Phil), Simon and Schuster, 2004
- The Seven-Day Weekend. A Better Way to Work in the 21st Century, by Ricardo Semler, 2003, Random House, London.
- Fat, Forty and Fired by Nigel Marsh, Random House 2005
- What Matters, success and work-life balance by Daniel Petre, Jane Curry Publishing Pty Ltd, 2004 $29.95.
Communication Books
- The Making of a Public Relations Man by John W Hill
- Media Relations by Jane Johnston, Allen and Unwin 2007
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss. Profile Books Ltd, 2003.
- Death sentence by Don Watson
Business Books
- You're hired by Bill Rancic, Harper Business, New York, 2004
- The world according to Y - inside the new adult generation By Rebecca Huntley. Allen and Unwin 2006
- Good to Great by Jim Collins, Random House 2001
- Small is the new big and 183 other riffs, rants, and remarkable business ideas by Seth Godin, Portfolio, USA, 2006 Hard cover $35
- Losing my virginity, the Richard Branson autobiography, Random House Australia, 1998
- Unleashing the Ideavirus – How to Turn Your Ideas into Marketing Epidemics by Seth Godin, Simon and Schuster, 2002
- The Influentials by Ed Keller and Jon Berry, The Free Press, USA 2003
- Meet me at the top! Sarina Russo, Crown Content, Melbourne 2002
- Fish! – a remarkable way to boost morale and improve results, Stephen C Lundin PhD, Harry Paul and John Christensen, Hodder and Staughton, 2000
- Stop the meeting, I want to get off! How to manage your team without meetings by Scott Snair, Allen and Unwin 2003
- The Brand Gap, How to bridge the distance between business strategy and design. A whiteboard overview by Marty Neumeier, New Riders Publishing, USA, 2003
- Leadership wisdom from the monk who sold his Ferrari – the 8 rituals of visionary leaders, by Robin Sharma
- Creative leaps, 10 lessons in effective advertising inspired at Saatchi and Saatchi, by Michael Newman, John Wiley and Sons, Singapore 2003
- Survival is not enough. Why smart companies abandon worry and embrace change, by Seth Godin, The Free Press, New York, 2002
- The empty raincoat - making sense of the future, Charles Handy, Random House 1994
- How to get rich, by Donald J Trump. BBC Books, London, 2004
- 100 great businesses and the minds behind them, Emily Ross and Angus Holland, Random House Australia, NSW, 2004
- The Hungry Spirit by Charles Handy, Arrow, London 2002
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
- The Big Picture by Bernard Salt, Hardie Grant, 2006 $29.95
- Blink - the power of thinking without thinking by Malcolm Gladwell, Penguin, 2005.
- Right and wrong, how to decide for yourself by Hugh Mackay, Hodder, 2004
- Staying at the Top by Ric Charlesworth, Pan Macmillan 2002
- I-Cons, The Essential Guide to winning and keeping high-value customers. By Ross Honeywill and Verity Blyth. Published by Random House Australia 2001.
- Jack – what I've learned leading a great company and great people, by Jack Welch, CEO, General Electric. Published by Warner Books Inc 2001
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