Books and DVDs
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose 17 Aug 2010
By Tony Hsieh The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success.
The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First 16 Aug 2010
By Jeffrey Pfeffer The Human Equation is a book that will benefit anyone managing more than two workers. It is highly recommended for all senior officers of large organizations and should be required reading for all top managers and board members
The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (And Their Employees) 16 Aug 2010
One of Jim’s all-time favourite HR books and highly recommended. By Patrick Lencioni Lencioni, a consultant, speaker and bestselling author (The Five Dysfunctions of a Team), pinpoints the reasons behind and ways around what many consider a constant of the human condition: job dissatisfaction.
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It 12 Aug 2010
One of Cori’s all-time favourite HR books and highly recommended. By Michael Gerber In The E-Myth, Michael Gerber dispels the myths surrounding starting your own business and shows how commonplace assumptions can get in the way of running a business.
StrengthsFinder 2.0 09 Aug 2010
By Tom Rath Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, this new book and online program will change the way you look at yourself – and the world around you – forever.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t 20 Aug 2009
By Jim Collins Based on a five-year research project, Good to Great answers the question: “Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how?†The book teaches how even the dowdiest of companies can make the leap to outperform market leaders like Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck.
The Power of Partnership: Seven Relationships that will Change your Life 16 Aug 2009
By Riane Eisler In this easy to read, personal, and practical book, Eisler shows how step-by-step outward from the “self†we can shift from dominator to partnership ways to improve our lives, as well as those of others in the world around us.
