Jossey-Bass Summaries and Reviews

See all summaries and reviews from Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers at a glance.

9 Book
Steven B. Sample
Jossey-Bass, 2001
7 Book
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Jossey-Bass, 2006
7 Book

A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America

A Hard Look at Spirituality, Religion and Values in the Workplace
Ian I. Mitroff and Elizabeth Denton
Jossey-Bass, 1999
5 Book

Action Coaching

How to Leverage Individual Performance for Company Success
David L. Dotlich and Peter C. Cairo
Jossey-Bass, 1999
9 Book
Kieran Egan
Jossey-Bass, 2005
8 Book

Angel Investing

Matching Start-Up Funds with Start-up Companies - The Guide for Entrepreneurs, Individual Investors, and Venture Capitalists
Robert J. Robinson and Mark Van Osnabrugge
Jossey-Bass, 2000
7 Book

Authentic Leadership

Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value
Bill George
Jossey-Bass, 2003
8 Book

Be Know Do

Leadership the Army Way: Adapted from The Official Army Leadership Manual
Leader to Leader Institute et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2004
8 Book

Becoming The Best

Build a World-Class Organization Through Values-Based Leadership
Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr.
Jossey-Bass, 2015
8 Book

Behind the Cloud

The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company – and Revolutionized an Industry
Marc Benioff and Carlye Adler
Jossey-Bass, 2009
6 Book

Beyond Boredom and Anxiety

Experiencing Flow in Work and Play
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Jossey-Bass, 2000
8 Book

Beyond Spin

The Power of Strategic Corporate Journalism
Markos Markos et al.
Jossey-Bass, 1999
8 Book

Big Brown

The Untold Story of UPS
Greg Niemann
Jossey-Bass, 2007
8 Book

Boards That Deliver

Advancing Corporate Governance From Compliance to Competitive Advantage
Ram Charan
Jossey-Bass, 2005
8 Book

Brand Asset Management

Driving Profitable Growth Through Your Brands
Scott M. Davis
Jossey-Bass, 2000
7 Book

Brand From the Inside

Eight Essentials to Emotionally Connect Your Employees to Your Business
Libby Sartain and Mark Schumann
Jossey-Bass, 2006
8 Book

Brand Relevance

Making Competitors Irrelevant
David A. Aaker
Jossey-Bass, 2011
9 Book

Breakthrough Business Negotiation

A Toolbox for Managers
Michael Watkins
Jossey-Bass, 2002
7 Book

Bridging Organization Design and Performance

Five Ways to Activate a Global Operation Model
Gregory Kesler and Amy Kates
Jossey-Bass, 2015
8 Book

Bridging the Soft Skills Gap

How to Teach the Missing Basics to Today's Young Talent
Bruce Tulgan
Jossey-Bass, 2015
6 Book

Building Better Boards

A Blueprint for Effective Governance
David A. Nadler et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2005
6 Book

Building Project Management Competence

Building Key Skills for Individuals, Teams and Organizations
J. Davidson Frame
Jossey-Bass, 1999
9 Book

Built on Values

Creating an Enviable Culture that Outperforms the Competition
Ann Rhoades
Jossey-Bass, 2011
8 Book

Built to Change

How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness
Edward E. Lawler III and Christopher G. Worley
Jossey-Bass, 2006
7 Book

Care to Dare

Unleashing Astonishing Potential Through Secure Base Leadership
George Kohlrieser et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2012
8 Book

Career Imprints

Creating Leaders across an Industry
Monica C. Higgins
Jossey-Bass, 2005
7 Book

Chief Customer Officer

Getting Past Lip Service to Passionate Action
Jeanne Bliss
Jossey-Bass, 2006
8 Book

China's Futures

Scenarios for the World's Fastest Growing Economy, Ecology and Society
James Ogilvy et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2000
7 Book
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Jossey-Bass, 2004
6 Book

Closing the Execution Gap

How Great Leaders and Their Companies Get Results
Richard Lepsinger
Jossey-Bass, 2010
6 Book

Coached to Lead

How to Achieve Extraordinary Results with an Executive Coach
Susan Battley
Jossey-Bass, 2006
7 Book

Common Purpose

How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary
Joel Kurtzman
Jossey-Bass, 2010
7 Book

Courage

The Backbone of Leadership
Gus Lee and Diane Elliott-Lee
Jossey-Bass, 2006
9 Book

Creative People Must Be Stopped

6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying)
David A Owens
Jossey-Bass, 2011
6 Book

Credibility

How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Jossey-Bass, 2003
6 Book

Death By Meeting

A Leadership Fable
Patrick Lencioni
Jossey-Bass, 2004
8 Book

Deep Change

Discovering the Leader Within
Robert E. Quinn
Jossey-Bass, 1996
7 Book

Designing Your Organization

Using the Star Model to Solve 5 Critical Design Challenges
Amy Kates and Jay R. Galbraith
Jossey-Bass, 2007
8 Book
Jay R. Galbraith
Jossey-Bass, 2000
8 Book

Designing the Smart Organization

How Breakthrough Corporate Learning Initiatives Drive Strategic Change and Innovation
Roland Deiser
Jossey-Bass, 2009
7 Book

Disciplined Dreaming

A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity
Josh Linkner
Jossey-Bass, 2011
7 Book

Don't Bring It to Work

Breaking the Family Patterns that Limit Success
Sylvia Lafair
Jossey-Bass, 2009
8 Book

Driven

How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices
Paul R. Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
Jossey-Bass, 2001
9 Book

Driving Fear Out of the Workplace

Creating the High-Trust, High-Performance Organization
Kathleen D. Ryan and Daniel K. Oestreich
Jossey-Bass, 1998
8 Book

Ecoliterate

How Educators Are Cultivating Emotional, Social, and Ecological Intelligence
Daniel Goleman et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2012
7 Book

Eisenhower on Leadership

Ike's Enduring Lessons in Total Victory Management
Alan Axelrod
Jossey-Bass, 2006
8 Book

Essential Principles for Fundraising Success

An Answer Manual for Everyday Challenges of Raising Money
G. Douglass Alexander and Kristina J. Carlson
Jossey-Bass, 2005
7 Book

Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart

A Systems Approach to Engaging Leaders and Their Challenges
Mary Beth O Neill
Jossey-Bass, 2000
7 Book

Extraordinary Groups

How Ordinary Teams Achieve Amazing Results
Geoffrey M. Bellman and Kathleen D. Ryan
Jossey-Bass, 2009
7 Book

Facilitating with Ease!

A Step-by-Step Guidebook
Ingrid Bens
Jossey-Bass, 2000
8 Book

Fair Pay, Fair Play

Aligning Executive Performance and Pay
Robin A. Ferracone
Jossey-Bass, 2010
9 Book

Fast Second

How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets
Constantinos C. Markides and Paul A. Geroski
Jossey-Bass, 2004
5 Book

Focus on the Good Stuff

The Power of Appreciation
Mike Robbins
Jossey-Bass, 2007
6 Book

From Smart to Wise

Acting and Leading with Wisdom
Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou
Jossey-Bass, 2013
9 Book

From Values to Action

The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership
Harry M. Kraemer
Jossey-Bass, 2011
7 Book

Get Lucky

How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business
Thor Muller and Lane Becker
Jossey-Bass, 2012
7 Book

Getting Naked

A Business Fable...About Shedding the Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty
Patrick Lencioni
Jossey-Bass, 2010
8 Book

Gravy Training

Inside the Business of Business Schools
Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove
Jossey-Bass, 1999
7 Book

Grounded

How Leaders Stay Rooted in an Uncertain World
Bob Rosen
Jossey-Bass, 2013
7 Book

Head, Heart & Guts

How the World`s Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders
David L. Dotlich et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2006
8 Book

Healing the Wounds

Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations
David M. Noer
Jossey-Bass, 2009
8 Book

Her Place at the Table

A Woman's Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership
Deborah M. Kolb et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2004
8 Book

High Altitude Leadership

What the World's Most Forbidding Peaks Teach Us About Success
Chris Warner and Don Schmincke
Jossey-Bass, 2008
8 Book

Hostage at the Table

How Leaders Can Overcome Conflict, Influence Others, and Raise Performance
George Kohlrieser
Jossey-Bass, 2006
5 Book
Jerry B. Harvey
Jossey-Bass, 1999
8 Book

How Learning Works

7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
Susan A. Ambrose et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2010
7 Book

How to Manage Problem Employees

A Step-by-Step Guide for Turning Difficult Employees into High Performers
Glenn Shepard
Jossey-Bass, 2005
9 Book

How to Reach and Teach Children with ADD/ADHD

Practical Techniques, Strategies, and Interventions
Sandra F. Rief
Jossey-Bass, 2005
7 Book

Human Capital

What It Is and Why People Invest It
Thomas O. Davenport
Jossey-Bass, 1999
8 Book

Improving Performance

How to Manage the White Space in the Organization Chart
Geary A. Rummler and Alan P. Brache
Jossey Bass Wiley, 1990
6 Book

Joining Forces

Making One Plus One Equal Three in Mergers
Mitchell Lee Marks and Philip Mirvis
Jossey-Bass, 1998
8 Book

Jugaad Innovation

Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth
Navi Radjou et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2012
7 Book

Leader's Guide to Storytelling

Mastering the Art and Discipline of Business Narrative
Stephen Denning
Jossey-Bass, 2005
8 Book

Leaders at All Levels

Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis
Ram Charan
Jossey-Bass, 2007
6 Book

Leadership A to Z

A Guide for the Appropriately Ambitious
James O Toole
Jossey-Bass, 1999
7 Book

Leadership Agility

Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change
Bill Joiner and Stephen Josephs
Jossey-Bass, 2006
8 Book

Leadership Blindspots

How Successful Leaders Identify and Overcome the Weaknesses That Matter
Robert Bruce Shaw
Jossey-Bass, 2014
7 Book

Leadership Conversations

Challenging High-Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders
Alan S. Berson and Richard G. Stieglitz
Jossey-Bass, 2013
8 Book
Doug Crandall
Jossey-Bass, 2006
9 Book

Leadership Passages

The Personal and Professional Transitions That Make or Break a Leader
David L. Dotlich et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2004
8 Book

Leadership and the Sexes

Using Gender Science to Create Success in Business
Michael Gurian and Barbara Annis
Jossey-Bass, 2008
7 Book

Leading Corporate Turnaround

How Leaders Fix Troubled Companies
Stuart Slatter et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2006
9 Book

Leading Geeks

How to Manage and Lead People Who Deliver Technology
Paul Glen
Jossey-Bass, 2003
7 Book
Erika Andersen
Jossey-Bass, 2012
7 Book

Leading in Times of Crisis

Navigating Through Complexity, Diversity, and Uncertainty to Save Your Business
David L. Dotlich et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2009
7 Book
Michael Fullan
Jossey-Bass, 2001
8 Book

Leading with Questions

How Leaders Find the Right Solutions by Knowing What to Ask
Michael J. Marquardt
Jossey-Bass, 2014
9 Book

Look at More

A Proven Approach to Innovation, Growth, and Change
Andy Stefanovich
Jossey-Bass, 2011
7 Book

Love Leadership

The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World
John Hope Bryant
Jossey-Bass, 2009
8 Book

Make Your Workplace Great

The 7 Keys to an Emotionally Intelligent Organization
Steven J. Stein
Jossey-Bass, 2007
8 Book

Making Thinking Visible

How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners
Ron Ritchhart et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2011
8 Book

Mastering Business Negotiation

A Working Guide to Making Deals and Resolving Conflict
Roy J. Lewicki and Alexander Hiam
Jossey-Bass, 2006
8 Book

Meeting Excellence

33 Tools to Lead Meetings That Get Results
Glenn Parker and Robert Hoffman
Jossey-Bass, 2006
9 Book
Gary S. Goodman Ph.D.
Jossey-Bass, 2000
8 Book

Navigating the Badlands

Thriving in the Decade of Radical Transformation
Mary O'Hara-Devereaux
Jossey-Bass, 2004
8 Book

Net Profit

How to Invest and Compete in the Real World of Internet Business
Peter Cohan
Jossey-Bass, 1999
8 Book

Never Bet the Farm

How Entrepreneurs Take Risks, Make Decisions – and How You Can, Too
Anthony Iaquinto and Stephen Spinelli, Jr.
Jossey-Bass, 2006
8 Book

Not Everyone Gets A Trophy

How to Manage the Millennials
Bruce Tulgan
Jossey-Bass, 2016
7 Book

Open Leadership

How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead
Charlene Li
Jossey-Bass, 2010
8 Book
Edgar H. Schein
Jossey-Bass, 2004
8 Book

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators
Patrick Lencioni
Jossey-Bass, 2005
9 Book

Owning Up

The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask
Ram Charan
Jossey-Bass, 2009
7 Book

Pay People Right

Breakthrough Reward Strategies to Create Great Companies
Patricia K. Zingheim and Jay R. Schuster
Jossey-Bass, 2000
8 Book

Peak

How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow
Chip Conley
Jossey-Bass, 2007
8 Book

Performance Scorecards

Measuring the Right Things in the Real World
Mark W. Morgan and Richard Y. Chang
Jossey-Bass, 2000
8 Book

Peter Drucker

Shaping the Managerial Mind
John E. Flaherty
Jossey-Bass, 1999
8 Book

Power Mentoring

How Mentors and Protégés Get The Most Out of Their Relationships
Ellen Ensher and Susan Murphy
Jossey-Bass, 2005
8 Book

Practical Intelligence

The Art and Science of Common Sense
Karl Albrecht
Jossey-Bass, 2007
9 Book

Project Management JumpStart

The Best First Step Toward a Career in Project Management
Kim Heldman
Jossey-Bass, 2005
9 Book

Pushback

How Smart Women Ask – and Stand Up – for What They Want
Selena Rezvani
Jossey-Bass, 2012
8 Book

Rapid Results!

How 100-Day Projects Build the Capacity for Large-Scale Change
Robert H. Schaffer and Ron N. Ashkenas
Jossey-Bass, 2005
7 Book

Reality-Based Leadership

Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, & Turn Excuses Into Results
Cy Wakeman
Jossey-Bass, 2010
7 Book

Rebooting Work

Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship
Maynard Webb and Carlye Adler
Jossey-Bass, 2013
8 Book

Reframing Organizations

Artistry, Choice, and Leadership
Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal
Jossey-Bass, 2013
7 Book

Reinvent

A Leader’s Playbook for Serial Success
Fred Hassan
Jossey-Bass, 2013
6 Book

Renegades Write the Rules

How the Digital Royalty Use Social Media to Innovate
Amy Jo Martin
Jossey-Bass, 2012
8 Book

Retiring the Generation Gap

How Employees Young & Old Can Find Common Ground
Jennifer J. Deal
Jossey-Bass, 2006
8 Book

Rewarding Teams

Lessons from the Trenches
Glenn Parker et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2000
8 Book

Rippling

How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Throughout the World
Beverly Schwartz
Jossey-Bass, 2012
7 Book

Rough Diamonds

The Four Traits of Successful Breakout Firms in BRIC Countries
Seung Ho Park et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2013
8 Book
Bill George
Jossey-Bass, 2009
7 Book

Silos, Politics and Turf Wars

A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors
Patrick Lencioni
Jossey-Bass, 2006
7 Book

Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams

How You and Your Team Get Unstuck to Get Results
Roger Schwarz
Jossey-Bass, 2013
8 Book

Squirrel Inc.

A Fable of Leadership Through Storytelling
Stephen Denning
Jossey-Bass, 2004
6 Book

Still Surprised

A Memoir of a Life in Leadership
Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman
Jossey-Bass, 2010
8 Book

Strategy for the Corporate Level

Where to Invest, What to Cut Back and How to Grow Organisations with Multiple Divisions
Andrew Campbell et al.
Jossey-Bass, 2014
8 Book

Tactical Transparency

How Leaders Can Leverage Social Media to Maximize Value and Build their Brand
Shel Holtz and John C. Havens
Jossey-Bass, 2008
7 Book

Taking the Stage

How Women Can Speak Up, Stand Out, and Succeed
Judith Humphrey
Jossey-Bass, 2014
6 Book

The 21st Century Supervisor

Nine Essential Skills for Developing Frontline Leaders
Brad Humphrey and Jeff Stokes
Jossey-Bass, 2000
8 Book

The 27 Challenges Managers Face

Step-by-Step Solutions to (Nearly) All of Your Management Problems
Bruce Tulgan
Jossey-Bass, 2014
7 Book

The ABCs of Evaluation

Timeless Techniques for Program and Project Managers
John Boulmetis and Phyllis Dutwin
Jossey-Bass, 2005
7 Book

The Accidental Leader

What To Do When You're Suddenly In Charge
Michael Finley and Harvey Robbins
Jossey-Bass, 2003
6 Book

The Advantage

Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business
Patrick Lencioni
Jossey-Bass, 2012
8 Book

The Ask

How to Ask Anyone for Any Amount for Any Purpose
Laura Fredricks
Jossey-Bass, 2006
7 Book

The Athena Doctrine

How Women (and the Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule the Future
John Gerzema and Michael D’Antonio
Jossey-Bass, 2013
7 Book

The Best Service is No Service

How to Liberate Your Customers from Customer Service, Keep Them Happy, and Control Costs
Bill Price and David Jaffe
Jossey-Bass, 2008
6 Book

The Biology of Business

Decoding the Natural Laws of Enterprise
John Henry Clippinger III
Jossey-Bass, 1999
8 Book

The Brand Bubble

The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How to Avoid It
John Gerzema and Ed Lebar
Jossey-Bass, 2008
8 Book

The Collaboration Challenge

How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed through Strategic Alliances
James E. Austin
Jossey-Bass, 2000
9 Book

The Complete Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions

Process Tools to Support M&A Integration at Every Level
Timothy J. Galpin and Mark Herndon
Jossey-Bass, 2000
7 Book

The Corporate Culture Survival Guide

Sense and Nonsense About Culture Change
Edgar H. Schein
Jossey-Bass, 1999
7 Book

The Dragonfly Effect

Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change
Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith
Jossey-Bass, 2010
9 Book

The Emotionally Intelligent Manager

How to Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership
David R. Caruso and Peter Salovey
Jossey-Bass, 2004
7 Book

The Empowered Manager

Positive Political Skills at Work
Peter Block
Jossey-Bass, 1991