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hundreds of practical concepts that can be applied by managers at all levels. 342 <br /> pages <br /> 21. The Platinum Rule -Tony Alessandra and Micheal O'Connor <br /> The authors believe there are four basic personality types. Knowing <br /> who's who and fulfilling their unspoken needs leads to success through more <br /> innovation, cooperation and success. 290 pages <br /> 22. Teaching the Elephant to Dance: The Manager's Guide to Empowering Change - <br /> James Belasco <br /> .This book gives every manager astep-by-step guide to making impossible <br /> things happen. It's filled with marvelously illuminated case histories of large and <br /> small companies that navigated stagnant years and got back into mainstream <br /> <br /> • competition. It shows how to overcome inertia and inbred adherence to "how it's <br /> always been done". 276 pages <br /> 23. Managing Management Time -William Oncken, Jr. <br /> When you become a manager, your personal bottom line is no longer the <br /> direct result of your own output. It is now the collective result of many others, both <br /> within and outside your own organization. This book is about extending your <br /> influence. further to become a more effective manager through managing your time, <br /> and what you do with that time, more effectively. 244 pages <br /> 24. Improving Performance: How to Manage the White Space on the. Organizational <br /> Chart -Geary Rummler and Alan Brache <br /> The authors believe that all too often, organizations approach the task of <br /> improving overall performance through a mixture of departmental efforts. They <br /> provide a practical framework for understanding how various departments and ' <br /> functions in an organization interrelate and how to manage this, interaction, the "white . <br /> space", for improvement efforts to pervade the entire organization and for those <br /> efforts to be sustained over time. 227 pages <br /> 25. The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational <br /> Accountability -Roger Connors, Tom Smith, and Craig Hickman <br /> This book describes the road we need to follow to rebuild. qualities <br /> required to achieve success in our organizations. The authors focus on concepts that <br /> all employees can embrace such as accountability, ownership, employee involvement, <br /> follow-through, and effective execution. 234 pages <br /> 26. In Praise of Good Business: How Optimizing Risk Rewards Both Your Bottom <br /> Line and Your People - Judith Bardwick <br /> The author presents fascinating and instructive case studies of uniquely <br /> successful companies across North America. From these she extracts valuable <br /> lessons and action steps and lays out a management model based on the principle of <br /> "productive insecurity." She believes that people achieve their best when they are <br /> held accountable while being challenged by risks. 344 pages <br /> 8 <br /> <br />