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Book Reviews Reviews Reviews - click to buy the book Is that light in yonder office window? Are you ready for the revolution? Money, Money, Money Varoom WINE REVIEW Is that light in yonder office window? Power Plays: Shakespeare's Lessons In Leadership And Management By John O. Whitney and Tina Packer Simon and Schuster What can Shakespeare teach us about effective leadership? Everything, according to John Whitney, former president of Pathmark Supermarkets and now a leading professor at Columbia Business School, and Tina Packer, founder, president, and artistic director of the critically acclaimed theater group Shakespeare & Company. Whether we are dealing with an indecisive Hamlet or a corporate Lear, this innovative approach to management helps us tap the timeless wisdom and profitable genius of the Bard. Are you ready for the revolution? Leading the Revolution By Gary Hamel Harvard Business School Publishing Gary Hamel, world-renowned business thinker and co-author of Competing for the Future, the book that set the management agenda for the 1990s, now brings us Leading the Revolution. An action plan - indeed, an incendiary device - for any company or individual intent on becoming and staying an industry revolutionary, this book will ignite the passions of entry-level assistants, neophyte managers, seasoned VPs, CEOs, and anyone else who worries that their company may be caught flat-footed by the future. Hamel argues that in an increasingly nonlinear world, only nonlinear ideas will create new wealth. To thrive in the age of revolution, companies must adopt a radical new innovation agenda. The fundamental challenge companies face is reinventing themselves and their industries not just in times of crisis - but continually. Based on an extensive study of "gray-haired revolutionaries," including Enron, Charles Schwab, Cisco, Virgin, and GE Capital, Leading the Revolution: explains the underlying principles of radical innovation; explores where revolutionary new business concepts come from; identifies the key design criteria for building companies that are activist-friendly and revolution-ready; and details the steps your company must take to make innovation an enduring capability. Money, Money, Money Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, And Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance By Janet Gleeson Simon & Schuster On the death of France's most glorious king, Louis XIV, in 1715, few people benefited from the shift in power more than the intriguing financial genius from Edinburgh, John Law. Already notorious for killing a man in a duel and for acquiring a huge fortune from gambling, Law had proposed to the English monarch that a bank be established to issue paper money with the credit based on the value of land. But Queen Anne was not about to take advice from a gambler and felon. So, in exile in Paris, he convinced the bankrupt court of Louis XV of the value of his idea. Varoom More Than A Motorcyle: The Leadership Journey at Harley-Davidson By Rich Teerlink and Lee Ozley Harvard Business School Publishing More Than a Motorcycle is the story of the purposeful transformation of an American icon. While the business press was celebrating Harley-Davidson's remarkable financial turnaround in the late 1980s, the company's leader, Rich Teerlink, was deeply concerned. He knew that the storied motorcycle maker faced a new and even more formidable challenge: maintaining and improving upon its success in the absence of an external crisis. Partnering with longtime organizational consultant Lee Ozley, Teerlink did something extraordinary: he began building a different Harley. What happened over the next twelve years is the stuff of turnaround legend. A Wine Review for the Common Person By Nicole Plausteiner A bounty of rich blackberry flavor & oak undertones, Sebastiani Cabernet Sauvignon is a wonderful sip. My instincts tell me that this wine's smooth berry taste and aroma are the result of the mature, premiere vines from which these grapes are harvested. Sebastiani is one of the oldest vineyards in California. Vines were first planted back in 1825 when the Franciscan fathers of nearby mission San Francisco Solano and some native Americans cleared and planted land for their vineyards. In 1904 the vineyard was purchased by Samuele Sebastiani, an immigrant from Tuscany, Italy, and so became the Sebastiani family vineyard. A wonderful accompaniment with any dish - I personally have shared a glass with meals of cornish game hen, steak and pasta - Sebastiani Cabernet Sauvignon is always a guaranteed winning pick. Another example of excellent value for your dollar from the vineyards of Sonoma County. © Copyright 2001. Galt Western Personnel Ltd. Unless otherwise specified, you may reprint this article, quote from it, use it in research or projects, duplicate it or distribute it. Credit of authorship and source MUST be given to galtglobalreview.com. Ownership of Copyright remains with Galt Western Personnel Ltd.     Return to Top      Business News / Business Roundup - Australia / Canada / Europe / United States / Careers / Classified / Information Technology / New Technology / Education News / World Facts / Book Reviews / Archives/Research