When I read Daniel Pink’s Drive last January I admired it and wondered whether any book this year would be better – it was so stimulating, and well written, on the essential topic of motivation. A few weeks later, I delved into Switch, the latest offering from brothers Chip Heath and Dan Heath, whose 1997 book Made To Stick was my choice of best book that year, and I wondered if they would repeat in 2010. When The Management Mythbuster by David Axson came along a few months later, I was positive I had now read the best book of the year. It told us that a lot of the conventional wisdom on management is wrong, and was fascinating reading. However, Hundred Percenters by Mark Murphy, two months later, gave me pause to reconsider; and then when I feasted in the summer on The Executive and the Elephant, a terrific book by Vanderbilt University Professor Richard Daft, I realized it was also contender for best book of the year.A very good list, and worth checking out. See, read it here. Other titles on the list: The Management Mythbuster
, Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your Employees to Give It Their All, and They'll Give You Even More
