Staff Picks
We are known for our business book expertise, but most of our staff started working here because of our passion for books, not business. 800-CEO-READ is a company filled with voracious readers—talented, creative individuals who know books, and who excel at getting the right books into the hands of the right people. Whenever we can, we like to do that by telling you about the books we’ve been reading.
Story Driven: You Don’t Need to Compete When You Know Who You Are
By Sally Haldorson, published
April 11, 2018,
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10:00 AM
– Filed under:
Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Leadership & Strategy, Management & Workplace Culture, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Bernadette Jiwa teaches us to be better marketers, marketers who insist on authenticity and truth, and so much more in the process.
Fall Favorites by and for Feminists (by which I mean, everyone.)
By Sally Haldorson, published
September 9, 2017,
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4:58 PM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs, Leadership & Strategy, Management & Workplace Culture, Narrative & Biography, Personal Development & Human Behavior, Publishing Industry
New business books, recently released and upcoming, written by women.
The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World
By Sally Haldorson, published
August 29, 2017,
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12:00 PM
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Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs, Innovation & Creativity, Leadership & Strategy, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Nilofer Merchant’s message is so critical now, calling us to identify what is good in ourselves and to connect with what is good in others so that, together, we can dent the world.
End of Summer Staff Reading
By 800-CEO-READ, published
August 23, 2017,
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9:47 AM
– Filed under:
The Company
Here's what our staff has been reading during the gorgeous Milwaukee summer.
Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into the Next Big Thing
By Sally Haldorson, published
June 13, 2017,
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3:13 PM
– Filed under:
Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Innovation & Creativity, Leadership & Strategy, Management & Workplace Culture, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Bernadette Jiwa's new book is a reminder that we shouldn't surrender our human faculty to the advance of big data.
How Cycling Can Save the World
By Blyth Meier, published
June 7, 2017,
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2:53 PM
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Current Events & Public Affairs
A manifesto for everyday cycling from The Guardian's Peter Walker is an urgent call for today's world.
Double Bind: Women on Ambition
By Sally Haldorson, published
May 16, 2017,
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11:10 AM
– Filed under:
Current Events & Public Affairs, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Robin Romm has edited a book of essays from successful women that takes on "the last feminist taboo"—ambition.
Redefining Resilience and Telling a New Life Story: Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant's Option B
By Sally Haldorson, published
April 17, 2017,
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11:15 AM
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Personal Development & Human Behavior
This is what Option B offers: for the grieving, a guide to recovery and resilience; for the empathetic, a guide to responding and respecting others whose life stories we can’t pretend to know.
The Language of Loss is the Language of Life
By Sally Haldorson, published
March 20, 2017,
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9:30 AM
– Filed under:
Narrative & Biography, Personal Development & Human Behavior
Facing the loss of life requires a new kind of language, one that isn't secret, but shared.
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
By Blyth Meier, published
March 8, 2017,
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11:05 AM
– Filed under:
Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Marketing & Sales
Adam Alter shines a light on behavioral addiction, and re-orients our relationship with the technologies we live with every day.
Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less
By Blyth Meier, published
February 15, 2017,
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2:29 PM
– Filed under:
Personal Development & Human Behavior
Tiffany Dufu helps us clarify what matters most—and what doesn't—so we can leverage our highest and best use at home and work.
What our staff is reading this summer
By Blyth Meier, published
August 8, 2016,
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9:11 AM
– Filed under:
The Company
Summer means lazy vacations and digging in to a good book. Here's what's in our summer reading piles (a.k.a. beach bags).
