Alumni Bookshelf

The Trusted Leader
by Robert M. Galford (MBA '76) and Anne Seibold Drapeau (Free Press)

In their new book, The Trusted Leader: Bringing Out the Best in Your People and Your Company, authors Galford and Drapeau shed light on the tools that managers need to build, repair, and sustain trust inside an organization. Stressing that such trust requires much more than personal credibility, they provide self-assessment exercises that show executives where they currently stand as trusted leaders and where they could stand. Downturns, mergers, and restructurings are just a few of the crises that can break down trust across teams or among bosses, colleagues, and subordinates, and Galford and Drapeau have developed useful and succinct recommendations for coping with such difficult situations.

Other Alumni Books

How to Become a Great Boss
by Jeffrey J. Fox (MBA '69) (Hyperion)
With the subtitle The Rules for Getting and Keeping the Best Employees, Fox's book offers a candid and counterintuitive take on securing and managing top talent.

Why Economies Grow
by Jeffrey Madrick (MBA '71) (Basic Books)
In his third book, Madrick examines the 1990s in light of earlier booms, asserts that technology did not give rise to a “new economy,” and offers advice on how to restore American economic growth.

The Brand Management Checklist
by Alan Bradley (“Brad”) VanAuken (MBA '84) (Kogan Page)
A comprehensive resource on building winning brands, this book offers a step-by-step guide to the brand management process and provides expert advice, tools, and insights.

The Times Are Surely Changin'
by Douglas F. Schofield III (MBA '69, DBA '72) (Dorrance)
In his first novel, venture capitalist and private pilot Schofield explores themes of adventure and peace as a young pilot meets a spacecraft from another world.