Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969
by John Fredrickson and John Andrew (MBA 1959)
Schiffer Military History
Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and myriad human interactions. Boeing Metamorphosis affirms the traditional values of hard work, fidelity, and building the alliances necessary to achieve enduring success. John Andrew, a retired Boeing executive, offers a unique insider look at the profound changes the company experienced in the 1960s as the product mix shifted from military hardware to the first generation of jet-powered airliners.

The growing requirement for more factory space was fueled by new models and a surging worldwide demand for air travel. Massive construction projects were launched, including a new factory on 760 acres at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. These cathedrals of airframe assembly remain vital to Boeing's ongoing operations today.

COVID-19: Mankind’s Bitter Battle, A Blueprint to Conquer an Epidemic
By Rajendra K. Aneja (AMP 175, 2008)
Independently published
When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, author Rajendra Aneja began to study the way it unfolded and how it affected nations, people, and businesses. In COVID-19: Mankind’s Bitter Battle, Aneja makes practical suggestions about how to vaccinate the citizens of any country within 100 days of the vaccine becoming available; how to distribute the vaccines among countries, as well as the nuts and bolts of vaccination drives; and how to manage the disease and vaccinations in the villages of developing countries. The book also explores how governments across the world can work closely with private-sector companies to fight the illness and accelerate vaccinations, and considers the impact COVID-19 will have on consumers and shopping habits in the next few years.

Real Estate, a Love Story: Wisdom, Honor, and Beauty in the Toughest Business in the World
By Joshua Benaim (MBA 2006)
Disruption Books
With this book, a blend of memoir and strategy, Joshua Benaim takes readers on a journey from his early years in New York City to his time as an internationally touring opera singer, his business launch during the Great Recession, and ultimately to his position as founder and CEO of Aria, a real estate company with a mission to humanize the experience of living in our great cities. The book presents a picture of investing and development in “the toughest business in the world” in four acts. Along the way, he offers a compassionate, interdisciplinary perspective on philosophical questions ranging from art and urban planning to love, happiness, and beauty.

Crucible Leadership: Embrace Your Trials to Lead a Life of Significance
By Warwick Fairfax (MBA 1987)
Mount Tabor Media
In Crucible Leadership, author and leadership advisor Warwick Fairfax shares the power of embracing the crucible moments: those past trials, failures, and setbacks that can be seen as either roadblocks or as jumping-off points to leading a life of significance and purpose that is dedicated to serving others. The book comes alive through the author’s story, of how his legacy shaped his worldview and drove decisions that eventually led to his own crucible moment. Fairfax then demonstrates how readers can make sense of their talents and trials to lead with authenticity in all areas of life.

The Entrepreneurial Guide: The Key Principles of Building and Growing Your Business
By Srikanth Gaddam (OPM 43, 2013)
Independently published
Do you ever think that your idea or product could help people? Have you ever thought of owning your own business but been too scared to move beyond your comfort zone? Have any of your innovative ideas been ruled out by your boss due to a lack of vision or risk-taking culture? If so, you are not alone. The Entrepreneurial Guide is for the aspiring few who dream of starting their own business. This book will teach you how to develop an entrepreneurial mindset, from beginning to end, and walk you, step-by-step, through idea formulation, product/market validation, value realization, and exit strategy.

On the Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom
By Ed Hajim (MBA 1964) and Glenn Plaskin
Skyhorse
On the Road Less Traveled is the story of Edmund Hajim, an American financier and philanthropist who rises from dire childhood circumstances to achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. At age three, Hajim is kidnapped by his father and told that his mother is dead. His father soon abandons him in order to seek employment, leaving his son behind in a string of foster homes and orphanages. This establishes a pattern of neglect and desertion that continues for Hajim’s entire childhood. From one home to another, the boy learns the value of self-reliance and perseverance, despite his financial deprivation and the trauma of being abandoned.

As time passes, Hajim displays an instinct for survival and a drive to excel. A highly motivated student and athlete, he earns an NROTC college scholarship to the University of Rochester, serves in the US Navy, works as an application research engineer, and then attends Harvard Business School, where he finds that the financial industry is his true calling. So begins his rapid ascent in the corporate world, which includes senior executive positions at E.F. Hutton, Lehman Brothers, and 14 years as CEO of Furman Selz, growing the company more than tenfold. He also creates a happy and abundant family life, though he never forgets what it means to struggle. At age 60, he is reminded of his painful past when a family secret emerges that brings the story full circle.

Beyond the Mountains: Overcoming the Challenges Within
By Sunder Hemrajani (AMP 180, 2011)
Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Since his school days, author Sunder Hemrajani had taken a keen interest in trekking and mountaineering. His love for the mountains started with the school trips, trekking in and around Nainital and Dalhousie (Khajjiar, Chamba). His passion for the mountains has been a constant theme in his personal life. So, when the opportunity of the Expedition 2 to Margan Pass (13,000 feet) presented itself, he had no hesitation in joining along with 10 other students from the MBA program at the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. He subsequently led Expedition 3 to Sach Pass (15,000 feet). The lessons from these events were life-changing and shaped his later corporate career. This book shares the humbling lessons he learned on the expeditions, which served as leadership laboratories on teamwork, risk-taking, project strategizing, resourcing, planning, interpersonal-conflict resolution, and crisis management.

Our Common Ground: Insights from Four Years of Listening to American Voters
By Diane Hessan (MBA 1977)
RealClear Publishing
For four years, Diane Hessan has been in weekly conversation with voters across the United States. What she has learned will surprise you, enlighten you, give you hope, and change the way you think about your fellow Americans.

Our inability to hear each other, our suspicion, and our impatience is causing great distress and tearing us apart. It’s a sickness that permeates American culture, erodes our collective mental health, and makes us hate each other. To gain insight into how we can move forward, Hessan undertook a massive listening project, conducting an ongoing series of weekly interviews with 500 voters from every state, of every age and ethnicity, and along different points of the political spectrum. The topics ranged from race to guns, from character to party politics, from masks to rallies, from the US Supreme Court to the pandemic to immigration and climate change.

On issue after issue, our “divided” nation isn’t nearly as polarized as we typically imagine. In dozens of columns on these topics published in the Boston Globe, Hessan has upended common political wisdom. Presented together for the first time as part of this book, these themes reveal a unique perspective on how Americans actually think, what they value, and how we can move forward.

The Dad Advice Project: Words of Wisdom from Guys Who Love Being Dads
By Craig Kessler (MBA 2014)
Savio Republic
In early 2019, while in search of parenting advice, father of three young boys and author Craig Kessler asked a handful of friends to write him a letter on “how to be a good dad.” The responses he received inspired him, in turn, to begin compiling additional letters for what would come to be known as The Dad Advice Project. Now, a little more than two years later, the completed book includes stories and advice from more than 40 dads and granddads from all walks of life.

Giants of the Sea: Ships & Men Who Changed the World
By John D. McCown (MBA 1980)
Independently published
Covering the history and development of modern cargo shipping, Giants of the Sea includes the stories of nine men, those giants on whose shoulders the industry continues to stand today. The author emphasizes the contribution of his own mentor, Malcom McLean, the inventor of container shipping, and the links between American thought leadership and the extraordinarily efficient industry that subsequently unfolded. In addition to highlighting the industry’s contributions to the global economy, Giants of the Sea makes the case for its role in reducing poverty and increasing peace around the world. Packed with interesting and fun facts, this broad sweep of a largely invisible endeavor is an informative and enjoyable read for people both inside and outside of shipping.

How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
By Katy Milkman (PHDIT 2009)
Portfolio
Set audacious goals. Foster good habits. Create social support. You’ve surely heard such advice before. If you’ve ever tried to change or encourage it—say, to boost exercise or healthy eating, to prevent missed deadlines, or to kick-start savings—then you know there are thousands of apps, books, and YouTube videos promising to help and offering sound guidance. And yet…you’re still not where you want to be. This trailblazing book from award-winning behavioral scientist and Wharton professor Katy Milkman explains why. In a career devoted to uncovering what helps people to change, she has discovered a crucial thing many of us get wrong: strategy.

Change, Milkman’s learned, comes most readily when you understand what’s standing between you and success and then tailor your solution, specifically, to that roadblock. If you want to work out more but find exercise difficult and boring, downloading a goal-setting app probably won’t help. But what if, instead, you transformed your workouts so they became a source of pleasure instead of a chore? Turning an uphill battle into a downhill one is the key to success.

Drawing on Milkman’s original research and the work of her dozens of world-renowned scientific collaborators, How to Change shares an innovative approach that will help you to change or encourage it in others. Through case studies, engaging stories, and examples from cutting-edge research, this book illustrates how to identify and overcome the barriers that regularly stand in the way of change.

Build Better Brains: A Leader’s Guide to the World of Neuroscience
By Martina Muttke (AMP 179, 2010)
Business Expert Press
Have you ever wished to discover what lies inside of the box on top of your head? Are you aware that by reading this book you will forever change your brain, because your brain is an eternal construction site? Did you know that we have three brains? One brain in the brain, one in the heart, and one in the gut?

With millennials and Generation Z workers dominating the workplace, the way we think about leadership is changing. Advances in neuroscience can prepare leaders to build a culture of trust and purpose for themselves and their teams. Author Martina Muttke, MD, offers practical, science-based applications for improving the efficiency of leadership in today’s fast-paced world. Build Better Brains is neither a leadership book nor a book on neuroscience. It merges the best of the two worlds, to serve a new type of leader emerging within contemporary organizations.

Be Where Your Feet Are: Seven Principles to Keep You Present, Grounded, and Thriving
By Scott O’Neil (MBA 1998)
St. Martin’s Essentials
When we're moving at 115 miles an hour, we rarely see the wall coming. But it comes for all of us, and when it does, we grasp for lessons, for meaning, for purpose. Each moment (good or bad), and each win or loss, provides us an opportunity to learn. If we choose to take it, that opportunity can change our lives—and the world—for the better. The human spirit craves connection. Authenticity. Belonging. Touch. Gratitude. Purpose. We need to make our interactions count. Whether it’s the death of a friend, loss of a job, a bad breakup, or the isolation of a pandemic, those who manage to be where their feet are will grow, stretch, and emerge stronger, smarter, and more prepared as we find peace and gratitude in the pause.

In Be Where Your Feet Are, author Scott O’Neil, CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils, offers his own story of grief and healing and shares his most valuable lessons in what keeps him present, grounded, and thriving as a father, husband, coach, mentor, and leader. His collected stories provide a humbling peek behind the curtain, as well as a framework, anecdotes, and exercises to guide the reader toward self-discovery.

Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair
By Kim Malone Scott (MBA 1996)
St. Martin’s Press
From Kim Scott, author of the revolutionary New York Times–bestseller Radical Candor, comes Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair, which explores how we can recognize, attack, and eliminate workplace injustice and transform our careers and organizations in the process. We―all of us―consistently exclude, underestimate, and underutilize huge numbers of people in the workforce, even as we include, overestimate, and promote others, often beyond their level of competence. Not only is this immoral and unjust, but it’s also bad for business. Just Work is the solution.

Scott’s new book reveals a practical framework for both respecting everyone’s individuality and collaborating effectively. This is the essential guide leaders and their employees need to create more just workplaces and to establish new norms of collaboration and respect.

Capital Allocators: How the world's elite money managers lead and invest
By Ted Seides (MBA 1999)
Harriman House
The chief investment officers (CIOs) at endowments, foundations, family offices, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds are the leaders in the world of finance. They marshal trillions of dollars on behalf of their institutions and influence how capital flows throughout the world. But these elite investors live outside the public eye. Across the entire investment industry, few participants understand how these holders of the keys to the kingdom allocate their time and their capital. What’s more, there is no formal training for how to do their work.

So how do these influential leaders practice their craft? What skills do CIOs require? What frameworks do they employ? How do they make investment decisions on everything from hiring managers to portfolio construction? For the first time, Capital Allocators lifts the lid on this opaque corner of the investment landscape. Drawing on interviews from the first 150 episodes of the Capital Allocators podcast, author Ted Seides presents the best of the knowledge, practical insights, and advice of the world’s top professional investors.

LIFE: A Handbook for Our Loved Ones
By Rudy Chen Setiawan (MBA 1996)
Amazon Kindle

“Set your life on fire, and seek those who fan your flames.”
—Rumi

The most important act of our lives is creating ourselves, and it takes courage to grow up and to become who we are. Who are we? What is the purpose of our lives? And more important, what is the meaning of our lives? Many believe success and happiness are the purposes of their lives. Even if they are right, surely everyone will have different answers as well as different yardsticks with which to measure. How should we measure ours? This book of advice on life is dedicated to the younger generations, which have so many capabilities and the potential to solve the many problems that we face today.

Final Delivery and Eight Others
By Mark Thorson (OPM 33, 2004)
Atmosphere Press
Final Delivery is a collection of short stories set in, or connected to, far northern landscapes, with characters who have either made a decision, or are about to make one, that will change their life’s trajectory—often in a manner or direction that they had not anticipated. There is a professor of ethics who hires an assassin, a despondent trust-fund baby who tries his hand at running drugs, and two good old northern boys who have always lived for the hunt, the kill, but have never contemplated death.

These are stories about change, about awakenings, about paths that are chosen without clarity as to what those paths would entail. There’s a failed Hollywood screenwriter, a washed-up NHL hockey player, and an under-accomplished woman who married the wrong man—all at the brink of life’s fragile breaking point. There’s a small-town braggart who is about to meet his father for the first time, and a lonely checkout girl, in her final days, who lived her life without ever asserting herself. The stories in Final Delivery cross race, culture, politics, and religion with unique characters who are faced with the simple struggles in life that challenge us all.

The Good Boss: 9 Ways Every Manager Can Support Women at Work
By Kate Eberle Walker (MBA 2005)
BenBella Books
When it comes to a woman’s day-to-day experiences and her career trajectory, one key player has the most significant impact: her boss. To truly support women in the workplace, managers—men and women alike—need to step up. The good news is that many of the things you can do to be a better manager for women are easy. In The Good Boss, business leader Kate Eberle Walker offers timely, practical advice based on her experiences as CEO of The Princeton Review and PresenceLearning, the lessons she learned working her way up the corporate ladder, and the stories that other successful women have shared with her.

Eberle Walker also shares insights from fellow CEOs across a range of industries who use creative, forward-thinking methods to support women throughout an entire organization. This guide is for all managers who want to avoid common missteps, get great results from their employees, and put them on the path to happy and fulfilling careers.

Global Goliaths: Multinational Corporations in the 21st Century Economy
Edited by C. Fritz Foley, the André R. Jakurski Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Financial Planning at HBS; James R. Hines Jr.; and David Wessel
Brookings Institution Press
Globalization and multinational corporations have long seemed partners in the enterprise of economic growth. Globalization-led prosperity was the goal, and giant corporations spanning the world would help achieve it. In recent years, however, the notion that all economies, both developed and developing, can prosper from globalization has been called into question by political figures and has fueled a populist backlash around the world against globalization and the corporations that made it possible.

In an effort to elevate the at-times contentious public debate over the conduct and operation of multinational corporations, this edited volume examines key questions about their role, both in their home countries and in the rest of the world where they do business. Is their multinational nature an essential driver of their profits? Do US and European multinationals contribute to home-country employment? Do multinational firms exploit foreign workers? How do multinationals influence foreign policy? How will the rise of the digital economy and digital trade in services affect multinationals? In addressing these and similar questions, the book also examines the role that multinational corporations play in the outcomes that policymakers care about most: economic growth, jobs, inequality, and tax fairness.

The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It
By Sandra J. Sucher, MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice; and Shalene Gupta
PublicAffairs
Trust, at every level of business and society, has never mattered so much. At the same time, leaders, at every level and in every institution, face vexing issues and trade-offs. Many flounder, especially in a turbulent era when confronted with multiple crises and constituencies demanding change. Bridging these gaps requires a new understanding of just what trust is, how it can be built, and how it can be regained once it is lost.

Trust is an elusive—mushy, even—concept. Authors Sandra Sucher and Shalene Gupta examine the science behind trust, grounding our understanding of why we humans trust in the first place, and describing how customers, employees, community members, and investors decide whether an organization or a person can be trusted. Creating and sustaining trust does not, they show, come from “reputation-building” and PR, but instead by being the “real deal,” that is, creating products, services, and technologies that work, having good intentions, treating people fairly, and taking responsibility for all the impacts an organization creates, whether intended or not.

Moms Don’t Have Time To with Zibby Owens (MBA 2003)
Writer Zibby Owens interviews other writers, health experts, and more, from the perspective of a busy mom of four.

Capital Allocators with Ted Seides (MBA 1999)
Meet the people who allocate vast pools of capital, and explore the processes they employ.

Post a Comment