Thursday, November 17, 2011

Enchantment, by Guy Kawasaki



The HR expert that recommended this book to me is Christophe Lo Giudice, Chief Editor at Peoplesphere, a Belgian HR magazine and community.


Written in a humorous and informal style by the sympathetic former chief evangelist of Apple, Enchantment is an interesting “how-to book” covering various subjects related to marketing, public relations, entrepreneurship and people management.

The subjects covered are:
  • How to make people like you, including how to smile, dress, accept other people's ideas and values...
  • How to build trust
  • How to prepare and to launch your project, your big idea
  • How to overcome resistance (tips for convincing skeptical people) and how to make your influence last in the long term.
  • How to use presentations, e-mails, websites, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and Youtube
  • How to manage people by enchanting them
  • How to make your boss like you
  • How to avoid being influenced by other people (for example, how to resist mass-media marketing).


How Is Enchantment Useful to HR Practitioners?

Many of Guy Kawasaki's tips can be really useful for HR professionals. They can help us communicate better, help us use the tools of our times to build a stronger influence.
In particular, the chapter titled "How to enchant Your employees" provides interesting leadership advice.

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    Tuesday, November 15, 2011

    The 2011 global ranking of management thinkers: what's in it for HR?

    Thinkers50 has just published its 2011 global ranking of management thinkers. This year, the winner is Clayton Christensen, author of « The Innovator's Dilemma ». For sure, all these 50 gurus have plenty to teach us. 

    And of course, we all should know the basics of innovation, strategy, or marketing. But which of these leading management thinkers are particularly relevant for HR professionals ? I mean, directly related to HR. Approximately half of them are, in my humble opinion. Here is my personal selection:


    Rank
    Author
    Main field of expertise
    4
    Jim Collins
    Management
    7
    Marshall Goldsmith
    Leadership
    8
    Marcus Buckingham
    Self management
    10
    Malcolm Gladwell
    Society, career, decision-making
    11
    Sylvia Ann Hewlett
    Talent management, women at work
    12
    Lynda Gratton
    People in organizations, the future of work, collaborative working
    13
    Nitin Nohria
    Motivation, leadership, sustainable performance
    16
    Linda Hill
    Leadership, innovation, cross-organizational relationships, talent management
    18
    Teresa Amabile
    Creativity, organizational life and its influence on people and their performance
    22
    Jeffrey Pfeffer
    Evidence based management, human resources, power, leadership
    23
    David Ulrich
    Leadership, talent, human resources, culture, coaching, change
    25
    Rosabeth Moss Kanter
    Leadership, change, globalization
    28
    Herminia Ibarra
    Leadership, women's careers, career transition
    29
    Daniel Pink
    Career, self employment, motivation
    30
    Henry Mintzberg
    The work of the manager, how managers are trained and developed
    33
    Tammy Erickson
    Generations at work : workforce demographics and values
    35
    Amy Edmondson
    Teamwork
    37
    Howard Gardner
    Intelligence
    39
    Daniel Goleman
    Emotional Intelligence, leadership
    40
    Vineet Nayar
    Employees First, Customers Second
    42
    Fons Trompenaars
    Cultural Diversity in Business
    45
    Stewart Friedman
    Work/life integration, leadership
    47
    Stephen Covey
    Leadership, personal effectiveness

    Previous posts on this blog have featured books by Stew Friedman, Dave Ulrich and Jeffrey Pfeffer. I now have many reading opportunities for the months to come. Fellow HR pros, please send me an e-mail or leave a comment to let me know which of these thinkers have written the greatest books...