In this video, 800CEORead's president, Todd Sattersten,talks about the five themes they looked for in books to make their picks.
clarity of purpose
wisdom in decision-making
does it inspire action
does it encourage openness to change
does it encourage leaders to seek feedback
The list is a smorgasbord assembled from these areas:
Self-improvement
leadership
strategy
sales and marketing
rules and scorekeeping
management
biographies
entrepreneurship
narratives
innovation and creativity
big ideas
takeaways
I'll be talking with Sattersten next week. If you have questions for him (he's just read 100 books on business, after all), post in comments or send them to me.
Michael Fitzgerald writes about innovation and other big ideas in business for publications like the New York Times, The Economist, Fast Company, Inc. and CIO. He’s worked as a writer or editor at Red Herring, ZDNet, TechTV and Computerworld, and has received numerous awards as a writer and editor. Most recently, his piece on the hacker collective the l0pht won the 2008 award for best trade piece from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He was also a 2007 Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellow in Science and Religion.