800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. On the list for one year straight, Brian Solis’ What’s the Future of Business: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences, continues to stand the test of time…in a real-time world.
Here are the best sellers for February 2014….
What Corporate America is Reading: Top 20
1. “Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less” by Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao; Crown, 368 pages ($26)
2. “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead” by Brene Brown; Gotham, 256 pages ($26)
3. “From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership” by Harry M. Jansen Kraemer; Jossey-Bass, 224 pages ($27.95)
4. “The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Business Win” by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford; IT Revolution Press, 345 pages ($32.95)
5. “The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life” by Uri Gneezy and John List; PublicAffairs, 290 pages ($26.99)
6. “The Power of Why: Breaking Out in a Competitive Marketplace” by C. Richard Weylman; New Harvest, 176 pages ($24)
7. “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful” by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter; Hyperion Books, 236 pages ($24.99)
8. “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants” by Malcolm Gladwell; Little Brown, 332 pages ($29)
9. “The Go-Giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea” by Bob Burg and John David Mann; Portfolio, 144 pages ($21.95)
10. “Ask More, Get More: How to Earn More, Save More, and Live More … Just by Asking” by Michael Alden; Emerald Book Co., 250 pages ($14.95)
11. “Contagious: Why Things Catch On” by Jonah Berger; Simon & Schuster, 256 pages ($26)
12. “Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success” by Adam Grant; Viking Books, 320 pages ($27.95)
13. “Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business” by Patrick Lencioni; Jossey-Bass, 240 pages ($27.95)
14. “Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change” by Chris Ertel and Lisa Kay Solomon; Simon & Schuster, 272 pages ($28)
15. “It’s Not What You Sell, It’s What You Stand for: Why Every Extraordinary Business Is Driven by Purpose” by Roy M. Spence Jr.; Portfolio, 336 pages ($16)
16. “Reinventing You: The 10 Best Ways to Launch Your Dream Career” by Lisa Lockwood; Morgan James, 180 pages ($19.95)
17. “What’s the Future of Business: Changing the Way Businesses Create Experiences” by Brian Solis; John Wiley & Sons, 218 pages ($29.95)
18. “Breakpoint: Why the Web Will Implode, Search Will Be Obsolete, and Everything Else You Need to Know About Technology Is in Your Brain” by Jeff Stibel; Palgrave MacMillan, 256 pages ($28)
19. “Stressaholic: 5 Steps to Transform Your Relationship with Stress” by Heidi Hanna; John Wiley & Sons, 208 pages ($20)
20. “Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization” by Dan Pontefract; John Wiley & Sons, 328 pages ($32)
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