The Best Business and Leadership Books for Summer 2016

1. The Best Business and Leadership Books for Summer 2016 Whether you are an individual looking to take your career to the next level or you’re responsible for managing the knowledge of an entire corporation, Kogan Page: Business Books can provide the resources to accommodate your needs. The global marketplace is as dynamic as it is competitive the best way to get left behind is to not improve yourself or your organization. Kogan Page’s range of Leadership Business Books are instructional, informative and thought provoking. As is the norm for everything Kogan Page has published since its founding in 1967, the authors responsible for the work are among the best in each of their respective industries. In addition to experience all over the globe, the authors at Kogan Page also come from various backgrounds including tech startups, medicine, and academics just to name a few. An example of the must-have titles from 2016 in the leadership genre from Kogan Page include Virtual Leadership by Penny Pullan, a timely work considering the movement from a physical workplace to a virtual workplace currently taking place across the business world regardless of the sector. Penny Pullan herself is responsible for a couple of books on leadership and has worked with some very familiar corporations including AstraZeneca and Capital One. Organizational Management is another great title from a group of authors led by Peter Stokes a Professor of Business Management and Organization at Chester Business School in London. With international experience from the authors, the book includes activities and online resources in order to ensure the reader really understands key concepts such as constantly changing global environments and the influence of the internet, trust and generational trends in organizational and leadership. A final example of amazing resources available for leaders at Kogan Page is Strength-Based Leadership Coaching in Organizations which discusses the identification and development of strengths in an organization as well the limitations of this practice. The author, Doug MacKie, is responsible for the largest controlled trial to date on the effects of strength based coaching on transformation leadership behavior according to Kogan Page’s website. Clearly that is an experience which would provide ample data to analyze and discuss in the book which will “become an important guide and manual for any serious profession working to develop better leadership at the individual, team and organizational level,” according to Rolf Moses, Director of People and Development at Norton Rose Fulbright Australia. A quick browse through the rest of the reads in the leadership section at KoganPage.com will reveal just how vast yet still up-to-date the collection really is. The award-winning publishing company has already been working with some of the premier corporations across the world and has had a hand in helping to develop their best talent. Indeed, the information provided by Kogan Page and their celebrated authors can and will be a difference maker in the career and lives of those who take advantage of it.