Ignited, Vince Thompson

Do you have a manager who is not the CEO? Do you have people reporting to you? Does their success depend on you and yours on them? You are in the MIDDLE – perhaps the most crucial location in the world of business! A Harris poll indicates that people like you are burned out, cynical and feel disconnected – a proven recipe for corporate failure. The Executives’ fresh ideas never have a prayer unless they are linked to the skill, network and credibility of veteran middle managers. Too many middle managers dream of leaving, but can’t. Most middle managers really want to make a difference.

Ignited starts with the reality of the MIDDLE - limited power, restrictive corporate politics, financial constraints and offers a better solution. Based on extensive research in a range of industries, It proposes concrete ideas for staying in the company and making the kind of difference you want to make, taking back your career, and life in the process.

Connected: 24 hours in the global economy, Daniel Altman

Every day, newspapers and TV are full of numbers that supposedly tell the public how the global economy is doing. The problem is, none of these numbers tells you how the global economy actually works. The global economy is a closed system, everything is connected and every action affects another.

This book will give you the tools to understand how the global economy really works. It is done in a spellbinding way – on one day 15 June, 2005, (just a day, nothing special), Altman takes fourteen snapshots from around the world, from Brussels to Bangkok, from Damascus to Delhi. In each place something fascinating happened that he uses to seamlessly describe how the world’s economy fits together. It is brilliant! When the tour is over you will have profound insight into how it all works. If you are in business at any leadership level, you have to know this.

Can governments make global markets more competitive? Do multinational companies bring progress or problems? Who really controls the world’s money supply? What does corruption cost? How important are stock markets to economic growth? Which comes first, economic or political stability? Can poor countries get rich too quickly…

Don’t miss this one… Don’t!