Book Recommendations

by Christy Simard, Student Awards Manager

During the week of October 13th, roughly 55 documentation managers and business owners gathered in Hawaii for the first annual Lavacon Conference on Documentation Management. With sessions covering technical project management and department leadership and management, presenters at the conference made a variety of compelling book recommendations.

If you want to improve your ability to manage or lead teams, or report to your own manager more effectively, pick up one of these books.

	First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently M & Coffman, Curt Buckingham. Read up on a massive study by Gallup that uncovers the secrets of great managers and successful employees.
	Now, Discover Your Strengths: How to Build Your Strengths and the Strengths of Every Person in Your Organization Marcus & Donald Clifton Buckingham. Forget improving weakness -- harness talent to build a 'strengths-based organization'.
	What the CEO Wants You to Know: Using Your Business Acumen to Understand How Your Company Really Works by Ram Charan. Get a grip on the central business concepts about which every C-level manager is concerned.
	The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement Revised Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox. A must read for anyone in manufacturing. The novel format makes contemporary economic theory seem like a fast read.
	They Shoot Managers, Don't They?: Managing Yourself and Leading Others in a Changing World Terry L. Paulson. Learn the art of verbal Aikido and positive interactions in difficult situations.

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