Your company faces a lot of challenges within a highly competitive industry. Keeping on top of the latest best practices in managing business and leading people is a challenge in itself. There are literally thousands of business books published every year. Who has the time to decipher which will be the most insightful read? We’re providing comments on books that will educate you on business concepts and new skills. This year, we will whittle thousands down to about 50 titles worthy of inclusion in your management library. Visit our Web site for the entire list of reviews.

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The Snowball
By Warren Buffett

The Snowball recounts the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom.

Getting Things Done
By David Allen  

Readers learn that there is no single means for perfecting organizational efficiency or productivity; rather, the author offers tools to focus energies strategically and tactically without letting anything fall through the cracks. He provides tips, techniques, and tricks for implementation of his workflow-management plan.

A Sense of Urgency
By John P. Kotter

John P. Kotter, Harvard Business School professor, identifies the single biggest factor to successful change, which also happens to be his number-one principle: creating a true sense of urgency. He does so in a way that will resonate with those charged with carrying out new corporate strategies or implementing transformation.

Groundswell
By Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff

Charlene Li is a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research. She is one of the driving forces behind Forrester’s Social Computing and Web 2.0 research. Josh Bernoff is a vice president at Forrester Research and one of their most senior and most frequently quoted research analysts.

Common Sense
By Glen Beck

Glenn Beck is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Christmas Sweater and An Inconvenient Book. He is also the author of The Real America and publisher of Fusion magazine. He hosts a FoxNews television show and the nationally syndicated radio show The Glenn Beck Program, which is the third-most-listened-to talk show in America.

The Momentum Effect
By J.C. Larreche

A few rare companies have discovered the secret to sustained high growth: momentum. They’ve learned how to create the conditions that lead to exceptional organic growth, which feeds on itself, continually accelerating the business forward. In The Momentum Effect, J.C. Larreche introduces a complete framework for gaining momentum, keeping it, and harnessing its power.