Resources for Humans editor Celeste Blackburn reviews the book How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves from the Board to the Boardroom by Garry Kasparov. Reviews highlights how book’s theories on strategic thinking can be used in HR, business, and personal life.

BusinessWeek ranks business books that are the most recent bestsellers and provides a short summary.
1. Basic Black by Cathie Black. The president of Hearst Magazines provides advice for achieving success and balance in life.
2. The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. The author unveils the secrets to joining the “New Rich.”

HR manager David South reviews the book StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath. Review discusses how book and accompanying website helps employers find employees’ talents.

Tom Rath leads Gallup’s workplace research and leadership consulting worldwide. He coauthored How Full Is Your Bucket? Positive Strategies for Work and Life
and most recently authored Vital Friends: The People You Can’t [...]

Ralph Gaillard reviews the book Recruiting the Workforce of the Future by Bruce Tulgan. Review praises book’s striaghtforward advice and checklists to help HR recruit the right employees.

The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on January 14.

1. Jim Cramer’s Stay Mad For Life
By James L. Cramer
The hyper-active host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” offers his prescription for striking it rich for life.

2. The Age of Turbulence
By Alan Greenspan

HR consultant and author of 13 bestselling business books Carol Hacker reviews the book Boom! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-As-Usual by Drs. Kevin and Jackie Freiberg. Review highlights the choices employers must make to create a workplace environment that works for both employees and customers.

The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on January 7.
1. Jim Cramer’s Stay Mad for Life, by James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason. (Simon & Schuster, $26.) The host of “Mad Money” on CNBC explains how to get rich and stay rich.
2. [...]

For many of you, it’s the first day back to work after the holidays, which means you’re swamped with voice-mails, e-mails, meetings and performance appraisals. As (reading) time is short these days, enjoy the following Hot List, which ticks off the top business audio books for 2007. This list is courtesy of the “Audies.” Think [...]