Employment law attorney Michael Maslanka reviews the book Yes!  50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive by Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin, and Robert B. Cialdini. Review includes lessons from the book about how to be persuasive.
Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive a so-so title for Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. [...]

The following is a list of the bestselling paperback business books as ranked by the New York Times on August 25.
1. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. How and why certain products and ideas become fads.
2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. [...]

Employment law attorney Michael Maslanka reviews the book It’s Our Ship: The No Nonsense Guide to Leadership by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff.  Standard book on how to manage transforms to inspiration for HR to fight corporate bureaucracy.

Amazon.com updates its list of bestselling business books hourly. Here is a snapshot of what books were hot this morning — Monday, August 18.
1. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson. Following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, the [...]

Employment law attorney Michael Maslanka reviews the book It Takes More Than a Carrot and a Stick: Practical Ways for Getting Along with People You Can’t Avoid at Work by Wess Roberts, Ph.D. Book explains faultfinders, or the self-righteous employees, and how employers can handle those employees.
Wess Roberts, Ph.D., divides It Takes More Than A [...]

BusinessWeek ranks business books that are the most recent bestsellers and provides a short summary.
1. StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath. Are you unsure where your true talents lie? Do you feel that you are both a person who gets things [...]

Employment law attorney Michael Maslanka reviews the book Say It Right the First Time by Loretta Malandro. Review describes Malandro’s tips for how to manage  and communicate emotionally charged people.

In Say It Right the First Time Malandro talks about how to have hard conversations and improve your motivational techniques by improving communication. The section [...]

The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on August 4.
1. When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change by Mohamed El-Erian. Investing advice for a time of global economic change.
2. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the [...]