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The book provides detailed Step by Step directions on scientifically proven methods how to effectively build and inspire trust from your employees, colleagues, and your bosses. Not all trust building approaches are common knowledge.

An amazing book resulting from  the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution. This book provides proven, step-by-step strategy for coming to mutually acceptable interests-based agreements in every sort of conflict. 

We all want to get to yes, but what happens when the other person keeps saying no? 

How can you negotiate successfully with a stubborn boss, an irate customer, or a deceitful coworker?

William Ury of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation offers a proven breakthrough strategy for turning adversaries into negotiating partners. 

One of the most concise, well written books on managing technology and innovation that I have come across. Theory is blended seamlessly with real world implications and applications. Easily readable with plenty of examples, cases, and suggestions for further reading. Whether you are a product manager/strategist, marketer, consultant, senior manager, analyst, or student, this book provides the skills, knowledge, and tools to analyze and formulate strategy for technology companies.

A good introduction and reference manual for anyone who will assume responsibility for building a training program from the ground up. Some chapters dive too deeply on theory and a few chapters could be easily condensed. 

An excellent reference book for Business Analysts, Consultants, Project Managers, Strategists, Marketers, Business Development/Sales or Managers who bear Profit/Loss responsibility. This book was very helpful in applying and understanding the day to day and strategic implications of the many concepts I learned in Accounting and business courses. 

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Backed up with well researched statistics, this is an incredible read on the strategy and thinking of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Essential read for Product Managers, MBAs, Analysts, and Consultants.

A concise introductory textbook on Marketing that introduces theory and on real world applications. Complete with cases, key questions, and sample marketing plans. This book is light on Pricing and B2B marketing, however. Essential resource for Product Managers.