Best selling business books of the decade
A global downturn, job cuts, shrinking markets— and you haven't been reading? Whether you are a busy CEO or a trainee manager, here's a nutrient-rich spread of business classics. Here are top-selling business books of the five leading publishing houses, not listed in the order of sales.
Topsellers of Harvard Business PressWhen the Harvard Business Review first published John Kotter's paper, Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail, in March-April 1995, it shot to the top of the reprints list. The book that followed (Leading Change) in 1996 was an immediate bestseller. Another classic here, Blue Ocean Strategy, has the most foreign language translations.
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition IrrelevantKim and Mauborgne
Redefining Global Strategy: Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still Matter P. Ghemawat
10 Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution V. Govindarajan and Trimble
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders At All LevelsMichael Watkins
The HR Value PropositionD. Ulrich/ W. Brockbank
Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy Into ActionKaplan and Norton
Private Label Strategy: How to Meet the Store Brand ChallengeNirmalya Kumar
Leading ChangeJohn P. Kotter
Future of ManagementGary Hamel
The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and PerformanceD.Ulrich/ B.E. Becker/ M.A. Huselid
Bestsellers of Random HouseWho Moved My Cheese is a charming parable about how to tackle change, not just in the workplace but also in life. Don't miss Good to Great (1996) by Jim Collins which overtook In Search of Excellence to become the best-selling management book of all time. Richard Branson's Screw It, Let's Do It is another classic, but which CEO can act by the title?
Who Moved My CheeseSpencer Johnson
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don'tJim Collins
How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give InJim Collins
Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don'tRam Charan
Execution: The Discipline Of Getting Things Done Ram Charan
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of MoreChris Anderson
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke The WorldLiaquat Ahamed
The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization P.M. Senge
Losing My VirginityRichard Branson
Screw It, Let's Do ItRichard Branson
Bestsellers of PenguinGita Piramal's Business Maharajas profiles some of India's top business families. Rich in anecdotes, the book creates a lode of information about the notables. Subroto Bagchi has two bestsellers on this list, both rich in ethical advice. India Unbound, by a former multinational CEO, is a mix of “memoir, economic analysis, social investigation, political scrutiny and managerial outlook”.
India Unbound: A Personal Account Of A Social And Economic Revolution From Independence To The Global Information Age Gurcharan Das
Business MaharajasGita Piramal
Go Kiss The World: Life Lessons For The Young ProfessionalSubroto Bagchi
Beyond The Last Blue Mountain A Life Of JRD Tata R.M. Lala
We Are Like That Only Rama Bijapurkar
The Case of The Bonsai Manager: Lessons from Nature in GrowingR. Gopalakrishnan
The Creation Of Wealth: The Tatas From The 19th To The 21st Century R.M. Lala
The Elephant Paradigm: India Wrestles With Change Gurcharan Das
The High-Performance Entrepreneur: Golden Rules for Success in Today's World Subroto Bagchi
Dare To Dream: A Life of M.S. OberoiBachi J. Karkaria
Bestsellers of McGraw-HillThis list is a mixed bunch, ranging from one on Jack Welch's stint as CEO of GE, to the rise of our very own Dhirubhai Ambani. Management guru C.K. Prahalad figures with his The New Age of Innovation, which posits that old factors of competitive advantage are fading and corporates must sharpen business processes.
Envisioning An Empowered Nation: Technology For Societal TransformationA.P.J. Abdul Kalam, A. Sivathanu Pillai
The New Age of Innovation: Driving Co-created Value Through Global NetworksC.K. Prahalad , M.S. Krishnan
A New Beginning: The Turnaround Story of Indian Bank Ranjana Kumar
Leadership In The Era Of Economic Uncertainty: Managing In A Downturn Ram Charan
The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles From the World's Greatest ManufacturerJeffrey K. Liker
How To Talk To Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships Leil Lowndes
The Welch Way: 24 Lessons from the World's Greatest CEO Jeffrey Krames
Dabbawalas Shrinivas Pandit
Dhirubhai Ambani Against All OddsA.G. Krishnamurthy
Finding Your Strength In Difficult Times: A Book Of MeditationsDavid Viscott
Bestsellers of WileyNot all best-sellers are about theory or advice: people also love stories about iconic CEOs as the one on Steve Jobs and his second stint at Apple, iCon Steve Jobs. Apple did not like the book's approach to Jobs' idiosyncracies. Then, there's also the one on Buffett's investment methods, The Warren Buffet Way.
iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of BusinessJeffreys Young and William Simon
Leaders At All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis Ram Charan
The Five Temptations of a CEOPatrick Lencioni
The Warren Buffett Way, 2nd editionRobert G. Hagstrom, Bill Miller and Ken Fisher
India's Global Wealth Club: The Stunning Rise of its Billionaires and their Secrets of SuccessGeoff Hiscock
Reminiscences of a Stock OperatorEdwin Lefevre
The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns Mohnish Pabrai
Get Your Frog Out of the Well C. Boyer
The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamPatrick Lencioni
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Topsellers of Harvard Business PressWhen the Harvard Business Review first published John Kotter's paper, Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail, in March-April 1995, it shot to the top of the reprints list. The book that followed (Leading Change) in 1996 was an immediate bestseller. Another classic here, Blue Ocean Strategy, has the most foreign language translations.
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition IrrelevantKim and Mauborgne
Redefining Global Strategy: Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still Matter P. Ghemawat
10 Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution V. Govindarajan and Trimble
The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders At All LevelsMichael Watkins
The HR Value PropositionD. Ulrich/ W. Brockbank
Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy Into ActionKaplan and Norton
Private Label Strategy: How to Meet the Store Brand ChallengeNirmalya Kumar
Leading ChangeJohn P. Kotter
Future of ManagementGary Hamel
The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and PerformanceD.Ulrich/ B.E. Becker/ M.A. Huselid
Bestsellers of Random HouseWho Moved My Cheese is a charming parable about how to tackle change, not just in the workplace but also in life. Don't miss Good to Great (1996) by Jim Collins which overtook In Search of Excellence to become the best-selling management book of all time. Richard Branson's Screw It, Let's Do It is another classic, but which CEO can act by the title?
Who Moved My CheeseSpencer Johnson
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don'tJim Collins
How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give InJim Collins
Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don'tRam Charan
Execution: The Discipline Of Getting Things Done Ram Charan
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of MoreChris Anderson
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke The WorldLiaquat Ahamed
The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization P.M. Senge
Losing My VirginityRichard Branson
Screw It, Let's Do ItRichard Branson
Bestsellers of PenguinGita Piramal's Business Maharajas profiles some of India's top business families. Rich in anecdotes, the book creates a lode of information about the notables. Subroto Bagchi has two bestsellers on this list, both rich in ethical advice. India Unbound, by a former multinational CEO, is a mix of “memoir, economic analysis, social investigation, political scrutiny and managerial outlook”.
India Unbound: A Personal Account Of A Social And Economic Revolution From Independence To The Global Information Age Gurcharan Das
Business MaharajasGita Piramal
Go Kiss The World: Life Lessons For The Young ProfessionalSubroto Bagchi
Beyond The Last Blue Mountain A Life Of JRD Tata R.M. Lala
We Are Like That Only Rama Bijapurkar
The Case of The Bonsai Manager: Lessons from Nature in GrowingR. Gopalakrishnan
The Creation Of Wealth: The Tatas From The 19th To The 21st Century R.M. Lala
The Elephant Paradigm: India Wrestles With Change Gurcharan Das
The High-Performance Entrepreneur: Golden Rules for Success in Today's World Subroto Bagchi
Dare To Dream: A Life of M.S. OberoiBachi J. Karkaria
Bestsellers of McGraw-HillThis list is a mixed bunch, ranging from one on Jack Welch's stint as CEO of GE, to the rise of our very own Dhirubhai Ambani. Management guru C.K. Prahalad figures with his The New Age of Innovation, which posits that old factors of competitive advantage are fading and corporates must sharpen business processes.
Envisioning An Empowered Nation: Technology For Societal TransformationA.P.J. Abdul Kalam, A. Sivathanu Pillai
The New Age of Innovation: Driving Co-created Value Through Global NetworksC.K. Prahalad , M.S. Krishnan
A New Beginning: The Turnaround Story of Indian Bank Ranjana Kumar
Leadership In The Era Of Economic Uncertainty: Managing In A Downturn Ram Charan
The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles From the World's Greatest ManufacturerJeffrey K. Liker
How To Talk To Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships Leil Lowndes
The Welch Way: 24 Lessons from the World's Greatest CEO Jeffrey Krames
Dabbawalas Shrinivas Pandit
Dhirubhai Ambani Against All OddsA.G. Krishnamurthy
Finding Your Strength In Difficult Times: A Book Of MeditationsDavid Viscott
Bestsellers of WileyNot all best-sellers are about theory or advice: people also love stories about iconic CEOs as the one on Steve Jobs and his second stint at Apple, iCon Steve Jobs. Apple did not like the book's approach to Jobs' idiosyncracies. Then, there's also the one on Buffett's investment methods, The Warren Buffet Way.
iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of BusinessJeffreys Young and William Simon
Leaders At All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis Ram Charan
The Five Temptations of a CEOPatrick Lencioni
The Warren Buffett Way, 2nd editionRobert G. Hagstrom, Bill Miller and Ken Fisher
India's Global Wealth Club: The Stunning Rise of its Billionaires and their Secrets of SuccessGeoff Hiscock
Reminiscences of a Stock OperatorEdwin Lefevre
The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns Mohnish Pabrai
Get Your Frog Out of the Well C. Boyer
The Five Dysfunctions of a TeamPatrick Lencioni
The Official Guide for GMAT Review