January 30, 2019

Four Steps to Strategic Leadership

“The Wise Advocate is a key book for aspiring leaders aiming to make the best—and hardest—choices. The authors provide a practical guide to decision making through a combination of neuroscience concepts, a process of self-reflection, and consideration of the greatest good...

January 29, 2019

Q&A: Catherine Davies on Transatlantic Speculations

“This creative global history of the financial panics of 1873 is now surely the leading study of its subject. In tracing not only transnational capital flows, but also the meanings and interpretive frameworks employed to make sense of them, Davies...

January 29, 2019

New Book Tuesday! The Politics of Losing, Centrifugal Empire, Ghalib, and more!

Our weekly list of new releases is now available! The Politics of Losing Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment Rory McVeigh and Kevin Estep The Putin System An Opposing View Grigory Yavlinsky New in Paper! Centrifugal Empire Central–Local...

January 25, 2019

“Tough Love” Tips from The CEO’s Boss

“The CEO’s Boss serves up a wealth of practical, hands-on recommendations to build a productive partnership and a plan of action for a variety of businesses and settings…. For anyone who wants to take board evaluation, leadership structure, and dynamics to...

January 24, 2019

Practicing Tough Love: An Excerpt from The CEO’s Boss

“The CEO’s Boss is a must-read for anyone who looks to be taking the highest position in a company.” ~ Midwest Book Review Tuesday you learned about Tesla $40 Million lesson in the need to show “tough love” in the boardroom....

January 23, 2019

The CEO’s Boss (preface)

“Too many researchers forget that we have as much—or more—to learn from failure as we do from success. By examining transitions that have worked and ones that haven’t, William M. Klepper has given us new perspective on how boards can...

January 22, 2019

William M. Klepper on How “Tough Love” Could Have Saved Tesla $40 Million

“Everybody needs a superior, even the company CEO, and governing boards have increasingly answered the call. In doing so, they have added plenty “tough love” to the executive suite, as William M. Klepper has so well chronicled in The CEO’s Boss,...

January 22, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Uneven Moments, Videophilosophy, The Dynamic Frame, and More!

Our weekly list of new releases is now available. All the Nations Under Heaven Immigrants, Migrants, and the Making of New York, Revised Edition Frederick M. Binder, David M. Reimers, and Robert W. Snyder Uneven Moments Reflections on Japan’s Modern...

January 21, 2019

Book Excerpt! The Freedom Schools: Student Activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement

“The activists and young learners who made the Freedom Schools possible have greatly gone unsung. In the midst of imminent danger, they learned and experienced democracy while illustrating the efficacy of community participation in education. Hale rightly places them at...

January 19, 2019

Roundup: Women’s Issues and Women’s Rights

Today, as advocates participate in the third annual Women’s March to push for legislation and policies that advance human rights, women’s rights, immigration and healthcare reform, and more, we’re featuring a roundup of some of our most recent and relevant...

January 18, 2019

Book Excerpt! The Activist Director (conclusion)

“For more than six decades, Ira Millstein has had an important seat in the boardrooms at some of our world’s most iconic corporations. The Activist Director is a fascinating and must-read book for anyone associated with a for-profit or not-for-profit...

January 17, 2019

4 Steps to Becoming an “Activist Director”

“Far too many corporate directors have failed to honor their responsibility to manage the corporations they serve for the benefit of the firm’s shareholders. In this powerful and articulate book, attorney and board consultant Ira M. Millstein aims to drive...