BOOKCASE: Doing Well & Doing Good
(September 2010) •By S.R.H. Jones • Otago University Press • RRP: $49.95
The lessons of history are always there for the learning. So it is with the story of the rise and fall of Dunedin-based woollen goods retailer and manufacturer Ross & Glendining. It’s an intriguing tale of two very different but determined Scottish immigrants who hightailed it to New Zealand in the early 1860s in time to catch the pickings of the deep south’s gold rush days.
BOOKCASE: Damned if she Does, Damned if she Doesn’t
(August 2010) •Lynn Cronin and Howard Fine • Footprint Books • RRP: $42.62 (exc GST)
Women are still struggling in today’s business world, playing a game with rules that work best for men, argue Lynn Cronin and Howard Fine. The couple, who started out in the same business together only to see Fine’s career grow easily while Cronin’s dragged, wrote this book seeking answers as they watched their children head out to work.
BOOKCASE: The Why of Work
(August 2010) •Dave Urlich & Wendy Urlich • McGraw Hill • RRP $54.99
The world of work has changed, and many of us are still trying to fathom the consequences, up side and down, of that. To cope with and benefit from constant and significant change, it helps to know the why. To keep managers and professionals engaged, we need to know why we are doing what we do.
What possible value could a book with a name that sounds like a bad 1980s’ disco hit have to offer? But hey, Goldsmith’s last book was the New York Times best-seller, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, so it is worth taking a look at Mojo.
BOOKCASE : How to Sell Yourself
(June 2010) • Ray Grose • Kogan Page • RRP $21.99
Every day in business you have to sell yourself – but we often forget that. In How to Sell Yourself, Ray Grose puts a pretty compelling case for thinking about your image in every interaction with people, every day.
•By S.R.H. Jones 
•Lynn Cronin and Howard Fine 
•Dave Urlich & Wendy Urlich 
• Marshall Goldsmith 
• Ray Grose 
