Friday, December 28, 2007

The Power of Nice, by Linda Thaler & Robin Koval

The subtitle of this little book is "how to conquer the business world with kindness."  Far from being a sugary sweet story of singing kumbaya in board meetings, the authors paint a reasonable picture of the value of courtesy and kindness in the work-place. 


Their fundamental assertion is that "life is not a zero-sum game."  They make a compelling argument.  If I ran a firm and needed an advertising agency, I'd absolutely ask the Kaplan Thaler Group to pitch, just based on this book.


Much to my surprise, this book gets a thumbs-up and not a bah-humbug.

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