A．
The New Boss
Taking over as the‘new boss’is never easy．Expectations run high，you have a limited time to make a good impression and the competitive pressure is severe．Peter Fischer identifies‘seven building blocks of successful leadership transition’to help you find your way．He devotes a chapter to each step，including lists of unexpected difficulties and easily-made mistakes，suggestions，questions and a summary．The last part of this book contains case studies that focus on different‘new boss’situations．Fischer's unembeIlished，straightforward style makes his concepts easy to understand and implement．
B．
Discipline without Punishment
For CEOs，human-resource staff members and anyone who influences the development of an organization's disciplinary system，this book is a must-read．Managers，supervisors and smallbusiness owners also will benefit from Dick Grote's guidance on implementing a non-punitive approach to improved performance．This book is highly appreciated for the thoughtfulness and detail of his suggested disciplinary system，as well as his advice on incorporating this system into your daily management practices．
C．
The Game-Changer
This book is both intriguing and highly useful．Procter & Gamble CEO A．G．Lafley and business author Ram Charan draw examples from several large，successful organizations—GE，Honey-well，and Dupont—but their primary focus is Procter ＆ Gamble(P&G)．They explore how P&G changed from a staid giant to an organization driven by innovation—and radically expanded its sales and profits along the way．They are candid about P&G's organizational methods and failed innovations，and they show how willing it has become to open up and connect．
D．
The Leader on the Couch
When Manfred Kets de Varies uses many real life stories to show how you can use psychology to understand the workplace，his points are clear and seem immediately applicable．Admittedly，his discussion of the theories varies from instructive to somewhat obscure，and his classifications of personality and organizational types may seem arbitrary，but when he explains the processes involved in change．he is realistic and humare．Readers who exert some conscious patience will find the author's core points about the role of the unconscious in the business world insightful and useful．
E．
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
Principles are laws that apply across different cultures．generations，and circumstances，John Maxwell，drawing lessons from his own experiences as well as those of other leadem，has discovered 21 principles for leadership．In each chapter of the book，Maxwell describes each law as a tool that can help people succeed in business，church，spots，and pemonal endeavors。Anyone in any position，in any field，and in any culture，can learn and practice these laws to become a successful leader．The learning is made richer by real life illustrations that show how the laws are practiced or violated．