NBS recommends top business reads

Warren Buffett’s Management Secrets

By Mary Buffett & David Clark

P899

MANILA, Philippines - Even in today’s economic climate, when so many investors and major companies are failing, Warren Buffett continues to be successful in all aspects of his life. Mary Buffett and David Clark have written the first book ever to take an in-depth look at Warren Buffett’s philosophies for personal and professional management — what they are, how they work, and how you can use them.

Through close examination of Warren Buffett’s life and career from his earliest days to now, Buffett and Clark shed light on his decision-making processes and reveal his strategies for keeping on track and maintaining focus. They examine Buffett’s inimitable leadership qualities and explain how Warren integrated what he learned over time into a winning management formula and became not only the manager whom other managers want to emulate but also the second richest man in the world.

Making It All Work

By David Allen

P675

Getting Things Done clearly spoke to an urgent need in our increasingly time-pressured society, but as David Allen discovered from years of teaching GTD principles, they have much broader implications, and far richer applications, than as a mere personal organizing system.

Now, in this long-awaited follow up to what Time magazine called “the defining self-help business book of the decade,” David Allen unlocks the full power of his methods across the entire span of life and work, teaching you how to confidently take charge of everyday commitments and know where to situate them on the horizons of your goals and aspirations. While Getting Things Done functioned as an essential tool kit, Making It All Work is an invaluable road map, providing both bearings to help you determine where you are in life and directions on how to get to where you want to go.

Repositioning

By Jack Trout & Steve Rivkin

P1,215

Thirty years ago, Jack Trout and Al Ries published their classic bestseller, Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind — a book that revolutionized the world of marketing. But times have changed. Competition is fiercer. Consumers are savvier. Communications are faster. And once-successful companies are in crisis mode.

Repositioning shows you how to adapt, compete — and succeed — in today’s overcrowded marketplace. Global marketing expert Jack Trout has retooled his most effective positioning strategies — providing a must-have arsenal of proven marketing techniques specifically redesigned for our current climate. With Repositioning, you can conquer the “3 Cs” of business: Competition, Change, and Crisis.

The Rules Of Victory

By James Gimian & Barry Boyce

P795

Sun Tzu’s Art of War is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest tools for understanding and resolving conflict ever. But how do you translate its military insights into practical tactics you can use in the corporate boardroom, the PTA meeting, or the family reunion? James Gimian and Barry Boyce take the principles born on ancient Chinese battlefields and show you how to relate them to the situations of your everyday life. By learning to identify the underlying dynamic of a situation, you can transform conflict into victory.