The Japan HR Society (JHRS) Latest Book Recommendations for HR Professionals

A Necessary Evil: Managing Employee Activity on Facebook, Linkedin and the Hundreds of Other Social Media Sites by Aliah Wright [2013]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:06:34 GMT

This book will help business leaders, HR professionals, and line managers guide employees in their use of social networking sites while balancing productivity and help HR professionals set policies that do both.

Next-Generation Wellness at Work by Stephenie Overman [2009]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:03:35 GMT

This book introduces the concept of Wellness programs in the workplace, and outlines the ways they can benefit an organization

Primal Management: Unraveling the Secrets of Human Nature to Drive High Performance by Paul Herr [2009]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:00:23 GMT

Primal Management is the first book to bring together the five impulses at the core of human motivation (innovation, competency, attaining goals, cooperation, and self-protection).

Great People Decisions by Claudio Fernandez Araoz [2007]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:57:00 GMT

This is a MUST read for every business owner, hiring manager, recruiting professional, or any one who is interested in hiring top performers. Buy and read this book before you make another hire. You'll be glad you did!

Why Women Mean Business by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox & Alison Maitland [2008]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:53:35 GMT

Never before has there been such a confluence of international attention to the economic importance of women and the need for policies to enable them to fulfill their potential. The position of women - as employees, consumers and leaders - is seen as a measure of health, maturity and economic viability.

The HR Value Proposition by David Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank [2005]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:47:59 GMT

This book is probably the best one for those HR professionals who truly wants to be a strategic business partner. Timely reading and highly recommended not just for the HR teams. The authors themselves are HR's leading thinkers and they provide a blueprint for the future of HR management.

Co-Active Coaching: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success in Work And Life by Laura Whitworth, et al. [2007]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:45:28 GMT

This book captures the essence of what it takes to design and maintain successful, collaborative, and empowering coaching relationships.

Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap and What Women Can Do About It by Warren Farrell [2005]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:41:35 GMT

Wondering why hard-working women still got paid less than guys on practically the same sort of jobs? Actually, it is not the result of rampant discrimination, but rather due to career choices women (and men) make.

HR Forecasting and Planning (Developing Practice) by Paul Turner [2002]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:36:44 GMT

Presents a powerful step-by-step model that will help you deliver the full potential HR has to offer.

The Organization in Crisis: Downsizing, Restructuring, and Privatization by Ronald J. Burke and Cary L. Cooper [2000]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:57:36 GMT

Downsizing or restructuring? Before you do, buy and read this book and learn how such changes can be better managed in the future.

The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession by Joseph L. Bower [2007]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:55:23 GMT

Looking for your successor? Before you do, buy and read this book and learn the concept of "inside-outsiders."

Managing Human Resources by Luis R. Gomez-Mejia, David B. Balkin, Robert L. Cardy [2003]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:50:35 GMT

This book provides a very compelling discussion on meeting present & emerging strategic HR challenges. Simply, this is a book that every strategic HR professional should have!

Working With Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman [2000]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:46:54 GMT

This book explains what EI is and why it counts more than IQ or expertise for excelling on the job.

How to Identify Your Organization's Training Needs: A Practical Guide to Needs Analysis by John H. McConnell [2003]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:44:23 GMT

This book helps readers determine the actual training requirements for everyone within a given organization, from the newly-promoted, newly-hired, and just-transferred, to those who need training as a result of changes in technology or operations. Covering a range of topics from gathering and analyzing information, to communicating results to upper management, this book is a vital resource for the training professional.

Stop Living Your Job, Start Living Your Life: 85 Simple Strategies To Achieve Work/life Balance by Andrea Molloy [2005]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:39:23 GMT

There is a prevalent myth regarding the elusive work/life balance---that we can have and do it all. Is this really possible?

The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their Employees, Retain Talent, and Drive Performance by Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:36:00 GMT

Know how the best managers use recognition to engage their employees, retain talent, & drive performance. Written by employee- recognition experts, Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton.

Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-based Hiring to Build Great Teams by Lou Adler [2007]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:33:37 GMT

This is a MUST-to- have book for all internal and 3rd party recruiters alike. Written by Recruiting Guru, Lou Adler, it contains useful tips and info on how recruiting should be done the right way.

The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States by Sanford M. Jacoby [2007]

JHRS — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 05:29:47 GMT

Professor Sanford Jacoby says significant differences remain in the ways that executives in these nations view employees, shareholders and other stakeholders. An excellent book to understand the Japanese and Western way of HR management.

Strategy to Action in 10 Days: Creating High Performance Organizations

Jun — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 07:47:38 GMT

Keeping your organization on top in today’s competitive business environment requires that everyone, from the janitor to the CEO, operate at the highest levels. High performance is no longer a competitive advantage – it is a survival necessity! Can you take your business from high performance strategy to action in just 10 days?

Yes! If you read this revolutionary book and master its secrets.

Implement new ideas throughout your organization faster than you ever thought possible
Discover the science of strategic change by taking advantage of the latest research in positive deviance, fair process, neuroscience and mass customization
Use persuasive technology to create change throughout an organization without the need for traditional training programs

This radical, scientific approach to organizational and personal innovation is field tested and not just theory. It has already produced significant results in a variety of organizations and industries. It can do the same in yours!

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The 7 Arts of Change by David Shaner

Jun — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:07:40 GMT

Many businesses try to change...but few succeed.

At best, a few buzzwords and new reports become part of the company’s structure. At worst, programs crash and burn, and everyone becomes irreparably disillusioned with the revolving door of new-mission statements. According to David Shaner, a business consultant with a 100% success rate of change at companies including Duracell, Frito-Lay, Ryobi, and Gillette, the problem is that the implemented changes don’t address either individuals or the corporate culture. They’re only on the surface.

Combining lessons drawn from four decades of Aikido with knowledge gleaned from his 30-year consulting career, Shaner merges Eastern philosophy with Western business savvy to present his Seven Arts of Change (including the Arts of Preparation, Relaxation, and Compassion), showing how individual adjustments from CEO down can transform a company.

Using exercises, strategies and real-life examples to show how to awaken the untapped potential in any organization and every person within it, Shaner shows how to create change built to last.

SPECIAL OFFER TO JHRS MEMBERS:

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The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why by Richard Nisbett

Jun — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:45:46 GMT

This is a groundbreaking research in cultural psychology, addressing questions such as:

Why did the ancient Chinese excel at algebra and arithmetic, but not geometry, the brilliant achievement of such Greeks as Euclid?
Why do East Asians find it so difficult to disentangle an object from its surroundings?
Why do Western infants learn nouns more rapidly than verbs, when it is the other way around in East Asia?

At a moment in history when the need for cross-cultural understanding and collaboration have never been more important, The Geography of Thought offers both a map to that gulf and a blueprint for a bridge that might be able to span it. Buy the book here.

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Jun — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:35:34 GMT

The subtitle of Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Broadway Business, 320 pages, $26) says it all. The book, by Chip Heath, a professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and Dan Heath, a senior fellow at Duke University's Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, is about overcoming the immense difficulty of organizational change.

It is not an ordinary book about organizational change, which has been a very popular topic for management advice books over the last couple of decades. It begins by delving deep into the human psyche to examine why we all so resist change so much of the time. The authors argue that if we can learn some fundamentals of how our minds function, we can do better overcoming our opposition to change. We can figure out how to keep our desire to improve things from being overwhelmed by our skepticism, caution and fear.

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Why Women Mean Business by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox & Alison Maitland [2008]

Jun — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:58:52 GMT

Buy this book here.

"Wink: A Modern Day Parable of Wealth Beyond Words"by Roger Hamilton

JHRS — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:00:24 GMT

This book holds the keys to your wealth. Don't put it down. The keys will remain in this book until you open it and take them out. You can open it now, but to take out the keys, first you need to find them.

The keys are in a story behind the story: A lesson behind the lesson. That means to find the keys, you need to become better at seeing. What you see will always be what you get.

Each time you read the book, you will see a little better until, one by one, you take the keys out and use them to unlock the doors to your wealth. If you work hard enough, in time you will find the final key. This is referred to throughout the story, and it is the biggest key by far. It unlocks the door to wealth beyond words. Time is your greatest asset, and your wealth awaits.

So don't waste another minute. Don't question. Just read this book. Read it now. Read it and grow rich....

Buy this book now!

"Financial Intelligence for HR Professionals: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers [2008]" by Berman, Knight, and Case

Jun — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:53:41 GMT

A MUST read book for all HR professionals wanting to become a true "business partner." Know the numbers that matter most to the business.