Well it's been a while since my last post, and this is another book review. Now, I hadn't intended this blog to be a book review site, but given my twin addictions to Starbucks and Borders (which I've alluded to in past posts) it was inevitable that books were going to feature heavily.
Anyway, I recently picked up a book that isn't actually 'new' as such - it was first published in 2003 - but the topic is just as relevant now as then. The book is Transparency Edge: How Credibility Can Make or Break You in Business by Barbara Pagano, Elizabeth Pagano, and Stephen C. Lundin. It caught my attention because, as a consultant, I have always been respected for what one of my past managers described as 'intellectual honesty' - the courage to tell a client that they are wrong, and the refusal to write a report that rubberstamped a decision I didn't agree with. At times this has seemed a career limiting move, so it was interesting to see a book that highlighted the business advantages of honesty and transparency.
