Those with more drive time than reading opportunity no longer have to go without a dose of Jack Welch. Jack: Straight From the Gut, the No. 2 hardback on this month's list, is now available in audio. There's a 14-hour full-length version, read by New York Daily News columnist Mike Barnicle. But you'll likely want the 6-hour abridged rendition, since it features the raspy, Massachusetts-accented voice of the author himself (TimeWarner, $25.98 for cassettes, $29.98 for CDs).
Most chapters have been streamlined, and that's largely to the good. Winning, very personal bits remain--along with a sophistic and unpersuasive section on ranking GE personnel. Five chapters are entirely excised. The most serious loss is chapter 15, "Too Full of Myself," on GE's 1986 acquisition of Kidder, Peabody. Here, Welch rants against Wall Street's "entitlement culture" and tells of his "worst nightmare"--the discovery of a "$350 million hole" in trader Joe Jett's account.
By Hardy Green
HARDCOVER BUSINESS BOOKS
1.WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? Spencer Johnson (Putnam $19.95) Learning to accept change. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 33
2.JACK Jack Welch, with John A. Byrne (Warner Business $29.95) GE's ex-chairman reflects on his life and accomplishments. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1
3.FISH! Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen (Hyperion $19.95) Motivate employees the Pike Place Fish market way. Last Month: 3, Months on List: 13
4.THE 17 INDISPUTABLE LAWS OF TEAMWORK John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson $24.99) Don't hog the ball, etc. Last Month: 12, Months on List: 2
5.THE ROAD TO WEALTH Suze Orman (Riverhead $29.95) Questions and answers from the queen of personal-finance counseling. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 3
6.TWIN TOWERS Angus Kress Gillespie (Rutgers $26) The politics, physics, and popularity of the World Trade Center. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1
7.FIRST, BREAK ALL THE RULES Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman (Simon & Schuster $26) A Gallup probe into managerial success. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 29
8.GUNG HO! Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles (Morrow $20) How Walton Works No. 2 fired up its employees. Last Month: 8, Months on List: 30
9.NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton (Free Press $26) How to bolster your true talents. Last Month: 7, Months on List: 8
10.THE TIPPING POINT Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown $24.95) Discovering what turns an idea into a hot trend. Last Month: 9, Months on List: 19
11.FAST FOOD NATION Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin $25) The bad news on burgers. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 7
12.NEXT Michael Lewis (Norton $23.95) Talkin' about the Net generation and how it is challenging experts of all sorts. Last Month: 5, Months on List: 3
13.THE 21 IRREFUTABLE LAWS OF LEADERSHIP John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson $22.99) A minister's down-to-earth rules. Last Month: 10, Months on List: 12
14.HOW TO BECOME A RAINMAKER Jeffrey J. Fox (Hyperion $16.95) Instruction for the would-be super-salesman. Last Month: 14, Months on List: 5
15.RAVING FANS Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles (Morrow $20) Turning customers into your biggest boosters. Last Month: 11, Months on List: 37
PAPERBACK BUSINESS BOOKS
1.RICH DAD, POOR DAD Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner $15.95) Teach your kids the rules of money that the rich play by. Last Month: 1, Months on List: 29
2.THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE Stephen R. Covey (Fireside $14) Habitually popular. Last Month: 2, Months on List: 80
3.GETTING TO YES Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton (Penguin $14) A Harvard team's step-by-step guide to conflict resolution. Last Month: 8, Months on List: 75
4.WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed $16.95) The enduring job-search bible. Last Month: 5, Months on List: 11
5.THE 9 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM Suze Orman (Three Rivers $13.95) Learn to save. Last Month: 3, Months on List: 10
6.THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE Thomas L. Friedman (Anchor Books $15) Globalization and its discontents. Last Month: --, Months on List: 10
7.THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER Kenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson (Berkley $12.95) Management techniques in story form. Last Month: 11, Months on List: 61
8.THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko (Pocket Books $7.99) The simple ways of the wealthy among us. Last Month: 7, Months on List: 37
9.RICH DAD'S CASHFLOW QUADRANT Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner $17.95) Move from job security to independence. Last Month: 6, Months on List: 18
10.BUILT TO LAST James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras (HarperBusiness $16) How 3M, Wal-Mart, and others became standouts. Last Month: 9, Months on List: 46
11.THE GOAL Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox (North River $19.95) Eliminating bottlenecks. Last Month: 14, Months on List: 24
12.ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY WEALTH Ric Edelman (HarperBusiness $15) Get tips from some regular folks who became rich. Last Month: 4, Months on List: 8
13.THE MILLIONAIRE MIND Thomas J. Stanley (Andrews McMeel $16.95) The values of the wealthy revealed. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1
14.RICH DAD'S GUIDE TO INVESTING Robert T. Kiyosaki, with Sharon L. Lechter (Warner $19.95) Becoming rich, not merely comfortable. Last Month: 10, Months on List: 16
15.DIVIDED WE STAND Eric Darton (Basic Books $15) The struggles behind the World Trade Center's development. Last Month: --, Months on List: 1
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