Tom Spears: 10 books

Corporate Politics. Every large organization is rife with them. Most employees find politics to be confusing, irritating, unfair, and something to be avoided at all costs. Many years in senior positions inside a variety of large corporations forced me to realize ignoring an organization's politics...

Many executives long to become the boss, the leader of their corporation. But only one person gets to fill that role, and opportunities to succeed the CEO of a successful company are few and far between. Execs battle one another, hoping to hold the unofficial title of 'Heir Apparent.' In a...

Vice President of Corporate Development at Andax Corporation, Joan Priest, is trusted by management to negotiate and close delicate deals that add significant growth and profits to the company.But Joan has a secret -- one that she fears will be revealed, turning her life upside down.Andax is in the...

Most people realize they should avoid that bad boss everyone is talking about, but fewer realize that the ones people aren’t discussing could be worse. Bad bosses seem to be hidden around every corner and stashed in every niche. And they come in more varieties than Baskin-Robbins ice cream.Bad...

Elwood Vilmont, hypercompetitive businessman, and the CEO of Redhouse Consulting, has brought his senior managers to Layoko Lodge for a “team building” exercise. As a part of the agenda, the group plans to spend three days rafting the Chilko river, including running the famous White Mile.Vilmont’s...

Mark Carson was once on a fast rise to the upper echelons of Global Guidance Corporation (GGC), until his wife’s affairs and their subsequent divorce destroyed his self-confidence and sent him into a downward spiral. By rediscovering the joy of running, he has seemingly gotten his life back together....

Roger Follansbee doesn't know what to do. He's the director of Information Technology at ESS, a battery company with a new technology that could revolutionize the world of electrical energy generation and storage. The company is pursuing a license with a German conglomerate to help make Quantum,...

Geologist Julia McCoy is in her first job, and seems to be the most unlikely person ever to challenge management at Matrix Corporation's Ethiopian mining subsidiary. Despite the apparent risks during her site visit, she pushes EthioCupro's top two executives too far.The company has...

JC Martin, recently retired from the Navy, has taken a job with a socially responsible fashion company named Dam Yankee. His position with the firm, as the supplier auditor, is considered critical to the business as their reputation revolves around doing good works in the poorest nations of the world.Martin's...

Ever wonder what other people think about you? Your work? What you should be focused on? Colin Jensen is obsessed with these questions. As the newly appointed President of the Chemicals Division of the TruePhase Instrument Company, Jensen want to know everything -- where the weak spots...