BusinessWeek ranks business books that are the most recent bestsellers.

1. StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath
2. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss
3. Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny by Suze Orman
4. Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips
5. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
6. Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance by Marcus Buckingham
7. Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming by Fred Krupp and Mariam Horn
8. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Dan Heath
9. Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions by John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber
10. How Come That Idiot’s Rich and I’m Not? by Robert Shemin

Resources for Humans Managing Editor Celeste Blackburn reviews Punching In: The Unauthorized Adventures of a Front-Line Employee by Alex Frankel. Review recounts examples from the book that show how companies both win over and lose employee buy in.

In his “Author’s Note” for Punching In: The Unauthorized Adventures of a Front-Line Employee, Frankel writes “the seminal narrative of the business world is the case study. . . . Though some in my shoes might have been inspired to lead a company and shape the case studies of the future, I grew interested in living inside one.” So begins his tale of working for six of the country’s most recognizable companies: United Parcel Service (UPS), Home Depot, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Gap, and the Apple Store. At each stop, he learned more about what makes employees loyal and buy into a company’s brand and culture.

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The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on June 23.

1 The One Minute Entrepreneur: The Secret to Creating and Sustaining a Successful Business, by Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson and Ethan Willis. A fictional parable incorporating real-life advice on how to start a business.
2 The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, by Timothy Ferris. Because life isn’t all about work.
3 Debt Cures “They” Don’t Want You to Know About, by Kevin Trudeau. How the credit industry is rigged against you, and how to fight back by changing your financial habits.
4 Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want, by James Arthur Ray with Linda Sivertsen. Creating the life you want through financial, mental, physical and spiritual wealth.
5 The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness, by Dave Ramsey. Debt reduction and fiscal fitness for families, by the radio talk-show host.
6 Now, Discover Your Strengths, by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton. How to identify and develop your talents and those of your employees.
7 The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means, by George Soros. The financier analyzes the origins and implications of the credit crisis, and offers a new way of thinking about how markets really work.
8The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, New Edition, by Jeffrey Gitomer. An expert in sales provides the definitive sales reference.
9Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism, by Kevin Phillips. How the financial sector has hijacked the American economy, aided by Washington’s ruinous faith in the efficiency of markets.
10 The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. A financial trader with an expertise in probability theory and statistics, debunks much about economic forecasting, and uses examples ranging from how a book becomes a best-seller to how an entrepreneur becomes a mogul.
11 Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions, by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber. A fable about how to bring about change in a group, through the eyes of a penguin bearing bad news.
12Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny, by Suze Orman. How women can achieve financial security.
13 Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, by Dan Ariely. An M.I.T. behavioral economist shows how emotions and social norms systematically shape our behavior.
14 Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance, by Marcus Buckingham. A guide to being more productive, focused and creative at work.
15 What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful, by Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter. How to beat bad habits that hinder success.

Employment law attorney Michael Maslanka reviews the book The Elements of Persuasion: Use Storytelling to Pitch, Sell Faster & Win More Business by Richard Maxwell and Robert Dickman. Review notes example in book of Ritz-Carlton’s job interview process.

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Employment law attorney Michael Maslanka reviews the book The Elements of Persuasion: Use Storytelling to Pitch, Sell Faster & Win More Business by Richard Maxwell and Robert Dickman. Review notes example in book of Ritz-Carlton’s job interview process.

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Web Editor Wendi Watts reviews the book Women & Money by Suze Orman. Review explains how book can aid HR with effective communication with employees about financial issues.

With her usual down-to-earth style, Suze Orman tackles the subject of women’s complicated relationship with money in her book Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny. At the beginning of the book, she confesses that she had never thought she would write a book geared specifically to women, but after seeing the same problems over and over again with women in many different social and economic situations, she wrote Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny.

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Web Editor Wendi Watts reviews the book Women & Money by Suze Orman. Review explains how book can aid HR with effective communication with employees about financial issues.

With her usual down-to-earth style, Suze Orman tackles the subject of women’s complicated relationship with money in her book Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny. At the beginning of the book, she confesses that she had never thought she would write a book geared specifically to women, but after seeing the same problems over and over again with women in many different social and economic situations, she wrote Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny.

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Amazon.com updates it’s bestselling business book hourly. Here  is a snapshot of what books were hot this morning — Monday, June 9.

1. Streetwise Small Business Book Of Lists: Hundreds of Lists to Help You Reduce Costs, Increase Revenues, and Boost Your Profits (Adams Streetwise Series) by Gene Marks.

2. Business By The Book: Complete Guide of Biblical Principles for the Workplace by Larry Burkett.

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Employment law editor Michael Maslanka reviews the book Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. Review highlights tactics in book for effective communication between supervisors and employees.

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BusinessWeek ranks business books that are the most recent bestsellers and provides a short summary.

1. StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now, Discover Your Strengths by Tom Rath. Are you unsure where your true talents lie? Do you feel that you are both a person who gets things done and someone who offers penetrating analysis? Well, you can discover whether you are truly an “achiever” or an “analytical” by completing the online quiz. Then, the book will give you “ideas for action” and tips for how best you can work with others. More of a patiencetester than strengthsfinder, the quiz/book is probably best for those who have lots of time on their hands.

2. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss. Author Ferriss isn’t shy about tooting his own horn: He says he “speaks six languages, runs a multinational firm from wireless locations worldwide, and has been a world-record holder in tango, a national champion in kickboxing, and an actor in a hit television series in Hong Kong.” Is this the sort of person you really want to be taking advice from? Anyway, Ferris offers recommendations and resources for everything from eliminating wasted time to oursourcing your job and getting cheap airfare. Discover your dreams and live them!

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