Topic: Walter Isaacson

The Wrong Lesson for Bosses to Learn from Steve Jobs

Reuters

One reading of Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography suggests the key to success is being a jerk, a piece of advice that some bosses have taken too literally. But science is on the side of nice bosses. It has found mean bosses lead to lower worker satisfaction, which in turn leads to worse financial performance.

By Ray Gustini

Jan 30, 2012

The Smart Set

Obama's Off the Record Comedy Routine; The Return of Robert Gibbs

The president attended the off-the-record dinner for the first time since 2009 this weekend, Michael Vick is struggling to land a New York Fashion Week invitation, and Robert Gibbs, and the Weinstein Brothers are planning a star-studded Giants pep rally.

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By Ray Gustini

Dec 20, 2011

Bill Clinton's Five Favorite Dense History Books

Today in books: Bill Clinton's five favorite books are heavy reading, Michael Chabon says publishers are getting an unfair share of e-book profits, and The New York Times assembles "a North Korea reading list."

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By Ray Gustini

Dec 12, 2011

A New Fleshy Book Blog; Jobs Biography is Amazon's 2011 Bestseller

Today in books: The New York Daily News tips its toe into the world of blog blogging with a picture of a semi-nude Truman Capote, Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography was Amazon's top-selling book of 2011, and "China's Amazon" is going to start selling e-books.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 7, 2011

The Crazy Perfectionism That Drove Steve Jobs

Allowing some time for the Steve Jobs dust to settle, Malcolm Gladwell in this week's New Yorker offers his insight on the Walter Isaacson biography of the late Apple CEO, proving once and for all that Jobs was crazy.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 2, 2011

George Bush's Memoir Outsold the Steve Jobs Biography

In the first week of sales, George W. Bush's book Decision Points sold better than Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography.

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 24, 2011

Tolkien's Lost 'Hobbit' Art; Debunking the Shakespeare Deniers

Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography tops the digital and print sales charts, JRR Tolkien's newly-unearthed illustrations for The Hobbit will be seen for the first time, and Roland Emmerich's new Shakespeare authorship thriller gets fact-checked.

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By Adam Martin

Oct 20, 2011

Steve Jobs Regretted Not Having Earlier Cancer Surgery

Steve Jobs waited nine months to get surgery for the pancreatic cancer that eventually killed him, saying it was too invasive, a decision he later told his biographer he regretted.

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 12, 2011

Here Are the 2011 National Book Award Finalists

Also: Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography traces the origins of his black turtleneck

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By John Hudson

Jul 6, 2011

Fanboy Relief: Steve Jobs Biography Has a Less Irritating Title

The title "iSteve: The Book of Jobs" has been scrapped for just "Steve Jobs"

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