Off The Shelf

Ron Williams, former chairman and CEO of Aetna, sits down with Rebecca Ray to discuss his recent book, Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization. Hear how future business leaders can develop the professional management qualities needed to deliver personal, interpersonal, and organizational success in the decades ahead.

Bluford Putnum on his book, Economics Gone Astray Join host and Senior Economist at The Conference Board, Ilaria Maselli, for an interview with Bluford Putnam, author and Chief Economist of the CME Group, as he discusses his latest book, Economics Gone Astray, which explores critical topics in macroeconomics that help readers to better analyze market behavior and the economic consequences of policy decisions.

Should we expect to be happy and fulfilled at work? In her latest book, Annie McKee makes the most compelling case yet that happiness--and the full engagement that comes with it--is more important than ever in today's workplace. Join host, Rebecca Ray, Ph.D., Executive VP of Human Capital at The Conference Board, as she sits down with Annie to discuss her new book and shed light on the powerful relationship of happiness to individual, team, and organizational success.

Based on his legendary Yale seminar on strategic thinking (co-taught by Paul Kennedy and Charles Hill), John Lewis Gaddis discusses his latest book, On Grand Strategy, which offers readers leadership insights by surveying great historical figures spanning from Herodotus to Franklin Roosevelt – exploring the wisdom and temperament that led them to success, along with the mistakes that could lead current and  future leaders to ruin.   

Want to build a challenging – and lucrative – career without the pressure to “climb the corporate ladder?” Join Kathryn Sollmann for this edition of Off the Shelf as she discusses her latest book, Ambition Redefined: Why the Corner Office Doesn't Work for Every Woman & What to Do Instead, which provides readers with practical tools to carve out rewarding and well-paying careers that favor personal satisfaction over public applause.

Join Joe Cohen and Judith Harrison as they discuss Diverse Voices: Profiles in Leadership, recently released by the PRSA Foundation and the Museum of Public Relations. Diverse Voices features interviews with more than 40 top multicultural corporate and PR agency leaders who share candid anecdotes about their successes, the obstacles they’ve had to overcome, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. NB: In this episode, Joe Cohen references his reading of Walter Isaacson’s biography on Ben Franklin and comments that Mr. Franklin was a slave owner. Mr. Cohen would like to point out that upon further reading of the book, he learned that towards the end of his life, Mr. Franklin renounced slavery and called for its abolition.