The Reading Lists of the Pharmceuticals Business Elite

You decide…is this a new competitive edge or a mere curiosity?

Have you ever wondered what your industry peers or competitors are reading? Maybe they are into something that’s passed you by and would be perfect for your company. Or maybe you’d gain a little more insight into what’s hot with your competition. Then again, maybe knowing what your competitors and peers are reading is nothing more than a curiosity. *

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1
The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss


Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't


Now, Discover Your Strengths


Medicine, Science and Merck


Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done

2
Angels & Demons


Now, Discover Your Strengths


Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood


American Political Thought (Chatham House Studies in Political Thinking)
by
Kenneth M. Dolbeare (Editor)


Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

3
Holy Blood, Holy Grail


Broken Music: A Memoir


The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth


The Merck Druggernaut: The Inside Story of a Pharmaceutical Giant


The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss

4
The Da Vinci Code

NYT Rank: 4

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time : A Novel


Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High


Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club)


The Da Vinci Code

NYT Rank: 4
5
The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands


Angels & Demons


The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?


Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't


Leadership and the One Minute Manager : Increasing Effectiveness Through Situational Leadership

6
The Five People You Meet in Heaven


The Da Vinci Code

NYT Rank: 4

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't


The Five People You Meet in Heaven


The Five People You Meet in Heaven

7
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment


The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set)


The Da Vinci Code

NYT Rank: 4

The Big Bad Wolf: A Novel


Angels & Demons

8
The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance


Deception Point


The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss


The Da Vinci Code

NYT Rank: 4

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

9
The Gospel of Mary Magdalene


Dude, Where's My Country?


The Good Carb Cookbook : Secrets of Eating Low on the Glycemic Index


Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

10
The Five People You Meet in Heaven


Bleachers


Built to Last : Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Harper Business Essentials)


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* Are there other interesting possibilities?

You bet! One person tried to make stock purchase recommendations based on this data. Frankly, we found that hilarious but “to each his own!” Clearly, there are sharp differences in the reading lists…some are self-centric while others focus on self-help kinds of topics and still others have an abundance of fiction and non-fiction books. We’re sure that you will come up with totally new perspectives. If you do and would like to share, please email us at bob@messagebuilders.com.

Disclaimer: Through the magic of Amazon, we’ve been able to create comparative lists of the books being read by the folks at major companies. There’s nothing “official” about this data…it’s only based on purchases at Amazon without any input or approval from the companies mentioned.

Date Updated: 7/10/2005



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