Books

Textbooks for the classroom. Trade books for the job.

Two current textbooks built around the DART model, earlier scholarly books, and a trade series on the manager’s work in the AI transition.

Textbooks

Written for faculty preparing the next generation of managers, and current through 2026.

Compensation · 2026

Compensation: Rewarding and Retaining Talent

California Edition. A working reference for the compensation course, with California’s pay-scale disclosure, wage-and-hour rules, and 2026 exempt salary floor integrated throughout.

On Amazon · Review copy

Management · 2026

Management: Optimizing Talent for Organizational Effectiveness

A principles-of-management text organized around the DART model: Direct and Deploy, Attract and Assess, Reward and Retain, Teach and Transform.

On Amazon · B&W edition · Review copy

Full descriptions, feature lists, and adoption details are on the home page.

The More Capable series

A three-book trade series on the manager’s real job in the AI transition.

Book one · Forthcoming

Judgment Call

How great managers decide what AI cannot. A book about the manager’s remaining edge: deciding well when the data runs out and the model cannot tell you what to do.

judgmentcallbook.com

Book two

Lead What Lasts

The second book in the series, on the leadership work that outlasts any one tool or trend.

leadwhatlasts.com

News, excerpts, and the Saturday newsletter live at morecapableseries.com.

Earlier books

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