"This delightful book is both intelligent and wise. Anyone serious about becoming more effective at work will benefit by reading this book and taking its insights to heart. Marcum and Smith do a beautiful job describing ego's strengths and pitfalls, and they guide us toward practices that help tame the ego to get it to work for us rather than against us."

Dr. Amy C. Edmondson
Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management
Chair, Doctoral Programs
Harvard Business School

"I love this book. This book reveals in depth and originality how to deploy this basic force for self development and for the common good. A book every leader should read."

Dr. Warren Bennis
Distinguished Professor of Business
University of Southern California
Author of On Becoming a Leader and co-author of Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders.

"egonomics is great medicine for those of us who manage knowledge workers-people who know more about what they are doing than we do! The book is filled with great learning and at the same time, great fun. A wonderful book."

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author
What Got You Here Won't Get You There

"What a brilliant and vitally important book! So true and so pragmatically necessary."

Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

"You have to pay attention when Stephen Covey calls a book 'brilliant and vitally important.' [I] found myself enjoying egonomics: what makes ego our greatest asset (or most expensive liability)... For one thing, it reinforces the overwhelming presence of ego in business these days. I [enjoyed] this book."

Diane Brady
Senior Writer, BusinessWeek

"This book is quite an accomplishment. Marcum and Smith's practical approach in egonomics addresses an incredibly important aspect of work life (and all of life) that gets very little systematic attention and sustained implementation in the business world."

Jon Kabat-Zinn
Professor of Medicine emeritus
Author, Coming to Our Senses
Leader: UMass Medical School The Power of Mindfulness retreats for leaders and innovators

"After the extraordinary hubris of recent business history...it's so refreshing to read egonomics, which makes a compelling case for the practical importance of humility and veracity in the business realm."

Alan Deutschman, Senior writer, Fast Company
Author, Change or Die: The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life

"Marcum and Smith argue that megalomania has its bright side: Without delusions of grandeur, after all, there'd be no iPod or personal computer. They recommend that managing ego-finding the line between determined and stubborn, courageous and reckless...every manager's top priority."

Justin Ewers
U.S. News and World Report

"Unless you're an egomaniac, this book is sure to change your behavior and make you a better person. If you are an egomaniac, it won't occur to you to read it."

Guy Kawasaki
Founder of Truemors, author of The Art of the Start

"egonomics is a riveting assessment of every leader's daily challenge for real and perceived ego balance in a journey characterized by permanent whitewater. This book is the critical ingredient for the quality and sustainability of any organization's value system and economic profit."

James C. Thyen
President, Chief Executive Officer
Kimball International, Inc.

"This book is about a subject that has received little attention for far too long. Marcum and Smith have done a scholarly job...they not only recognize and clearly explain the significant problems and opportunities EGO brings to great leadership, but they motivate you to do something about it and explain how it can be done. It's good reading for every executive and could result in enormous rewards."

Dr. Jack R. Wentworth
Dean Emeritus
Kelley School of Business
Indiana University

"This book is terrific! egonomics provides grounded, practical approaches for those trying to lift their organizations from the strangleholds of runaway egos. Marcum and Smith's perspective on 'veracity' should be required reading in every MBA program."

Christine M. Pearson, Ph.D.
Professor of Management, Global Business
Thunderbird

"Marcum and Smith's well-written, engaging, and useful work identifies early warning signs of ego and principles to avoid excessive ego (humility, curiosity, veracity). The book is well documented, easy to follow, and filled with specific ideas that can be helpful for leaders at all levels of a company."

Dave Ulrich, Ph.D.
Professor, Ross School of Business and
Partner, The RBL Group
Author, The Leadership Brand

"egonomics brings a new significant leadership resource-moving us from experiencing ego as a liability to appreciating ego as part of the power of personal humility. egonomics enhances the language of the leader of the future."

Frances Hesselbein, Chairman Leader to Leader Institute (formerly The Peter Drucker Foundation)

"Blending ideas from cutting edge research with the wisdom that can only be acquired from being in the game, egonomics shows leaders how to recognize ego's cost and how to control their own egos and manage those of others. A must read for any manager or business leader. The smarter you think you are, the more you need to read this book."

Scott E. Page, Ph.D.
Santa Fe Institute and author of The Difference
Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

"With stunning examples, Marcum and Smith's egonomics shows how the ego needs of executives, managers, and key others can sabotage corporate and personal success...they show how humility, curiosity, and truth can restore...the corporate bottom line."

Dr. Carol Hoare
Professor of Human Development and Human Resource Development
The George Washington University

"Finally a book that tackles the toughest problem in business today...A brilliant and badly-needed book."

Al Ries
Author, The Origin of Brands

"...convincing evidence that harnessing the power of ego will provide new levers for enhancing organizational effectiveness. This book provides practical wisdom that will be essential to understanding and motivating the high potential workforce of the future."

Terri A. Scandura, Ph.D.
Professor of Management & Psychology
University of Miami

"Marcum and Smith show, in clear language and practical detail, how to make ego into a force for positive change-for personal and organizational success."

Marshall Sashkin, Ph.D.
Professor of Human Resource Development
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
The George Washington University

"...very interesting and unique approach to helping people learn to steer their behavior more productively in the workplace. It is certain to be widely used...."

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ph.D.
Professor, Harvard Business School
Bestselling author of Confidence: How Winning Streaks & Losing Streaks Begin and End

"egonomics is a breakthrough work much needed in a time when we are bombarded with quick fixes of marginal relevance. It is a carefully considered and wide-ranging work that provides excellent guidance for managers at all levels as well as serving as a blueprint for researchers interested in fully understanding organizational behavior."

Dr. David D. Van Fleet
Professor of Management
School of Global Management and Leadership
Arizona State University