The Seven-Day Weekend, Ricardo Semler. Portfolio, 2004.
“Empowerment” has been a buzzword, but Semler makes it happen in his organization. He encourages people to make their own decisions and take the consequences, and puts that in action in “his” company. By pushing power down, people step up. This book is full of anecdotes of how Semler has helped that work. (Reviewed April, ’05)