[A] useful primer in how to become a more confident and skilled businessperson.

I'm enthusiastic about [St. Hilaire's] approach to persuasion, which is very simple, and which is fundamentally about positivity: making other people feel good about themselves makes them feel good about you.

27 Powers of Persuasion offers readers some powerful new ideas on how to get others to follow you."

St. Hilaire provides...interesting and useful methods for presenting ideas.... He's practical...though he very wisely recognizes how humans think and act. His anecdotes are apt and instructional..., and show how executives and others can present their thoughts in ways that are palatable to others without necessarily compromising or losing integrity.

The result of Delves Broughton's time there is this funny and revealing insider's view, revealing precisely because he is genuinely fascinated by the world of business, and his fascination is infectious

He sets the scene brilliantly, capturing an essence of HBS that is part cult, part psychological morass, part hothouse... For anyone planning to attend this remarkable institution, Delves Broughton's book is invaluable... A quite brilliant book

Delves Broughton sketches out the Harvard curriculum and his fellow travellers with skill and wit... His work is a handy introduction for those who crave the mega-bucks and mega-power that HBS brings many of its graduates. But while it is not the kind of book that non-business readers will naturally reach for, it deserves a broader audience

A useful primer for anyone considering a similar path, or just curious as to how Harvard churns out all those gleaming little masters of the universe

A particularly absorbing and entertaining read

A cautionary tale for those who believe that the grass - and their future paycheck - would be greener if only they could jump the fence into the rarefied world of the Masters of Business Administration

Original, clever, funny - and full of insights into one of the most influential insitutions in the world

What They Teach You...' is a hilarious, perceptive and unflinching account of the strange world of Harvard Business School, its students and the wider world of business which they are set to dominate. It is the Liar's Poker of the MBA set. Destined to become a classic

Informative, wry, and well-written, this book will make rewarding and pleasurable reading for anybody wishing to understand why business is the way it is.

Kirkpatrick's amazing reporting details what happens when a hacker culture turns into a multi-billion-dollar firm. Mark Zuckerberg sought to maintain that hacker energy, and it's fascinating to hear what resulted

Engrossing. . . . A detailed and scrupulously fair history of [Facebook]