All Time Favorites

  • Brene’ Brown books including:

    • Dare to Lead

    • Daring Greatly

    • I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t)

  • Harriet Lerner books including:

    • The Dance of Connection

    • The Dance of Fear

  • FYI For Your Improvement, Lombardo & Eichenger (I prefer 4th Edition)

Leadership, Teams & Organizational Development

  • Difficult Conversations, Stone (audio book)

  • Everyday Emotional Intelligence, Goleman (HBR)

  • Getting Things Done, Allen

  • Good to Great, Collins

  • How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work, Kegan and Lahey

  • How Women Rise, by Helgesen and Goldsmith

  • It’s the Manager, by Gallup

  • It’s Your Ship, Abrashoff

  • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Dweck

  • Playing Big, by Tara Mohr

  • Start With Why, Sinek (TED Talk)

  • The Confidence Code, by Katty Kay

  • What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, Goldsmith

Nonprofits

  • Forces for Good, Crutchfield

  • Give and Take, Adam Grant

  • Good to Great in the Social Sectors, Collins

  • Guide to Nonprofit Leadership, Joan Garry

  • Made to Stick, Heath

  • The Networked Nonprofit, Kanter

Second Career & Transitions

  • Designing Your Life, Burnett

  • Encore Career Handbook, Alboher

  • Life Reimagined, Leider

  • The Second Half of Life, Amrien

  • The Third Chapter, Lawrence-Lightfoot

  • Transitions, Bridges