Book Club

Healthy Brain, Happy Life: A Personal Program to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better By Wendy Suzuki

Healthy Brain, Happy Life: A Personal Program to Activate Your Brain and Do Everything Better By Wendy Suzuki

A neuroscientist transforms the way we think about our brain, our health, and our personal happiness in this clear, informative, and inspiring guide—a blend of personal memoir, science narrative, and immediately useful takeaways that bring the human brain into focus as never before, revealing the powerful connection between exercise, learning, memory, and cognitive abilities.

Nearing forty, Dr. Wendy Suzuki was at the pinnacle of her career. An award-winning university professor and world-renowned neuroscientist, she had tenure, her own successful research lab, prestigious awards, and international renown…

Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People By Vanessa Van Edwards

Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People By Vanessa Van Edwards

Do you feel awkward at networking events? Do you wonder what your date really thinks of you? Do you wish you could decode people? You need to learn the science of people.
 
As a human behavior hacker, Vanessa Van Edwards created a research lab to study the hidden forces that drive us. And she’s cracked the code. In Captivate, she shares shortcuts, systems, and secrets for taking charge of your interactions at work, at home, and in any social situation. These aren’t the people skills you learned in school. This is the first comprehensive, science backed, real life manual on how to captivate anyone—and a completely new approach to building connections…

Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, Second Edition By Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, and David Maxfield

Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, Second Edition By Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, and David Maxfield

Whether you're a CEO, a parent, or merely a person who wants to make a difference, you probably wish you had more influence with the people in your life. But most of us stop trying to make change happen because we believe it is too difficult, if not impossible. We learn to cope rather than learning to influence.

From the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes the new edition of Influencer, a thought-provoking book that combines the remarkable insights of behavioral scientists and business leaders with the astonishing stories of…

The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company By Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel

The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company By Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel

There are a lot of books on leadership, what sets The Leadership Pipeline apart? 
The The Leadership Pipeline isn't theory. It is based on structured observation through over 1200 in depth executive assessments of very successful people--contenders for CEO, CFO, Group Executive and Business General Manager. 

The Leadership Pipeline isn't about fads or the latest new thing. It based first on principles developed over 30 years… 

Leading Change, With a New Preface by the Author Hardcover By John P. Kotter

Leading Change, With a New Preface by the Author Hardcover By John P. Kotter

The international bestseller—now with a new preface by author John Kotter.

Millions worldwide have read and embraced John Kotter’s ideas on change management and leadership.

From the ill-fated dot-com bubble to unprecedented M&A activity to scandal, greed, and ultimately, recession—we’ve learned that widespread and difficult change is no longer the exception. It’s the rule. Now with a new preface, this refreshed edition of the global bestseller Leading Change is more relevant than ever…

The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness By Lolly Daskal

The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness By Lolly Daskal

Do people see you as the kind of leader you want to be? Are your strongest leadership qualities getting in the way of your greatness?

After decades of advising and inspiring some of the most eminent chief executives in the world, Lolly Daskal has uncovered a startling pattern: within each leader are powerful abilities that are also hidden impediments to greatness. She’s witnessed…

The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People By Gary Chapman & Paul White

The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People By Gary Chapman & Paul White

Dramatically improve workplace relationships simply by learning your coworkers’ language of appreciation.

This book will give you the tools to improve staff morale, create a more positive workplace, and increase employee engagement. How? By teaching you to effectively communicate authentic appreciation…

The Seven Minute Difference: Small Steps to Big Changes By Allyson Lewis

 The Seven Minute Difference: Small Steps to Big Changes By Allyson Lewis

Do you want more? More hope, more joy, more fun and more fulfillment? Change is the essence of life; the biggest, most meaningful, and dramatic differences in our lives—and in our world—are really just the result of a series of small, seemingly insignificant changes. "Amazing changes can occur in the most surprisingly small amounts of time," says Allyson Lewis, author and senior executive at a major financial services firm. "In just seven minutes my life changed forever, in this book I will share exactly what happened to me and how it can happen to you."In The Seven Minute Difference, Lewis motivates…

Change the Culture, Change the Game By Roger Connors & Tom Smith

Change the Culture, Change the Game By Roger Connors & Tom Smith

Two-time New York Times bestselling authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith show how leaders can achieve record-breaking results by quickly and effectively shaping their organizational culture to capitalize on their greatest asset-their people. 

Change the Culture, Change the Game joins their classic book, The Oz Principle, and their recent bestseller, How Did That Happen?, to complete the most comprehensive series ever written on workplace accountability. Based on an earlier book, Journey to the Emerald City, this fully revised installment captures what the authors have learned while working…

Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace By Christine Porath

Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace By Christine Porath

Incivility is silently chipping away at people, organizations, and our economy. Slights, insensitivities, and rude behaviors can cut deeply. Moreover, incivility hijacks focus. Even if people want to perform well, they can't. Customers too are less likely to buy from a company with an employee who is perceived as rude. Ultimately, incivility cuts the bottom line.

In MASTERING CIVILITY, Christine Porath shows how people can enhance their influence and effectiveness with civility. Combining scientific research with fascinating evidence…

Tough Calls from the Corner Office: Top Business Leaders Reveal Their Career-Defining Moments By Harlan Steinbaum, Michael Steinbaum, and Dave Conti

Tough Calls from the Corner Office: Top Business Leaders Reveal Their Career-Defining Moments By Harlan Steinbaum, Michael Steinbaum, and Dave Conti

Tough Calls from the Corner Office offers invaluable insight into the mind of the CEO.” —Bill Steere, President, Chairman, and CEO of Pfizer

“The stories in this book should inspire and give confidence to the many people looking to make their mark in business, or for that matter life.” —General Richard B. Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff…

Vocal Leadership: 7 Minutes a Day to Communication Mastery By Arthur Samuel Joseph

Vocal Leadership: 7 Minutes a Day to Communication Mastery By Arthur Samuel Joseph

Research proves that the greatest impact speakers have in any conversation comes not only from the words they say but from the sound of their voices. In other words, it is not just the message but the messenger that matters.

No one has a better grasp of this fact--and how to leverage it to your benefit--than Arthur Samuel Joseph, one of the world's leading communication strategists and the creator of the Vocal Awareness Method…

Now, Discover Your Strengths By Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton

Now, Discover Your Strengths By Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton

Based on a Gallup study of over two million people who have excelled in their careers, NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS uses a revolutionary programme to help readers discover their distinct talents and strengths. The product of a twenty-five year, multi-million pound effort to identify the most prevalent human talents, the StrengthsFinder programme introduces thirty-four talents or "themes" and reveals how…

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently By Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently By Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

What separates the greatest managers from all the rest?

They actually have vastly different styles and backgrounds. Yet despite their differences, great managers share one common trait: They don’t hesitate to break virtually every rule held sacred by conventional wisdom. They don’t believe that, with enough training, a person can achieve anything he sets his mind to. They don’t try to help people overcome their weaknesses. And, yes, they even play favorites…

Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams and Why People Follow By Tom Rath and Barry Conchie

Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams and Why People Follow By Tom Rath and Barry Conchie

From the author of the long-running #1 bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0 comes a landmark study of great leaders, teams and the reasons why people follow.

Nearly a decade ago, Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark 30-year research project that ignited a global conversation on the topic of strengths. More than 3 million people have since taken Gallup’s StrengthsFinder assessment, which forms the core of several books on this topic, including the #1 international bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0...

The War for Fundraising Talent: And How Small Shops Can Win By Jason Lewis

The War for Fundraising Talent: And How Small Shops Can Win By Jason Lewis

"The War for Fundraising Talent is an honest yet hopeful critique of professional fundraising, intended especially for small shops that find it difficult to consistently achieve their fundraising goals. These organizations are notorious for rapid turnover and high donor attrition which are merely side effects of a much larger problem. This inter-sector conflict will not be won by those organizations who continue to mistakenly consider their scarcest resource to be donors with dollars…

The Mission Myth: Building Nonprofit Momentum Through Better Business By Deirdre Maloney

The Mission Myth: Building Nonprofit Momentum Through Better Business By Deirdre Maloney

What is the Mission Myth? The idea that all a nonprofit needs to achieve success is a great mission and a lot of heart. The truth? It is only when organizations integrate the 4Ms -Management, Money, Marketing, and Measurement - that they will achieve optimal results. Here are strategies, anecdotes, and practical tips for new levels of success - all derived from nonprofits that reached new heights. Offering validation, camaraderie, laughter, and hope, The Mission Myth helps you do good...well…