Books

 

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
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Career Development

What Color is Your Parachute By Richard Nelson Bolles

The Connect Effect, Building Strong Personal, Professional and Virtual Networks By Michael Dulworth

The First 90 Days By Michael Watkins

Managing Transitions By William Bridges

Give your Elevator Speech a Lift by Lorraine Howell

LearnWork Networks by Dr. Mary Jo Hall

Working Identity by Herminia Ibarra

 

Federal Job Search

How to Land a Top-paying Federal Job By Lily Whiteman

Federal Resume Guidebook By Kathryn Kraemer Troutman

The Book of U.S. Government Jobs: Where they are, What is Available and How to get one By Dennis V. Damp

 

General Leadership Books:

The Work of Leaders: How Vision, Alignment and Execution will change the way you lead by Julie Straw

Authentic Leadership by Bill George

Flow by Mihaly Csikszentimihalyi

Ditch, Dare or Do: 3D Personal Branding for Executives by M. Arruda and D. Deb

Leadership from the Inside Out by Kevin Cashman

Leadership and the Art of Conversation by Kim H. Krisco

Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell

Leading Change by John Kotter

The Work of Leaders by J. Straw, M. Scullard, S. Kukkonen, and B. Davis

Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace: Building Effective Relationships in your Organization by D. Reina, M. Reina, M. Chagnon

 

Personal Leadership

The Introvert Advantage by Dr. Marti Laney

The Power of Habit by C. Duhigg

Conceptual Blockbusting by John L. Adams

How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer

The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion by Richard Shell

Pause for Breath by Amanda Ridings

Creative Creativity by Michael Michalko

Time to Think by Nancy Kline

Mind Mapping by Tony Buzan

Who Moved my Cheese? By Spencer Johnson

The Artist’s Way By Julia Cameron

The brain and emotional intelligence by Daniel Goleman

Ditch, Dare and Do by W. Arruda and D. Dib

 

Coaching

Change Your Questions, Change Your Life by Marilee Adams

Co-Active Coaching by Laura Whitworth, Karen and  Henry Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandhahl

Humble Inquiry by Edgar Schein

Pause for Breath by A. Ridings

 

Happiness

Positivity by Barbara Fredrickson

Beyond Happy by Beth Cabrera

Broadcasting Happiness by M. Gielan

 

Teaming

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

 

Classics

The Age of Unreason by Charles Handy

 

Generations

Generations at work by Ron Zemke et al

Managing the Milennials by Chip Espinoza et al

Managing the Generations Mix by Carolyn Martin and Bruce Tulgan