Currently Reading:
- Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World. Donald Sull and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt. Mariner Books.
- The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, And Get Things Done Across Cultures. Erin Meyer. PublicAffairs.
Read:
- The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours. Chantel Prat, PhD. Dutton.Being You: A New Science of Consciousness. Anil Seth. Faber and Faber.
- The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact. Chip Heath & Dan Heath. Simon & Schuster.
- How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain. Lisa Feldman Barrett. Harper.
- Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Socal Engineering. Malcom Gladwell. Little, Brown & Company.
- Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want. Nicholas Employ. Vintage Books.
- The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. Daniel H. Pink. Riverhead Books.
- Useful Delusions: The Power & Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain. Shankar Vedantam & Bill Mesler. W. W. Norton.
- The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us. Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. Broadway Paperbacks.
- Leading Team: Setting the Stage for Great Performances. J. Richard Hackman. Harvard Business Press.
- Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well. Amy Edmondson. Atria Books.
- How Do We Know Ourselves? Curiosities and Marvels of the Human Mind. David G. Myers. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.
- The Upside of Your Dark Side: Why Being Your Whole Self – Not Just Your “Good” Self – Drives Success and Fulfillment. Todd Kashdan, PhD and Robert Biswas-Diener, Dr. Philosophy. Plume.
- Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things. Adam Grant. Viking.
- Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision Making. Sam Kaner with Lenny Lind, Catherine Toldi, Sarah Fisk, and Duane Berger. Jossey-Bass.
- The Power of Character Strengths: Appreciate and Ignite Your Positive Personality. Ryan M. Niemiec & Robert E. McGrath. VIA Institute on Character.
- 7 1/2 Lessons About the Brain. Lisa Feldman Barrett. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
- Selfless: The Social Creation of “You.” Brian Lowery, PhD. Harper Publishers.
- Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold On To What Matters. Charan Ranganath , PhD. Doubleday.
- Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection. Charles Dhuigg. Random House.
- Be The Boss Everyone Wants to Work For: A Guide for New Leaders. William Gentry. Bennett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
- Adam’s Curse: A Future Without Men. Bryan Sykes. W. W. Norton & Company.
- Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard. Bo Seo. Penguin Press.
- The Illustrated Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living. Russ Harris. Shambhala Publications.
- The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder. Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao. St. Martin’s Press.
- The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living. Russ Harris. Shambhala Publications.
- Becoming a Resonant Leader. Annie McKee, Richard Boyatzis, and Frances Johnston. Harvard Business Press.
- Don’t Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Hey Street: Willam Morrow.
- How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Katy Milkman. Portfolio / Penguin.
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being. Rick Rubin. Penguin Press.
- Together: Loneliness, Health & What Happens When We Find Connection. Vivek H. Murthy. Profile Books, collection.
- Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being. Brian R. Little. PublicAffairs.
- Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less. Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz. Workman Publishing.
- Why We Act: Turning Bystanders into Moral Rebels. Catherine A. Sanderson. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
- Power Cues: The Subtle Science of Leading Groups, Persuading Others, and Maximizing Your Personal Impact. Nick Morgan. Harvard Business School Publishing.
- Talking to Strangers. Malcom Gladwell. Little, Brown and Company publisher.
- Travels with Charley in Search of America. John Steinbeck. Penguin Books publisher.
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when the Stakes are High. Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMilan, Al Switzler. McGraw-Hill publisher.
- Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart. Mary Beth O’Neill. Josey-Bass publisher.
- Presence-Based Coaching: Cultivating Self-Generative Leaders Through Mind, Body and Heart. Doug Silsbee. Jossey-Bass. A Wiley Imprint publishers.
- Listening to Bodies: A Somatic Primer. Suzanne Zeman. Shasta Gardens Publishing.
- The Completely Revised Handbook of Coaching – A Developmental Journey. Pamela McLean. Jossey-Bass. A Wiley Imprint publishers.
- Coaching Skills: A Handbook. Jenny Rogers. McGraw-Hill, Open University Press.
- Learning in Relationship: Foundation for Personal and Professional Success. Ronald Short
- Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Herminia Ibarra. Harvard Business School Publishing.
- The Adult Years – Mastering the Art of Self-Renewal. Frederic Hudson. Jossey-Bass. Wa Wiley Company, publisher.
- Professional Coaching Competencies: The Complete Guide. Damian Goldvarg, Patricia Mathews, Norma Perel. Executive College Press.
- Chained to the Desk – A Guidebook for Workaholics. Bryan E. Robinson. New York University Press.
- Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well. Sheila Heen & Douglas Stone.Viking (Penguin publishers)
- When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. Daniel Pink. Riverhead Books publisher.
- Endure: Mind, Body and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance. Alex Hutchinson. HarperCollins publishers.
- No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work. Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy. Portfolio/Penguin publisher.
- The Power of Story: Rewrite Your Destiny in Business and Life. Jim Loehr. Free Press publisher.
- Uncensored: My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America. Zachary R. Wood. Dutton / Penguin Random House publisher.
- Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect. Matthew D. Lieberman. Crown Publisher, publisher.
- China: A New History. John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, publisher.
- Bully Nation: Why America’s Approach to Childhood Aggression is Bad for Everyone. Susan Eva Porter, Ph.D. Paragon House, publisher.
- The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, Willam Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Doris Kearns Goodwin. Simon & Schuster publisher.
- The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother. James McBride. Riverhead Books publisher.
- Stumbling Upon Happiness. Daniel Gilbert. Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. publisher.
- 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know. Moheb Costandi. Quercus Books, publisher.
- Influence. Robert B. Cialdini, Ph.D. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
- Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well. Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen. Viking publisher, a member of the Penguin Group.
- Body of Work: Finding the Thread that Ties Your Story Together. Pamela Slim. Portfolio / Penguin publisher.
- The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career. Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha. Crown Business, publisher.
- Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Feel, Think, and Behave. Adam Alter. The Penguin Press, publisher.
- Words Can Change Your Brain: 12 Conversational Strategies to Build Trust, Resolve Conflict, and Increase Intimacy. Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman. Hudson Street Press publisher.
- The Everyday Parenting Toolkit: The Kazdin Method for Easy Step-byStep, Lasting Change for You and Your Child. Alan E. Kazdin. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, publisher.
- The Secret Lie of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us. James W. Pennebaker. Bloombury Press, publisher.
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group, publisher.
- To Sell is Human. Daniel H. Pink. Riverhead Books, A Member of the Penguin Group, publisher.
- Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow. Tom Rath and Barry Conchie. Gallup Press, publisher.
- This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking. Edited by John Brockman. Harper Perennial, publisher.
- Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America. Dan Balz. A James H. Silberman Book, Viking, publisher.
- Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World. Sam Sommers. Riverhead Boods, a member of Penguin Group, Inc., publisher.
- Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life. Martin E. P. Seligman. Vintage Books, A division of Random House, Inc. publisher.
- Thinking, Fast and Slow. Daniel Kahneman. Farrar, Straus and Girox/New York publisher.
- Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior. Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman. Broadway Books, New York, Publisher.
- Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color. Nina G. Jablonski. University of California Press publisher.
- The Craft of Interviewing. John Brady. Vintage Books, a Division of Random House, publisher.
- SuperFrekanomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance. Steven D. Levitt and Sephen J. Dubner. HarperCollins publisher.
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. HarperCollins publisher.
- The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills. Daniel Coyle. Bantam Books publisher.
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love. Cal Newport. Business Plus publisher.
- Nudge: Improving Decisions About Wealth, Health and Happiness. Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein. Yale University Press publisher.
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. Charles Duhigg. Random House publisher.
- Imagine: How Creativity Works. Jonah Lehrer. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt publisher.
- Grow the Tree You Got. Tom Sturges. Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin publisher.
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Susan Cain. Crown Publishers publisher.
- How We Decide: Jonah Lehrer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, publisher.
- The Seat of the Soul. Gary Zukav, Free Press, a division of Simon Schuster, Inc., publisher.
- The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. It’s Grown. Here’s How. Daniel Coyle. Bantam / Dell, a division of Random House, publisher.
- The Rare Find: Spotting Exceptional Talent Before Everyone Else. Portfolio / Penguin, Penguin Group publisher.
- Getting Unstuck: A Guide to Discovering Your Next Path. Timothy Butler. Harvard Business Press, publisher.
- Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School. John Medina. Pear Press publisher.
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard. Chip Heath & Dan Heath. Broadway Books publisher.
- Rework Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson Crown Business, publisher.
- A Sense of Urgency John P. Kotter. Harvard Business Press publisher.
- The Parents We Mean to Be: How Well Intentioned Adults Undermine Children’s Moral and Emotional Development. Richard Weissbourd. Houghton Mifflin Harcount publisher.
- The Loudest Duck – Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences to Success at Work. Laura Liswood, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. publisher.
- Flow – The Psychology of Optimal Experiences.Michael Csikszentmihalyi. HarperCollins publisher.