What I’m Reading

Currently Reading:

  • Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World. Donald Sull and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt. Mariner Books.
  • The Culture MapDecoding 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 BrevityThe 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 CoachingA 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 YearsMastering 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 DeskA 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 UnstuckA 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.