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Summer Reading List

  • The 2-Hour Job Search: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster – Steve Dalton
  • Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation – Marc Cosentino
  • The First 90 Days – Michael D. Watkins
  • The Lean Startup – Eric Ries
  • Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time – Howard Schultz
  • Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die - Chip Heath and Dan Heath
  • Banker to the Poor - Muhammad Yunus
  • Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits - C.K. Prahalad
  • Connect the Dots – Rahmi Barsal
  • Dare to Lead – Brene Brown
  • The Mentor Leader - Tony Dungy
  • Expect to Win - Carla Harris
  • The Glass Closet: Why Coming Out Is Good Business – John Browne
  • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport
  • Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success – Sylvia Ann Hewlett
  • Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win – Jocko Willink and Lief Babin
  • First, Break All the Rules – Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
  • It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy – Captain D. Michael Abrashoff
  • Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action – Simon Sinek
  • Radical Candor – Kim Scott
  • The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success – Jim Dethmer
  • Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell
  • Tribes – Seth Godin
  • Good to Great – Jim Collins
  • Driven from Within - Michael Jordan
  • What Makes a Leader Great: Discover the One Key That Makes the Difference – Russ Crosson
  • The Mentor Leader by Tony Dungy
  • The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors That Transform Ordinary People into World-Class Leaders – Elena Botelho and Kim Powell
  • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us – Daniel Pink
  • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success – Carol Dweck
  • Who Moved My Cheese? – Spencer Johnson
  • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice From the Best in the World – Timothy Ferriss
  • Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard – Chip Heath and Dan Heath
  • Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance – Angela Duckworth
  • Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace – Gordon McKenzie
  • Becoming: Michelle Obama
  • Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, Second Edition - Kerry Patterson
  • Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think – Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Ronnlund
  • Go Together: How the Concept of Ubuntu Will Change How You Live, Work, and Lead by Shola Richards
  • Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy - Sheryl Sandberg
  • Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change - William and Susan Bridges
  • Global Dexterity: How to Adapt Your Behavior Across Cultures without Losing Yourself in the Process - Andy Molinsky
  • The Road to Redemption: Overcoming Detours, Obstacles, and Challenges –  Lucinda Cross
  • Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection - Jia Jiang.
  • Against All Odds: A Story of Courage, Perseverance and Hope – A G Krishnamurthy
  • Nothing is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life - Christopher Reeve
  • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey
  • The Power of Habit: Why We What We Do in Life and Business – Charles Duhigg
  • Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life – Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
  • The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results – Gary Keller
  • The Six Sigma Way: How to Maximize the Impact of Your Change and Improvement Efforts – Peter Pande, Robert Newman and Roland Cavanagh
  • Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game – Michael Lewis
  • Measure What Matters – John Doerr
  • The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement – Eliyahu Goldratt
  • Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life - Book by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein
  • Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High – Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable – Peter Lencioni

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