Atomic Habits
By James Clear

An energizing, comprehensive book on forming good habits and breaking bad ones. Fantastic model for change.

Brain Rules
John Medina

A great introduction to neuroscience and how we can use the way our brain works to our advantage. Funny and practical.

Caste
Isabel Wilkerson

A must-read book. It describes ​how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system: a rigid hierarchy of human rankings, similar to India and Nazi Germany.

Centered Leadership: Leading with Purpose, Clarity, and Impact
Joanna Barsh & Johanne Lavoie

Based on ten years of research, this book offers a holistic approach to leadership focusing on five main areas: Meaning, Framing, Connecting, Engaging and Energizing.

Crucial Conversations
Kerry Patterson

A pragmatic “how-to” book that walks you through a step-by-step process for how to have your toughest conversations with more success and less stress.

Fifth Discipline, The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
Peter Senge

This classic provides a solid foundation for understanding organizations. The concepts are bound to bring up new ideas and insights as you consider your own organization.

Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

This engaging book explores the concept of “peak experience” as a way to access greater fulfillment and joy in life. He demonstrates with quantitative data that a life filled with `flow activities' is more satisfying than one spent consuming passive entertainment.

How to Break Up With Your Phone
Catherine Price

So many of my clients say their phones are impacting their quality of life, work and relationships. This practical, pocket-sized book offers a thirty-day plan to take back control so you have more time for what matters.

Immunity to Change, How To Overcome it and Unlock the Potential In Yourself & Your Organization
Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey

This book addresses the concept of competing commitments, and how they undermine our effectiveness. I have seen many huge breakthroughs with clients using this methodology.

Leadership Dojo
Richard Strozzi-Heckler

This is a great book for those interested in embodied leadership- the intersection of business and management strength and integral body awareness. Insightful.

Let Your Life Speak
Parker Palmer

This book on finding one’s vocation invites us to listen to the inner teacher and follow its leadings toward a sense of meaning and purpose. Beautifully written.

Primal Leadership
By Daniel Goleman

The foundational book that sets emotional intelligence in the context of leadership.

Skilled Facilitator
Roger Schwarz

This is a comprehensive book, filled with valuable concepts that can fundamentally shift the quality of interactions with groups and teams.  I use these principles in my facilitation of groups.

Start Where You Are, A Guide to Compassionate Living
Pema Chodron

A beautiful book that offers down-to-earth lessons on how to work with ourselves to create more joy, well-being, and confidence in our lives. It is written in short essays, so it is easy to read in short snippets or to skip around.

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Chip Heath and Dan Heath

When faced with change, our rational mind and the emotional mind often are at odds. This story-driven book offers a concrete path through this challenge.

The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working
Tony Schwartz

An important book in the field of how managing our personal energy is critical to being more fulfilled and effective in our lives.

Transitions
William Bridges

For anyone in a professional or personal life transition, this book provides a valuable way at looking at the transition process and steps to maneuver through the different stages more successfully.

What Works: Gender Equality By Design
Iris Bohnet

Presenting research-based solutions, Bohnet offers concrete tools to move the needle on gender-bias in organizations. Practical and inspiring.