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Employees First! Inspire, Engage, and Focus on the Heart of Your Organization

by Donna Cutting | Red Wheel/Weiser, © 2022

The world is changing and it’s time to reimagine and reshape your employee experience. Take care of the people who take care of your customers. Employees First! presents recognition strategies and appreciation techniques, but it goes deeper than that. You will learn how giving your team members a voice in your company, supporting them with knowledge and training, giving them purpose and equitable pay, translates into higher productivity and happier customers. Discover what real empowerment is, and why building a diverse culture of inclusion is beneficial to all involved.

The Power of Thanks: How Social Recognition Empowers Employees and Creates a Best Place to Work

by Eric Mosley, Derek Irvine | Recorded Books, © 2014

Building a fully engaged, energized workforce is the key to business success. The Power of Thanks reveals how leading companies like Intuit, JetBlue Airways, IHG, Symantec, ConAgra Foods, and The Hershey Company empower employees through social recognition, in which the practice of mutual appreciation and trust directs and rewards higher performance. Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine, executives at the world-renowned employee recognition firm Globoforce, explain why social recognition is so powerful and how you can apply it in your company.

Employee Experience: Develop a Happy, Productive and Supported Workforce for Exceptional Individual and Business Performance, 2nd Edition

by Ben Whitter | Kogan Page, © 2022

In a world of increasing stress and constant change, supporting and developing employees has never been more difficult. Employee Experience is an essential resource for improving experiences at work. To develop top-performing employees, HR professionals need to move beyond ad hoc engagement initiatives and instead to design and embed employee experience throughout an organization's processes and culture - from the moment an employee sees a job advert to the moment they leave the company.

Reward Management: A Practical Introduction, 3rd Edition

by Michael Rose | Kogan Page, © 2022

How can you fairly reward and recognize employees and align this with team and organizational performance? Reward Management is a practical guide for understanding how to develop successful reward strategies. It covers key areas including pay and grade structures, job evaluation, non-cash reward, pay reviews, bonus plans and tax issues. Featuring guidance, practical tools, and case studies throughout, this book provides the knowledge and skills needed to plan, implement and assess an effective reward strategy in any type of organization.

Recognizing and Engaging Employees for Dummies

by Bob Nelson | Recorded Books, © 2019

Recognizing and Engaging Employees for Dummies gives you the tools and information you need to improve morale, productivity, and personal achievement with a successful employee recognition program. Written by a world-leading authority in employee recognition, this book walks you step-by-step through the design and implementation process and describes the incentives that work, the behaviors to reward, and the mechanisms that must be in place for the program to be effective in the long term. You'll learn how to pinpoint the places where engagement and recognition could improve the bottom line, and how to structure the reward for optimal balance between motivational, financial, and organizational effectiveness. With clear explanations and a fun, friendly style, this book is your quick and easy guide to boosting productivity, profit, and customer satisfaction.

15 Employee Recognition And Appreciation Ideas (Part 1) | Ways to Recognize Employees

by The Virtual Hub Ltd

Employee recognition and appreciation can go a long way in boosting morale and showing your team that you value their hard work. Here are 15 ideas to show your employees some love!

You, the Leader (HBR Women at Work)

by Harvard Business Review | ASCENT, © 2022

Women face a double bind, forced to choose whether to be liked or respected, while neither one alone is enough to secure a seat at the table. It is up to organizations to change, but until then, what's an aspiring female leader to do? You, the Leader tackles these obstacles and more as women chart their path to the top, from a lack of credit for their work to feeling invisible to unfair biases. This book will help you better understand how women can lead with authenticity and become valued leaders in their organizations.

Strong Women Lift Each Other Up

by Molly Galbraith | HarperCollins Leadership, © 2021

Women are ready to stop the vicious cycle of criticizing, judging, gossiping, and comparing themselves. We want to feel good in our own skin and know we’re enough, just as we are. Strong Women Lift Each Other Up is an evidence-based, actionable guide to creating a better life for yourself and a better world with more opportunity for women and girls.

Climbing the Spiral Staircase: How Women Can Navigate Their Careers and Accelerate Their Success

by Leanne Meyer | ForbesBooks, © 2022

Has your progress up the corporate ladder come to a grinding halt? Are your ambitions being held captive by your gender? Does it seem like the men around you are consistently progressing further and faster even though you are putting in the same effort? This book is a practical guide for women who are ready to be intentional about the next chapter in their careers. In Climbing the Spiral Staircase, Leanne Meyer examines the modern workplace, and the challenges women face as they navigate this complex environment.

Make Your Own Map: Career Success Strategy for Women

by Kathryn Bishop | Kogan Page, © 2021

There's no such thing as a pre-set path to career success. Following the footsteps of others can only get you so far—and for women, there are often additional obstacles. But what if you could design your own path to your career goals? What if you could Make Your Own Map? Based on material from the popular Women Transforming Leadership course from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Make Your Own Map will help you develop a resilient and aspirational strategy for your career—whatever your starting point.

Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership

by Janet Foutty, Susan Mackenty Brady, and Lynn Perry Wooten | McGraw Hill, © 2022

Women who arrive at the top should be able to thrive at the top. Instead, they’re judged lucky to survive―even more so with pandemic-era pressures overwhelming their already busy family and professional lives. What if there was a way you could flourish in a senior leadership role as your best self, inspire excellence in your team channeling your own wellbeing and, at the same time, lead a highly fulfilled life? There is―and Arrive and Thrive shows you how.

One Bold Move a Day: Meaningful Actions Women Can Take to Fulfill Their Leadership and Career Potential

by Shanna A. Hocking | McGraw Hill, © 2023

Even after being rejected 100 times right out of college, Shanna Hocking never strayed from her dream career and now, in One Bold Move a Day, you’ll will benefit from lessons learned, and discover new, life-changing ways to build the confidence you need to succeed on your own terms. In One Bold Move a Day, Hocking shows how a single, measurable act each day provides the daily challenge that will help you truly grow. With insight gleaned from years in multi-billion-dollar nonprofits and running a business to support women leaders, Hocking offers actionable advice and useful tools to facilitate your personal journey.

All In: How Obsessive Leaders Achieve the Extraordinary

by Robert Bruce Shaw | HarperCollins Leadership, © 2020

Extraordinary leaders share a passionate commitment to achieving their vision that borders and sometimes crosses the line into obsession. All In shows why obsession, if properly focused and managed, is both necessary and productive. Advances in any endeavor almost always depend on a small group of individuals who are completely consumed by the goal they're pursuing. When these leaders and teams are successful, everyone benefits from their obsessive nature. All In explores the three obsessions underlying the achievements of the greatest leaders: delighting customers, building great products and creating an enduring company.

What Would Steve Jobs Do? How the Steve Jobs Way Can inspire Anyone to Think Differently and Win

by Peter Sander | Recorded Books, © 2022

What Would Steve Jobs Do? presents the six-part business model Jobs applied to make Apple the most valuable publicly traded manufacturing corporation in the world and the global model for business excellence. While the results of this model can be profound, each step is something you can easily focus on with clarity and purpose. This book will show you how to transform your organization, recast your future, and do your part to redefine our world using the wisdom and foresight of the greatest business sage in generations.

Bet on Yourself: Recognize, Own, and Implement Breakthrough Opportunities

by Ann Hiatt | HarperCollins Leadership, © 2021

Take charge of your career and create a life full of learning, adventure, joy, and success utilizing these never-before-shared leadership principles Ann Hiatt learned working alongside the world’s top tech CEOs—Google’s Eric Schmidt, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and Yahoo!'s Marissa Mayer. Whether you’re stuck in your current job, starting your first job and wondering how you can use it as a steppingstone towards your dream career, or mid-career and wanting to finally be recognized for promotion or a leadership role, this book is for you.

Fast-Track Your Leadership Career

by Rashim Mogha | Women Lead Publishing, © 2018

While American women hold 52 percent of all professional-level jobs, only 20 percent hold executive, senior leadership, and management positions in U.S. high-tech industries. As a woman of color, Rashim Mogha knows the frustration and devastation of being passed over for a leadership position. She realized that just exceeding her performance goals would not land her a leadership role. So, she created an integrated strategy for career advancement. Fast-Track Your Leadership Career provides a template for creating that integrated strategy. You’ll get concrete examples on how to identify your superpower, build your brand, invest in yourself, navigate work politics, and build a support system that will propel you along the road to your success.

Fast-Track Your Leadership Career: A Guided Journal

by Rashim Mogha | Rashim Mogha, © 2019

Based on Rashim Mogha's best-selling book, Fast-Track Your Leadership Career, this journal includes thought provoking questions that guide you towards discovering what success means to you, how to align your superpower to your success and to own your narrative—Your Story that is unique to YOU. This journal holds your opportunity to truly discover who you are through your own story and to feel empowered to take the next steps in your success journey—to thrive.

Jeff Bezos: In His Own Words

by Helena Hunt | Agate Publishing, © 2018

Jeff Bezos: In His Own Words offers a unique look into the mind of one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs by collecting more than 500 of Bezos's quotes on business, technology, customer service, e-commerce, innovation, entrepreneurship, and more. Meticulously curated from interviews, speeches, shareholder letters, press releases, and other sources, this book creates a comprehensive picture of Jeff Bezos, his obsessions, and what makes his ventures thrive. Jeff Bezos: In His Own Words reveals in detail a man who wants to push the future forward―and will inspire readers to do the same.

Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First

by Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera | Recorded Books, © 2021

Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera had vastly different career paths on their way to becoming the first (and so far only) female presidents of two of Canada’s largest and most respected research universities and directors of some of the nation’s largest market cap companies, but what they had in common was their gender, their willingness to take risks when leadership opportunities presented themselves, and a work ethic second to none. It was not always easy, pretty, or fair, but it was always the result of choosing to answer the call to lead. A call that in the authors’ view, too many women still turn away from. In Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First, Piper and Samarasekera share their personal and professional stories, offering guidance for women leaders of every age and at every stage of their career. Nerve is a must-read for any woman who is leading today, considering leading, or thinking about life after leading.

The Leader’s Mind: How Great Leaders Prepare, Perform, and Prevail

by Jim Afremow with Phil White | HarperCollins Leadership, © 2021

The Leader's Mind taps into the same tips and techniques honed by top-tier athletes, such as how to get in a "zone," thrive on a team, and stay humble, to become a champion at work and the ultimate team player at home. Stop struggling with the expectations you face at work and at home by fundamentally changing the way you process what’s happening in your life. The mental edge that sets elite athletes apart outlined in this book will help you become the champion leader you want to be.

Successful Black Entrepreneurs: Hidden Histories, Inspirational Stories, and Extraordinary Business Achievements

by Steven S. Rogers | Wiley, © 2022

Successful Black Entrepreneurs is an insightful collection of Harvard Business School case studies about Black entrepreneurs succeeding in a variety of industries and through different routes, including start-ups, franchising, and acquisitions. The book also recognizes and celebrates Black entrepreneurial excellence, as it takes the reader through the stages of entrepreneurship, including ideation, raising capital, growing the company, and taking it public.

Choosing to Prosper: Triumphing Over Adversity, Breaking Out of Comfort Zones, Achieving Your Life and Money Dreams

by Bola Sokunbi | Wiley, © 2022

In Choosing to Prosper, celebrated company founder and finance leader Bola Sokunbi delivers an uplifting and practical message of success and resilience in the face of formidable obstacles. The book challenges readers to examine their own financial and personal dreams and find the strength and resilience they need to achieve them. The author provides the tools readers need to build confidence, find their voice, and realize personal growth. Imposter syndrome, mental health challenges, and common familial obstacles are all explored in the context of the author’s incredible and inspirational life experiences.

Black Faces in High Places: 10 Strategic Actions for Black Professionals to Reach the Top and Stay There

by Randal D. Pinkett and Jeffrey A. Robinson | HarperCollins Leadership, © 2022

Black Faces in High Places is the essential guide for Black professionals who are moving up through their organizations or industries but need a roadmap for how to get to the top and stay there. It highlights the experiences of other Black faces in high places who were able to navigate various crossroads, reach the top, and stay there, including insights from President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Cathy Hughes, Bob Johnson, Ursula Burns, David Steward, Angela Glover Blackwell, Ken Chenault, Senator Cory Booker, Geoffrey Canada, and others.

The Gumbo Coalition: Ten Leadership Lessons That Help You Inspire, Unite, and Achieve

by Marc Morial | HarperCollins Leadership, © 2020

Marc Morial knew his calling from a young age was to be a leader in the fight for meaningful change. Growing up in the segregated South and helping his father realize an incredible victory as the first African American mayor of New Orleans, Morial was shown that significant change is possible. Less than two decades later in his own mayoral race in New Orleans, Morial built what he christened the “Gumbo Coalition,” an incredible mixture of all of New Orleans’s ingredients—African Americans, Whites, Latinos, Asians, business leaders, grassroots community activists, business leaders, clergy, and more. Each ingredient brought its own flavor, creating a dish that was able to reduce crime and rebuild New Orleans’s reputation with such power that the city successfully attracted an NBA franchise, multiple Super Bowls, and the Essence Festival, the largest African American event in the nation.

The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires

by Dennis Kimbro | Gildan Media, © 2013

Based on a seven-year study of 1,000 of the wealthiest African Americans, The Wealth Choice offers a trove of sound and surprising advice about climbing the economic ladder, even when the odds seem stacked against you. Readers will learn about how business leaders, entrepreneurs, and celebrities like Bob Johnson, Spike Lee, L.A. Reid, Herman Cain, T.D. Jakes and Tyrese Gibson found their paths to wealth; what they did or didn’t learn about money early on; what they had to sacrifice to get to the top; and the role of discipline in managing their success.

A Blessing: Women of Color Teaming Up to Lead, Empower and Thrive

by Bonita C. Stewart and Jacqueline Adams | Gildan Media, © 2021

A Blessing presents a fresh, bold analysis of African American female leadership. An unapologetic look at our often-overlooked role in America's social, political, psychological and economic history, it is armed with data that should be empowering for today's "unicorns". The book offers a "playbook" to help Black unicorns "team up" and find innovative ways to support one another as they climb, what research shows, are lonely, stressful, jagged yet ultimately rewarding ladders of opportunity.

Successful Time Management: How to be Organized, Productive, and Get Things Done, Sixth Edition

by Patrick Forsyth | Kogan Page, © 2022

Successful Time Management includes great time-saving ideas, practical solutions and checklists, plus advice on: controlling paperwork; organizing your emails; delegating and working with others; prioritizing to focus on key issues; and getting and staying organized. This fully updated 6th edition features even more practical exercises, useful templates and top tips to help you minimize time-wasting and interruptions and focus on the priorities that will lead to success in your job and career. Successful Time Management will give you the tools to become more efficient and effective.

No Nonsense: Time Management: 50 Tips to Hack Your Time and Get Everything Done

by Keith Bailey and Karen Tiber Leland | Career Press, © 2020

In today’s hurly-burly work environment, many businesspeople find it challenging to avoid distraction, stay focused, use their time and energy to maximum benefit, and gain ground on important goals and outcomes. In short, we are overloaded. No Nonsense: Time Management helps you overcome this feeling of overload and avoid the traps that lead to an unproductive relationship with time. The book offers smart solutions, powerful habits, and proven time hacks for improving everyday work situations.

Managing Time

by Harvard Business Review Press | Gildan Media, © 2022

Does it seem like you never have enough time to get everything done? Keeping on top of your tasks, deadlines, and work schedule can be daunting. Managing Time quickly walks you through the basics. You'll learn to assess how you spend your time now, prioritize your tasks, plan the right time to work on each one, and avoid procrastination and interruptions.

Time Management Ninja: 21 Tips for More Time and Less Stress in Your Life

by Craig Jarrow | Mango Media, © 2019

You want more time to spend with family, to achieve big goals, and to simply enjoy life. Yet, there seem to be more and more things competing for your time, and more distractions interrupting your day. Time Management Ninja offers 21 rules that will show you an easier and more effective way to take control of your time and manage your busy life. Follow these simple principles and get more done with less effort. It’s no-stress, uncomplicated time management that works.

The 1 Day Refund: Take Back Time, Spend it Wisely

by Donna McGeorge | Ascent Audio, © 2022

Are you constantly juggling multiple tasks and operating at 100 per cent or more? Do you feel you are permanently on the treadmill and can’t get off? If you needed extra capacity for something urgent, could you find it? In The 1-Day Refund, best-selling author and time management expert Donna McGeorge shows you how to recover an extra 15 percent of your time—10 minutes per hour, 1 hour per day or a full day each week—to think, breathe, live and work. By creating more space, you’ll discover a new ability to focus on what’s truly important to you.

How to Organize Yourself: Simple Ways to Take Control, Save Time and Work More Efficiently, 7th Edition

by John Caunt | Kogan Page, © 2022

Dramatically improve the way you work with great tips on how to determine goals, prioritize tasks, overcome distractions; build positive work habits and adjusting to working at home. This fully updated 7th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates and top tips to help you get organized, as well as content on how to deal with the ubiquitous presence of smartphones and adapt to the ever-increasing scope for interruption and procrastination in our 24/7 lives. How to Organize Yourself will enable you to take control of your workload, reduce stress and fatigue, and free up time for the things that really matter.

Get it Done Now! Own Your Time, Take Back Your Life, Second Edition

by Brian Tracy | G&D Media, © 2020

We live in the most technologically advanced period of history in the most technologically advanced world. With the advent of mobile phones, killer apps, internet speeds that stagger the imagination, and nearly any bit of information, products, and solutions only one click away, how can it be that remaining optimally productive is such a challenge for so many? In a word: DISTRACTION. Many of us spend precious time focusing on the incessant emails, texts, notifications, ads, etc. that seem important-even urgent-to our success and happiness, but, in reality, only complicate our lives and take us even further from our goals. In Get It Done Now! Brian addresses this challenge of distraction in its many forms and shows you how to focus on your most important task so you can get it done now!

Two Awesome Hours: Science-Based Strategies to Harness Your Best Time and Get Your Most Important Work Done

by Josh Davis | Tantor Audio, © 2020

Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, Josh Davis, director of research at the NeuroLeadership Institute explains clearly that our brains and bodies operate according to complex biological needs that, when leveraged intelligently, can make us incredibly effective. From what and when we eat, to when we tackle tasks or disengage—how we plan our activities has a huge impact on performance. Davis shows us how we can create the conditions for two awesome hours of effective mental performance.

Master Mentors: 30 Transformative Insights From Our Greatest Minds

by Scott Jeffrey Miller | HarperCollins Leadership, © 2021

For busy professionals and lifelong learners seeking practical strategies for reaching new heights, Master Mentors distills 30 essential learnings from Seth Godin, Susan Cain, Trent Shelton, General Stanley McChrystal, and other top business minds and thought leaders of our time.

9 Powerful Practices of Really Great Mentors: How to Inspire and Motivate Anyone

by Stephen E. Kohn and Vincent D. O’Connell | Career Press, © 2015

The support of a mentor is an integral part of any effort to maximize someone’s full potential. A mentor-protégé relationship has many unique features, which both sides of the relationship need to understand and appreciate. 9 Powerful Practices of Really Great Mentors features a set of proven techniques for those who serve as mentors in a variety of contexts, but particularly in the workplace.

The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships, 3rd Edition

by Lois J. Zachary and Lisa Z. Fain | Wiley, © 2022

In the newly revised Third Edition of The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships, veteran mentoring experts Lois J. Zachary and Lisa Z. Fain deliver a thoughtful and rich exploration of the critical process of mentoring. The book offers practical tools for facilitating the mentoring experience from beginning to end.

Mentoring Programs That Work

by Jennifer Labin | ATD, © 2017

A stellar mentor can change the trajectory of a career. And an enduring mentoring program can become an organization’s most powerful talent development tool. But fixing a “broken” mentoring program or developing a new program from scratch requires a unique process, not a standard training methodology. Mentoring Programs That Work will help your organization succeed by building mentoring programs that connect people and inspire learning transfer.

Starting Strong: A Mentoring Fable: Stories for Success Within the First 90 Days

by Lois J. Zachary and Lory A. Fischler | Wiley, © 2014

In Starting Strong, mentoring experts Lois J. Zachary and Lory A. Fischler weave a compelling tale that exemplifies the concepts, highlights the dynamics, and outlines the issues involved in mentoring relationships. The authors use the form of a fable to tell the story of a budding mentoring relationship filled with possibilities, problems, and triumphs. As organizations face the transition of departing Boomers and arriving Millennials, Starting Strong offers a hands-on and readable guide to create effective mentoring relationships that will ensure the success of that transition.

MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW ARTICLE ON SIX WAYS COMPANIES CAN PROMOTE AND PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS

by MIT Sloan Management Review | MIT Sloan Management Review, © 2020

The extent to which corporations should react to human rights abuses by governments in their host and home countries has become one of the most dynamic and interdisciplinary discussions in the field of corporate responsibility. Corporations are increasingly expected to become more proactive in protecting human rights as private and public responsibilities blur and companies become more conscious of the expectations of a more socially aware investor base and workforce. And we believe that speaking out against human rights violations is the right thing to do on its own merits.

ALL ARE WELCOME: HOW TO BUILD A REAL WORKPLACE CULTURE OF INCLUSION THAT DELIVERS RESULTS

by Cynthia Owyoung | McGraw Hill, © 2022

In All Are Welcome, Owyoung explains what DEIB is and why it matters, and she delivers the information and insights you need to make DEIB a key element of your company culture. With All Are Welcome, you have everything you need to build a workforce and a company designed to compete in the twenty-first century while doing your part to make the world a better place to live―and work.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF EQUALITY

by Thomas Piketty | Blackstone Publishing, © 2022

It is easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality. We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us.

LEADING EQUITY: BECOMING AN ADVOCATE FOR ALL STUDENTS

by Sheldon L. Eakins | Wiley, © 2022

The fact that the typical modern classroom lacks equity will come as no surprise to many educators. But few resources explain how to remedy that situation in the here and now. Leading Equity delivers an eye-opening and actionable discussion of how to transform a classroom or school into a more equitable place.

ALLIES AND ADVOCATES: CREATING AN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE CULTURE

by Amber Cabral | Gildan Media, © 2021

Allies and Advocates delivers a powerful and useful message about inclusion and diversity in everyday life. Author Amber Cabral, a celebrated inclusion strategist, speaker, and writer, shows listeners how to move away from discriminatory/unjust behaviors and support and build meaningful connections with people across our diverse backgrounds and identities.

MIT SLOAN BUSINESS REVIEW ARTICLE ON DOES YOUR BUSINESS NEED A HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY?

by MIT Sloan Management Review | MIT Sloan Management Review, © 2021

Companies must be prepared to meet their moral and business obligations when operations bump up against labor abuses—or worse. Swedish fashion giant H&M’s commitment to “operating with respect to human rights across the value chain” recently cost the company $74 million and the wrath of its third biggest—and fastest-growing—market. Read this article to assess whether your business should have a human rights strategy in place.

EQUITY: HOW TO DESIGN ORGANIZATIONS WHERE EVERYONE THRIVES

by Minal Bopaiah | Berrett-Koehler, © 2021

Even the most passionate advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion have been known to treat equity as the middle child—the concept they skip over to get to the warm, fuzzy feelings of inclusion. But Minal Bopaiah shows throughout this book that equity is critical if organizations really want to leverage differences for greater impact. Equity is a guidebook for change, answering the question of how that so many leaders are asking today.

DEFINING EQUITY

by Elisa Vincent | Skillsoft, © 2021

Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less-Stressed You

by Paula Rizzo | Mango Publishing Group, © 2019

Make lists work for you with Listful Living. Anyone can make a list. But can that list make you a calmer, more mindful, super productive and less stressed version of yourself? It’s easy to become overwhelmed by to-do’s, bucket lists and goals. The secret to success is not just about what you put on your list but what you intentionally leave off. Less is more. Leading with intention and how you’d like your life to feel is key.

Stress Into Strength: Resilience Routines for Wimps, Warriors, and Everyone in Between

by Nick Arnett | HarperCollins Leadership, © 2021

Discovering and practicing your ideal rhythm of stress and renewal—physical, social, and spiritual—will enhance your health, strength, and resilience. Stress reactions are automatic, but to transform stress into strength, you need to become intentional about routines that activate your natural renewal systems. The proven tips throughout Stress Into Strength will help you do exactly that.

Emotional Brilliance: Living a Stress Less Fear Less Life

by Relly Nadler and Cathy L. Greenberg | Blackstone Publishing, © 2021

Emotional Brilliance is your most powerful tool to create and maintain your healthy internal balance. It is the foundation for ALL your external success in both your professional and personal life. Emotional Brilliance is your personal field guide to help you quickly establish habits to realize your best self during local or worldwide crisis and for your entire life.

Stressaholic: 5 Steps to Transform Your Relationship with Stress

by Heidi Hanna | Wiley, © 2014

Stress in and of itself is not bad and is actually utilized for growth when balanced with adequate recovery. The solution to stress addiction is to build in and prioritize optimal rest and relaxation on a holistic level—body, mind, and spirit—in order to consistently recharge and create a more resilient operating system. Stressaholic shows you how to win the war on stress without limiting progress by creating an optimal performance pulse of stress and recovery for life.

Extinguish Burnout: A Practical Guide to Prevention and Recovery

by Terri Brogue and Robert Brogue | Society for Human Resource Management, © 2019

Trapped. Stuck. Helpless. These are the words that people experiencing burnout use to describe their lives, but they don’t have to. Nearly everyone has experienced burnout. Some have escaped burnout’s grips, but at what cost, and after how long? When we find ourselves succumbing to the pressures of today that move us towards burnout, we need a clear path to get out and avoid it in the future. The words used after extinguishing burnout are hopeful, thriving, flourishing, and powerful.

GRATITUDE AFFIRMATIONS

Using affirmations is a proven method of reprogramming your brain and training it to consciously control what you think about. Gratitude Affirmations are a great way to express gratitude and amplify blessings for health, peace, and happiness.

DETOX AFFIRMATIONS

Using affirmations is a proven method of reprogramming your brain and training it to consciously control what you think about. Detox Affirmations help detox body and soul to reduce stress and increase the level of feel-good hormones leading to success and happiness.

The Program: Lessons from Elite Military Units for Creating and Sustaining High Performance Leaders and Teams

by Jake MacDonald and Eric Kapitulik | Wiley, © 2019

The Program offers a hands-on guide to the winning techniques and tactics of The Program, the acclaimed team building and leadership development company. Drawing on the actual experiences of The Program’s instructors from their personal combat stories to working with world-class athletic teams and successful corporations, the book clearly shows how The Program’s training operations can help to achieve life goals and ambitions.

GUTS—Greatness Under Tremendous Stress: A Navy SEAL's System for Turning Fear into Accomplishment

by Brian E. Hiner | McGraw Hill, © 2021

What does it take to set a goal or have a dream, and then actually achieve it? What does it take to turn fear and stress into foresight, motivation, and action? It takes GUTS. No one knows this better than decorated Navy SEAL veteran Brian “Iron Ed” Hiner. During more than 20 years of service, Hiner witnessed the paralyzing power of fear firsthand―not just on the battlefield but in every aspect of his life. He also learned that it’s possible to overcome those fears and turn negative self-doubt into positive accomplishments. Even more, he knows that anyone can do it―if you have GUTS.

A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies from America’s First Female Four-Star General

by Ann Dunwoody with Tomago Collins | Gildan Media, © 2015

On June 23, 2008, President George W. Bush nominated Ann Dunwoody as a four-star general in the US Army—the first time a woman had ever achieved that rank. The news generated excitement around the world. Now retired after nearly four decades in the Army, Dunwoody shares what she learned along the way, from her first command leading 100 soldiers to her final assignment, in which she led a $60 billion enterprise of over 69,000 employees, including the Army's global supply chain in support of Iraq and Afghanistan. In A Higher Standard, Dunwoody details her evolution as a soldier and reveals the core leadership principles that helped her achieve her historic appointment.

The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World

by Shannon Huffman Polson | Gildan Media, © 2020

At age 19, Shannon Huffman Polson became the youngest woman ever to climb Denali, the highest mountain in North America. She went on to reach the summits of Mt. Rainier and Mt. Kilimanjaro and spent more than a decade traveling the world. Yet it was during her experience serving as one of the Army's first female attack helicopter pilots, and eventually leading an Apache flight platoon on deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina, that she learned the lessons of leadership that forever changed her life.

See Shannon Huffman Polson’s Keynote on The Grit Factor for Skillsoft here

Elite: High Performance Lessons and Habits from a Former Navy SEAL

by Nick Hays | Wiley, © 2019

Elite is a practical, no-nonsense guide to elevate your leadership skills and drive your team to their maximum potential. Before you can push your team to the max, you must push yourself—elite teams require elite leaders. This invaluable guide supplies the tools you need to develop effective strategies to motivate, adapt, and overcome. Author Nick Hays combines military training with Harvard education to present a comprehensive program that will unlock the potential in yourself and your team.

Leading from the Front: No-Excuse Leadership Tactics for Women

by Courtney Lynch and Angie Morgan | McGraw Hill, © 2017

Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch weren’t born leaders—they became leaders during their years in the US Marine Corps, enduring some of the toughest training on earth. Now they pass those field-tested strategies and hard-fought insights to you. They deliver 10 key practices to becoming a powerful leader. Now more than ever, women are stepping up, leaning in, and taking charge in leadership positions of every stripe. Channel your strengths, maximize your resources, and motivate your team to achieve any goal you set by Leading from the Front.

Mission Transition: Navigating the Opportunities and Obstacles to Your Post-Military Career

by Matthew J. Louis | HarperCollins Leadership, © 2019

Every year, about a quarter of a million veterans leave the military—most of whom are grossly unprepared for the transition. These servicemembers have developed incredible leadership, problem-solving, and practical skills that are underutilized once they reach the civilian world, a detriment to both themselves and society. Mission Transition guides military personnel through the entire process of making a successful move into civilian professional life.

Aim High: Chart Your Course and Find Success

by Deborah Lee James | Recorded Books, © 2019

As the 23rd Secretary and the "CEO" of the male-dominated US Air Force (only the second woman to lead a U.S. military service), Secretary Deborah Lee James led a force of 660,000 people and managed a $139 billion budget—larger than the GDP of more than 120 countries. In Aim High, she shares her personal and professional challenges, outcomes, strategies for success, and the problem-solving principles she used to overcome the daunting pressures, threats, and challenges that come with rising to the top of the US Armed Forces.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Trainers: Fostering DEI in the Workplace

by Simon Fanshawe | The Association for Talent Development (ATD), © 2022

With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Trainers: Fostering DEI in the Workplace, the need for DEI trainers to go at it alone comes to an end. Expert facilitator Maria Morukian provides the guidance you need to develop the knowledge and skills required for DEI training.

How to Be a Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador: Everyone’s Role in Helping All Feel Accepted, Engaged, and Valued

by Celeste Warren | Berrett-Koehler Publishers, © 2022

Using a proven three-part framework, this book shows how anyone—from a CEO to frontline employee—can play a pivotal role in creating a diverse and welcoming workplace. As Celeste Warren says, needed change won't take place unless all employees feel that they have a role to play in creating the culture they would like to see in their organization.

Authentic Diversity: How to Change the Workplace for Good

by Michelle Silverthorn | Gildan Media, © 2021

In Authentic Diversity, culture change expert and diversity speaker Michelle Silverthorn explains how to transform diversity and inclusion from mere lip service into the very heart of leadership. Following the journey of a Black woman in the workplace, leaders learn the old rules of diversity that keep failing her and millions like her again and again, and the new rules they must put in place to make success a reality for everyone.

All Are Welcome: How to Build a Real Workplace Culture of Inclusion that Delivers Results

by Cynthia Owyoung | McGraw Hill, © 2022

DEIB expert Cynthia Owyoung has spent more than two decades working in this space. She’s seen it all, and she knows what works―and what doesn’t. In All Are Welcome, Owyoung explains what DEIB is and why it matters, and she delivers the information and insights you need to make DEIB a key element of your company culture.

Unleash the Power of Diversity: Multi Cultural Competence for Business Results

by Debjani Mukherjee Biswas | Made for Success, © 2020

Cultural diversity savvy is critical for business results in an increasingly global workforce. In Unleash the Power of Diversity, Biswas has developed groundbreaking new frameworks and a practical guide to increasing effectiveness through multi-cultural competence.

What Diversity & Inclusion is REALLY About

by Simon Sinek

Global Diversity Month

by Vaco Global

Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action

by Skillsoft | Skillsoft, © 2021

This course is your guide to defining diversity, equity, and inclusion and advancing meaningful and impactful diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in your workplace. In this course, you'll learn to recognize key characteristics of DEI and practices for building and sustaining a healthy DEI culture.

Engage in Mental Health and Well-Being

by Catherine Wemette | The Association for Talent Development (ATD), © 2022

Starting conversations around mental health can be challenging. More often than not, simply asking a question and showing you genuinely care will be enough to start the conversation, even if not with the perfect words. In this issue of TD at Work, Catherine Wemette guides readers in helping others understand the importance of focusing on mental health in the workplace and how to do that.

The Urban Brain: Mental Health in the Vital City

by Nikolas Rose and Des Fitzgerald | Princeton University Press, © 2022

Most of the world’s people now live in cities and millions have moved from the countryside to the rapidly growing megacities of the global south. Re-examining the relationship between the city and the brain, Rose and Fitzgerald explore the ways cities shape the mental health and illness of those who inhabit them.

Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression

by Dan Tomasulo and Scott Barry Kaufman | Recorded Books, Inc., © 2021

If you suffer from depression, subclinical depression, or low mood, you may have days where you feel like you've lost hope - hope that you'll ever feel better, that the world will be a better place, or that you'll someday find the happiness that always seems to elude you. You aren't alone. With this unique, compassionate, and life-affirming guide, you'll find the tools you need to break free from hopelessness and start living a life of happiness and vitality.

The Box: An Invitation to Freedom from Anxiety

by Wendy Tamis Robbins | Made for Success, © 2021

Raw and powerful, vulnerable and intimate, The Box is both a triumphant memoir and an irresistible invitation. It portrays a courageous journey to find the source of a debilitating disorder in order to find the power to overcome it. Wendy's experience reminds us of the redemptive power of forgiveness and the healing power of love, not just for others, but for ourselves. It is a story of courage that reframes mental illness sufferers as survivors--a powerful portrait of a woman who refused to remain caged in a box of her making. Now, the invitation is yours...if you are willing to accept it.

Teaching Indigenous Students: Cultural Awareness and Classroom Strategies for Improving Learning Outcomes

by Thelma Perso and Colleen Hayward | Routledge, © 2015

Indigenous children, like all children, deserve a future they choose for themselves. This book aims to empower teachers to help halt the cycle of disadvantage for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and make a real difference to their relationships, learning outcomes and opportunities in the short and long term.

One Story, One Song

by Richard Wagamese | Blackstone Publishing, © 2019

Author Richard Wagamese invites listeners to accompany him on his travels. His focus is on stories: how they shape us, how they empower us, how they change our lives. Ancient and contemporary, cultural and spiritual, funny and sad, the tales are grouped according to the four essential principles Ojibway traditional teachers sought to impart: humility, trust, introspection, and wisdom.

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: Revisioning American History

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | Recorded Books, Inc., © 2014

Today in the United States, there are more than 500 federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the 15 million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories of the original inhabitants, displacing or eliminating them. Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up peoples' history radically reframes US history and explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative.

Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

by Tyson Yunkaporta | HarperOne, © 2020

As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and spiritual world. In considering how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation, he raises important questions. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently? In Sand Talk, he provides a new model for our everyday lives. Rich in ideas and inspiration, it explains how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It’s about how we learn and how we remember. It’s about talking to everyone and listening carefully. It’s about finding different ways to look at things.

International Day for the World's Indigenous Peoples

by R.AGE

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2020

by IPS Inter Press Service News Agency

A Time to Commemorate | National Indigenous History Month 2021

by GCIndigenous

Embracing the Scope of Culture

by Skillsoft

Practical Web Inclusion and Accessibility: A Comprehensive Guide to Access Needs

by Ashley Firth | Apress, © 2019

The web has to be inclusive. The importance of considering access needs is gaining mainstream attention. In Practical Web Inclusion and Accessibility, you’ll be guided through a broad range of access needs, the barriers users often face, and provided practical advice on how your sites can help rather than hinder. Going beyond advice tailored solely for developers, this book offers potential improvements for designers, developers, user experience professionals, QA and testers, so that everyone involved in building a website can engage with the concepts without the need to understand how to code.

Disability Awareness: Working with People with Disabilities Study Guide, Student Edition

by GTS Learning | Courseware Company, LTD., © 2013

People with disabilities represent a significant and largely underutilized resource for businesses. Many disabled persons are underemployed or unemployed. As a result of advocates for diversity, as well as a shrinking labor pool, employers are taking a serious look at hiring and retaining people with disabilities. This course guide will give supervisors, managers, and human resource consultants tools and tips for creating a diverse workplace.

Disability and Employer Practices: Research Across the Disciplines

by Susanne B. Bruyére (ed) | Cornell University Press, © 2016

Nearly one in five people report some form of disability, and they are only half as likely to be employed as those without disabilities. With the aging workforce and returning military veterans both contributing to increasing number of disabilities in the workplace, there is an urgent need for better ways to address continuing employment disparities for people with disabilities. Disability and Employer Practices features research-based documentation of workplace policies and practices that result in the successful recruitment, retention, advancement, and inclusion of individuals with disabilities.

Swimming Against the Tide: True Story of Para Swimmer Madhavi Latha

by Madhavi Latha Prathigudupu | Sage Publications, © 2021

Swimming Against the Tide is an inspirational story about an ordinary woman with extraordinary grit who set out to create a fair and inclusive world for the persons with disability. Triumphing over a near-death situation with hydrotherapy, she eventually became a national champion in para swimming. She then started a movement called ‘Yes, We Too Can!!!’ and co-opted other athletes with disabilities to realize their dreams through access to sports.

Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstance

by Mallory Weggemann with Tiffany Yecke Brooks | Thomas Nelson, © 2021

On January 21, 2008, a routine medical procedure left Mallory paralyzed from her waist down. Less than two years later, Mallory had broken eight world records, and by the 2012 Paralympic Games, she held fifteen world records and thirty-four American records. Two years after that, a devastating fall severely damaged her left arm. But despite all of the hardships that Mallory faced, she was sure about one thing: she refused to give up. In Limitless, Mallory shares the lessons she learned by pushing past every obstacle and expectation that stood in her way.

Resources for Supporting Learners with Disabilities

by Digital Promise | © 2020

This page contains a curated list of special education resources and edtech products to support learners with disabilities in a distance learning context.

Creating an Open, Inclusive Dialogue About Disability

by Skillsoft | © 2021

Diversity is more diverse than you might realize. Go beyond the standard topics of race, religion, gender, and age to find out how a diverse workforce can benefit nearly any business.

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery

by Eric Foner | Recorded Books, © 2010

In this landmark work of deep scholarship and insight, Eric Foner gives us the definitive history of Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery in America. Foner begins with Lincoln's youth in Indiana and Illinois and follows the trajectory of his career across an increasingly tense and shifting political terrain from Illinois to Washington, D.C. This powerful work will transform our understanding of the nation's greatest president and the issue that mattered most.

The Fire Next Time

by James Baldwin | Blackstone Audio, © 2008

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation, gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement—and still lights the way to understanding race in America today. Consisting of two "letters," written on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that implore Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism.

Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

by David Brion Davis | Blackstone Publishing, © 2006

In Inhuman Bondage, David Brion Davis sums up a lifetime of insight, beginning with the dramatic Amistad case. He looks at slavery in the American South, describing black slaveholding planters; the rise of the Cotton Kingdom; the daily life of ordinary slaves; the highly destructive internal, long-distance slave trade; the sexual exploitation of slaves; the emergence of an African-American culture; and much more. A definitive history by a writer deeply immersed in the subject, Inhuman Bondage links together the profits of slavery, the pain of the enslaved, and the legacy of racism.

Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market

by Walter Johnson | Recorded Books, © 2017

Soul by Soul tells the story of slavery in antebellum America by moving away from the cotton plantations and into the slave market itself, the heart of the domestic slave trade. Taking us inside the New Orleans slave market, the largest in the nation, where 100,000 men, women, and children were packaged, priced, and sold, Walter Johnson transforms the statistics of this chilling trade into the human drama of traders, buyers, and slaves, negotiating sales that would alter the life of each.

Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves

by Adam Hochschild | Recorded Books, © 2018

In early 1787, 12 men—a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery—came together in a London printing shop and began a remarkable grass-roots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement's leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens' movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements. A deft chronicle of this groundbreaking antislavery crusade and its powerful enemies, Bury the Chains gives a little-celebrated human rights watershed its due at last.

What is Juneteenth

by ABC7

The Importance of Juneteenth

by Harvard Business School

The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World

by Mason Funk | HarperOne, © 2019

The Book of Pride captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen. By shining a light on these remarkable stories of bravery and determination, The Book of Pride not only honors an important chapter in American history, but also empowers young people today (both LGBTQ and straight) to discover their own courage in order to create positive change.

Gayme Changer: How the LGBT+ Community and Their Allies are Changing the Global Economy

by Jens Schadendorf | LID Publishing, © 2021

The LGBT+ community: for a long time marginalized, stigmatized, and criminalized—today the ultimate champions of creativity, diversity, and innovation in a highly competitive world. In addition, corporate social responsibility and ethical demands for inclusiveness have now become economic directives every organization would like to attain. Gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, and queer individuals are symbols of diversity and economic power—true GaYme Changers developing the global economy faster and for the better.

Supported by up-to-date research and illustrated by fascinating stories, Jens Schadendorf has traced the LGBT+ community and an increasing number of their allies from across the globe to discover the start of a revolution. It becomes clear, even in times of hostility, resistance, and crisis, it is economically and ethically beneficial for companies and societies everywhere in the world, to let LGBT+ members—individually and as part of organizations—develop into dynamic forces rooted in new forms of cooperation for ga(y)me changing results. Schadendorf shows investment in LGBT+ inclusion delivers a return. It is good for business and society and the right thing to do.

From Prejudice to Pride: History of LGBTQ+ Movement

by Amy Lamé | Wayland, © 2022

From Prejudice to Pride looks at the rise and achievements of the LGBTQ+ movement and the different communities, pioneers and stories of heartbreak and courage that have marched alongside it. Follow LGBTQ+ history from ancient civilizations to the present-day, and learn about key events including the trial of Oscar Wilde, the Stonewall riots, the AIDS crisis, same-sex marriage and changing laws that have impacted on LGBTQ+ life. Gain insight into the shifting attitudes that have challenged lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and the experiences that help us understand what it means to be LGBTQ+ today.

Transgender Employees: Creating an Inclusive Work Community, Self-Study Guide

by Velsoft Training Materials, Inc. | Courseware Company Ltd, © 2020

A safe, inclusive workplace in many jurisdictions is not just the law; it is a goal of every employee and company that values the contributions, well-being, and productivity of everyone in the organization. In society today, individuals are of many personal communities. In addition to heterosexual or “straight” there is also LGBTQI2SAP—Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, 2S, for two-spirited: an indigenous concept of two sexualities within one body, asexual and pansexual. “Trans,” however, refers to gender identity, whereas the other terms describe primarily sexual orientation. The importance of understanding terms of identification is critical to creating and maintaining a safe workplace.

Transgender Employees introduces the importance and elements of safe, inclusive workspaces for Transgender persons—those identifying as a gender other than the one assigned at birth. This book offers an introduction to terminology, elements, policies, and resources to build and sustain a safe, inclusive environment for Transgender employees and increase the comfort level and productivity off all in your organization.

The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate

by Jeannie Gainsburg | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, © 2020

The Savvy Ally is an enjoyable, humorous, encouraging, easy to understand guidebook for being an ally to the LGBTQ+ communities. It is chock full of practical and useful tools for LGBTQ+ advocacy, such as LGBTQ+ etiquette and techniques for respectful conversations; common bloopers to avoid; actions for creating more LGBTQ+ inclusive spaces; recommendations for self-care and sustainable allyship, and more.

Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace: A Practical Guide for Employers and Employees

by Gill Hasson and Donna Butler | Ascent Audio, © 2020

Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace contains expert guidance for improving mental health and supporting those experiencing mental ill health. This comprehensive book addresses the range of issues surrounding mental health and wellbeing in work environments—providing all involved with informative and practical assistance.

Your Health at Work: An Indispensable Guide to Physical and Mental Wellbeing

by Becky Allen and Howard Fidderman | Kogan Page, © 2019

Your Health at Work is a fully researched guide to the most common health risks at work and how you can tackle them. The authors expertly explain your legal rights, how to avoid injury and illness, and what support is available to you.

Well-being in the Workplace: A Guide to Resilience for Individuals and Teams

by Sarah Cook | IT Governance, © 2021

Well-being in the Workplace is aimed at managers who need to build resilience in both themselves and their team and improve their own and others' well-being. Remote working makes it even harder for managers to identify if team members are struggling, and employees may lack the support network to help them cope with stress in their work and home environments.

Mindfulness at Work: How to Avoid Stress, Achieve More, and Enjoy Life!

by Stephen McKenzie | Career Press, © 2015

Mindfulness at Work reveals how the practice of mindfulness—the ability to focus our attention on what is rather than be distracted by what isn't—can be a powerful antidote to the distractions and stresses of our modern lives, especially our working lives.

Yoga Wisdom at Work: Finding Sanity Off the Mat and on The Job

by Maren Showkeir and Jamie Showkeir | Berrett-Koehler, © 2013

This unprecedented guide shows how practicing the full range of yogic concepts—the traditional “Eight Limbs of Yoga”—leads to a productive, creative, and energizing work environment and features examples from professions like law enforcement, teaching, banking, filmmaking, medicine, and many more. But beyond that, this book is an invitation to use all of yoga’s teachings to cultivate the spark of the divine that dwells within each of us.

The Ultimate Self Care Book: Improve Your Wellbeing; Build Resilience and Confidence; Master Mindfulness

by Clara Seeger, Stephen Evans-Howe and Patrick Forsyth | Teach Yourself, © 2021

From confidence and assertiveness to managing stress and mindfulness, The Ultimate Self Care Book is a dynamic collection of tools, techniques, and strategies for success. Discover the main themes and key ideas and bring it all together with practical exercises. This is your complete course in wellbeing at work.

The Executive Warrior: 40 Powerful Questions to Develop Mental Toughness for Career Success

by Victor Ng | Marshall Cavendish, © 2019

In The Executive Warrior, certified executive coach and former award-winning C-suite executive Victor Ng draws on 20 years of corporate experience in one of the world’s most competitive industries to take you on a journey of personal discovery and professional empowerment.

Mindfulness Based Leadership: The Art of Being A Leader – Not Becoming One

by Kathirasan K | Marshall Cavendish, © 2018

While mindfulness has often been perceived as a solitary activity, this book reveals how it is applicable on a wider scale—in groups, businesses and the wider community. Mindfulness-Based Leadership shows us how to balance self and organizational goals, to erase the real and imagined internal conflicts between what we believe in and what we do in reality.

Marbles, Mayhem and My Typewriter: The Unfadable Life of an Ordinary Man

by Mano Sabnani | Marshall Cavendish, © 2018

In a world where so many people believe that they cannot go far because they were not born gifted or with a silver spoon, Mano Sabnani’s story provides profound inspiration—showing how an ordinary man can achieve extraordinary things by following a very simple and ethical set of principles.

The Power to Become: How I Changed My Own Destiny

by Deepak Shrestha | Marshall Cavendish, © 2018

The Power to Become is an inspiration journey of personal transformation about a barefoot boy from Nepal who became a successful and committed businessman and philanthropist. This book is proof that anything is possible if you dare to go full throttle into life's great adventure.

How Asian Women Lead: Lessons for Global Corporations

by Jane Horan | Palgrave Macmillan, © 2014

How Asian Women Lead provides a vastly different picture than Western-focused leadership literature, highlighting obstacles Asian women face reaching the top, and looking beneath the corporate surface to show cultural and family perspectives. Through her research and the stories of four uniquely different women leaders from varying Asian economies and industries, Horan offers a new perspective to help business leaders and human capital professionals understand leadership diversity, build inclusive and engaged organizations, and sustain success.

Neurodiversity at Work: Drive Innovation, Performance and Productivity with a Neurodiverse Workforce

by Theo Smith and Amanda Kirby | Kogan Page, © 2021

Neurodiversity at Work is a practical guide that explains what neurodiversity is, why it's important and what the benefits are. It covers how to attract, recruit and engage neurodiverse talent and provides guidance on how to adapt HR policies, processes and workplaces to ensure that all employees, including the 2 in 10 employees in the UK who are neurodiverse, can reach their full potential.

Autism in the Workplace: Creating Positive Employment and Career Outcomes for Generation A

by Amy E. Hurley-Hanson, Cristina M. Giannantonio, and Amy Jane Griffiths | Palgrave Macmillan, © 2020

Autism in the Workplace explores the career experiences of Generation A, the half-million individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who will reach adulthood in the next decade. With Generation A eligible to enter the workforce in unprecedented numbers, research is needed to help individuals, organizations, and educational institutions to work together to create successful work experiences and career outcomes for individuals with ASD. Issues surrounding ASD in the workplace are discussed from individual, organizational, and societal perspectives. This book also examines the stigma of autism and how it may affect the employment and career experiences of individuals with ASD.

Order from Chaos: The Everyday Grind of Staying Organized with Adult ADHD

by Jaclyn Paul | Recorded Books, © 2021

Order from Chaos will teach you how your brain works and how to stop getting in your own way. Mixing stories from the trenches of her own experience as a mom and wife with ADHD with wise, well-researched advice from her years as a blogger at the ADHD Homestead, Jaclyn Paul shows you how to design your own system for restoring order. Past failures don't have to define you. Order from Chaos offers a helping hand to get you on the path to a more peaceful and rewarding life.

What Exactly is Neurodiversity?

by Wondrium

Neurodiversity – Helping to Challenge Stigma and Raise Awareness I

by Moray Wellbeing Hub

To Build a Healthy Workplace You Need a Toxic Culture Alarm

Fast Company

by Ludmila N. Praslova

Organizations of the past lacked a way to measure when a workplace grew toxic. New design thinking can help—but only by including the most marginalized.

Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage: Why you should embrace it in your workforce

Harvard Business Review

by Robert D. Austin and Gary P. Pisano

Many people with neurological conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia have extraordinary skills, including in pattern recognition, memory, and mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers.

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: Creating a Better Work Environment for All by Embracing Neurodiversity

Deloitte Insights

by Monika Mahto, Susan K. Hogan, Steve Hatfield, and Brenna Sniderman

Organizations that make an extra effort to recruit, retain, and nurture neurodivergent workers can gain a competitive edge from increased diversity in skills, ways of thinking, and approaches to problem-solving.

People, Planet and Profit: Socio-Economic Perspectives of CSR

by Samuel O. Idowu, Abubakar Sadiq Kasum and Asli Yüksel Mermod (eds) | Gower Publishing Limited, © 2014

This volume explains the developmental aspect of CSR from a conceptual perspective and provides empirical evidence of the impact of CSR delivery on stakeholders in different corners of the World. The emphasis is on what corporations take from and give back to their stakeholders whilst trying to behave in a corporately responsible fashion.

Responsible, Sustainable, and Globally Aware Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

by Ziska Fields and Stefan Huesig | IGI Global, © 2019

Responsible, Sustainable, and Globally Aware Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolutionfocuses on responsible and sustainable management practices to better use innovative technologies and understand the impact of these technologies on business processes and the environment for organizational success.

Responsible Business: Making Strategic Decisions to Benefit People, the Planet and Profits

by Annemieke Roobeek, Jacques de Swart and Myrthe van der Plas | Kogan Page, © 2018

Responsible Business provides a seven-step framework that eliminates internal bias and can be used to make decisions that increase profits, benefit staff and protect the environment as a whole. This means that personal values, ethics and morals can be aligned with business goals and overall company strategy.

Green Information Technology: A Sustainable Approach

by Colin Pattinson, Mohammad Dastbaz, Babak Akhgar | Elsevier, © 2015

Green Information Technology: A Sustainable Approach offers in a single volume a broad collection of practical techniques and methodologies for designing, building and implementing a green technology strategy in any large enterprise environment.

RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS IN A CHANGING WORLD: NEW MANAGEMENT APPROACHES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

by Samuel O. Idowu, Belen Díaz Díaz, and Nicholas Capaldi | Springer, © 2020

Responsible Business in a Changing World explores the current state of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from an international perspective, the goal being to share ideas and visions for a sustainable future and to provide useful guidelines for academics, practitioners and policymakers in the context of the 2030 “Agenda for Sustainable Development” released by the United Nations.

Shine: Ignite Your Inner Game to Lead Consciously at Work and in the World

by Carley Hauck | Gildan Media, © 2021

The way we do business is changing. Every day, we see new evidence that we've got to move away from the status quo that is burning out workers, enabling greed, and endangering our planet. Yet how do you develop the skills and practical tools to prioritize people, planet, and prosperity? With Shine: Ignite Your Inner Game to Lead Consciously at Work and in the World, Carley Hauck distills the research-based methods and game-changing skills she's brought to corporate settings such as LinkedIn, Pixar, Genentech, Clif Bar, and more.

Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change Around the World

by Alyse Nelson | Recorded Books, © 2020

Vital Voices is an organization founded in 1997 by Hilary Clinton, which enables emerging women leaders in politics, human rights, and economic development in 127 countries. This book draws on that work and introduces unforgettable, inspiring women who are shaping our world.

Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace

by Marissa Orr | HarperCollins Leadership, © 2019

Lean Out presents persuasive opinions for the reasons women don’t reach the top rungs of the career ladder and how companies can inspire women by paying attention to what they do and say, and by recognizing the characteristics that make them flourish.

Pushback: How Smart Women Ask—and Stand Up—for What They Want

by Lois P. Frankel and Selena Rezvani | Jossey-Bass, © 2012

Based on interviews with top-notch business leaders such as Marie Chandoha, CEO of Charles Schwab Investment Management; Cindi Bigelow, President of Bigelow Tea Company; Fizzah Jafri, COO at Morgan Stanley; Rosemary Turner, President at UPS; and Irene Chang Britt, Chief Strategy Officer at Campbell's Soup, Pushback is a resource for savvy women who want to leverage their skills, promote themselves effectively, and fast track their careers.

Yes, You Can Do This! How Women Start Up, Scale Up, and Build the Life They Want

by Claudia Reuter | Gildan Media, © 2020

InYes, You Can Do This! Author Claudia Reuter shares her own reasons for starting a business and makes a call to action for women to consider entrepreneurship so that they can create businesses with the rules they want and change the playing field for.

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

by Melinda Gates | Flatiron Books, © 2019

In The Moment of Lift, author Melinda Gates takes readers on an inspirational journey towards a greater understanding of how women’s equality and self-determination lies at the heart of a society’s ability to thrive.

Cracking the Digital Ceiling: Women in Computing around the World

by Carol Frieze and Jeria L. Quesenberry | Cambridge University Press, © 2020

Cracking the Digital Ceiling examines explanations for women's low participation in computing. By providing an insider look at how different cultures worldwide impact the experiences of women in computing, the book introduces readers to theories and evidence to understand what determines women's participation in this growing field.

Kick Some Glass: 10 Ways Women Succeed at Work on Their Own Terms

by Portia R. Mount, Jennifer W. Martineau | Recorded Books, © 2018

Kick Some Glass empowers you to break through your glass ceiling and guides you toward understanding your context and uncovering what you really want, what your definition of success is, what your values are, and how to set the goals to reach your potential.

Nerve: Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First

by Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera | Recorded Books, © 2021

Authors Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera had vastly different career paths on their way to becoming the first—and so far only—female presidents of two of Canada’s largest and most respected research universities and directors of some of the nation’s largest market cap companies. But what they had in common was their gender, their willingness to take risks when leadership opportunities presented themselves, and a work ethic second to none. They share their personal and professional stories, offering guidance for women leaders of every age and at every stage of their career.

A Woman’s Guide to Claiming Space: Stand Tall. Raise Your Voice. Be Heard.

by Eliza VanCort | Berrett-Koehler, © 2021

In A Woman’s Guide to Claiming Space, author Eliza VanCort empowers women to claim space for themselves and for their sisters with courage, empathy, and conviction because “when we rise together, we rise so much higher.”

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

by Brené Brown | Random House, © 2018

In Dare to Lead, author Brené Brown provides a number of thought-provoking ideas on owning your fears, being daring instead of comfortable, and building an organizational culture that’s based on bravery and vulnerability. She outlines the skills that underpin courageous leadership and shows how being vulnerable can actually help you on your way to leadership excellence.

Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias

by La’Wana Harris | Berrett-Koehler Publishers, © 2019

The ugly truth about diversity is that some people worry they must give up their power for others to have a chance. Harris’s method helps people realize that sharing power isn’t the same as losing it.

Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping into Your Power

by Tamara Winfrey Harris | Berrett-Koehler Publishers, © 2021

Dear Black Girl is based on Tamara Winfrey Harris’s Letters to Black Girls project, where she asked Black women to write straightforward, unguarded, and encouraging letters of support to Black girls between the ages of thirteen and twenty-one.

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community

by Steven S. Rogers | Wiley, © 2021

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues examines the reasons for racial wealth disparity between Black and White people in the United States and offers realistic ways White people can share their wealth with the Black community.

Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience

by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo, David A. Thomas (eds) | Gildan Media, © 2021

What does it mean to be Black in corporate America today? How are racial dynamics in organizations changing? Race, Work, and Leadership examines these questions and other well-timed issues related to Black Americans in the workplace and in leadership roles.

Seven Sisters and a Brother: Friendship, Resistance, and Untold Truths Behind Black Student Activism in the 1960s

by Marilyn Allman Maye, Harold S. Buchanan, Jannette O. Domingo, Joyce Frisby Baynes, Marilyn Holifield, Myra E. Rose, Bridget Van Gronigen Warren, and Aundrea White Kelley | Mango Publishing, © 2019

Seven Sisters and a Brother chronicles the Afro-American Student Society’s eight-day sit-in in 1969 at Swarthmore College in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The eight students’ peaceful protest brought a level of inclusivity to Swarthmore that it hadn’t seen before, and it set an example for colleges and universities country wide.

Hiring for Diversity: The Guide to Building an Inclusive and Equitable Organization

by Arthur Woods and Susanna Tharakan | Wiley, © 2021

Hiring for Diversity is a groundbreaking guide to creating inclusive and sustainable hiring practices that exceed the increased standards of today. The authors implore us to embrace the role we each can play in creating cultures of belonging where everyone is empowered to thrive.

The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires

by Dennis Kimbro | Gildan Media, © 2019

Based on a study of 1000 self-made Black millionaires, The Wealth Choice examines how they got there, how they stayed there, and how others can model their success. The book features stories about greats such as Bob Johnson, Spike Lee, L. A. Reid, Herman Cain, T. D. Jakes and Tyrese Gibson and what their paths to financial success entailed.

Never Stop: A Memoir

by Simba Sana | Agate Bolden, © 2017

Never Stop is the powerful memoir of Simba Sana, cofounder and former leader of Karibu Books, one of the most successful Black-owned companies the book industry’s history. It tells the raw and poignant story of Sana’s rise and fall and how he rebuilt his life and identity.

So You Want To Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo | Seal Press, © 2018

So You Want To Talk About Race is a current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today's racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide.

Stamped from The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

by Ibram X. Kendi | Hachette Book Group, Inc., © 2017

In Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi presents a chronological account of racist ideas throughout history, tracing the roots of oppressive and separatist notions based on race back as far as ancient times.

Benefiting from Diversity and Working Across Cultures: Successfully Combining Different People and Ideas

by LID Editorial | LID Publishing, © 2015

Benefiting from Diversity and Working Across Cultures discusses how diversity can be a valuable differentiator which enables organizations to attract and retain the best people and helps them realize their full potential.

Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias

by La’Wana Harris | Berrett-Koehler Publishers, © 2019

The ugly truth about diversity is that some people worry they must give up their power for others to have a chance. Harris’s method helps people realize that sharing power isn’t the same as losing it.

Unleash the Power of Diversity: Multi Cultural Competence for Business Results

by Debjani Mukherjee Biswas | Made for Success, © 2013

In Unleash the Power of Diversity, author Debjani Mukherjee Biswas explains that developing a culturally diverse culture is critical for business results in today’s increasingly global workforce. She has developed groundbreaking new frameworks and offers practical guidance to increase effectiveness through multi-cultural competence.

Inclusive Talent Management: How Business Can Thrive in an Age of Diversity

by Stephen Frost and Danny Kalman | Kogan Page Limited, © 2016

Organizations traditionally have had a clear distinction between their policies on diversity and inclusion and their talent management. Inclusive Talent Management aligns talent management and diversity and inclusion, offering a fresh perspective on why the current distinction between them needs to disappear.

Driven by Difference: How Great Companies Fuel Innovation Through Diversity

by David Livermore | AMACOM, © 2016

Today’s workforce is more diverse than ever before. But despite new perspectives and talents, the promise of increased innovation rarely materializes. Why are so few businesses seeing results? Driven by Difference identifies the management practices necessary to guide multicultural teams to innovation.

Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

by Mary-Frances Winters | Berrett-Koehler Publishers, © 2020

This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people. In this book, Mary-Frances Winters explores black fatigue, and explains why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects.

October is Diversity Awareness Month

by ASL Global

MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW ARTICLE ON REDESIGNING THE POST-PANDEMIC WORKPLACE

by MIT Sloan Management Review | © 2021, MIT Sloan Management Review

The world has experienced widespread disruption over the past year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the successful development and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, the timeline for when the so-called next normal will arrive is clearer. Leaders should begin to take steps to consider what the workplace will look like when it arrives.

There is no going back to the pre-pandemic workplace. Organizations and individuals have had no choice but to discover new ways of working. Many have reported successfully implementing years’ worth of digital transformation plans over the course of a few months. For example, mortgage loan company Freddie Mac implemented remote building inspection, and many health care providers pivoted rapidly to telemedicine. Even companies that needed to maintain a significant colocated workplace used digital innovations to improve employee and customer engagement and safety. For example, Hitachi adapted sensors to monitor social distancing in factories, and many restaurants quickly adopted virtual ordering and delivery services. Managers should begin asking themselves how they can build on such innovations to further transform their businesses instead of planning a return to ways of working that were becoming outdated and obsolete even before the pandemic.

THE NEW NORMAL: A ROADMAP TO RESILIENCE IN THE PANDEMIC ERA

by Jennifer Ashton and Sarah Toland | © 2021, William Morrow

Are you struggling to deal with the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic? Are you confused about what’s safe to do and what precautions you should be taking? Do you wonder if you should be isolating from family and friends, keeping your kids at home, or staying away from your elderly relatives? Maybe you’re one of the millions of people who lie awake worrying about falling ill? Whatever your situation and risk factors, you have no doubt been affected by the pandemic. This book is for anyone who wants to learn how to effectively manage both their physical and mental health and adjust their life to the new normal.

In The New Normal, Jennifer Ashton and Sarah Toland provide invaluable insight and advice on how to cope in a world that has been turned upside down, seemingly overnight, by the coronavirus. Their discussions illustrate the impact the virus has had on almost every aspect of life, and the anxiety, confusion, and stress that the pandemic has caused. Understanding that each and every person has experienced some form of loss and finds themselves in unfamiliar territory, the authors compassionately present an informative, reassuring, and practical guide on navigating the new reality we find ourselves in.

STRONGER THROUGH ADVERSITY: WORLD-CLASS LEADERS SHARE PANDEMIC-TESTED LESSONS ON THRIVING DURING THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES

by Joseph A. Michelli | © 2021, McGraw-Hill

COVID-19 has disrupted business and life in ways we never imagined. Within days of the outbreak, Joseph Michelli—the world-renowned business expert who has cracked the leadership codes of Starbucks, Airbnb, Mercedes-Benz USA, and many other top companies—went to work. He contacted 140+ senior leaders at major companies about their specific challenges and how they were meeting them—getting raw yet thoughtful real-time insights into a crisis that will define an entire generation of leaders.

The result is Stronger Through Adversity. In this business guide for our times, Michelli distills best leadership practices that can be used in any company, in any industry. The author provides a deep dive into the methods, tactics, and approaches leaders have used to keep their company afloat and to position it for success long after the pandemic.

ZOOM FOR DUMMIES

by Phil Simon | © 2020, Wiley

Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult to hold a videoconference or to share your screen with a colleague? We can put a man on the moon, but we can't seem to get videoconferencing right. At least until now…

More than 300 million people have seen the light in the form of Zoom, the world's hottest communications tool. Zoom for Dummies shows you how to get the most out of Zoom. Discover how to hold group video calls; install time-saving third-party apps; dramatically improve the way that you communicate and collaborate with your colleagues; enable Zoom roles, IM groups, user groups, and other advanced features; easily move from one communications medium to another; engage your audience with interactive webinars; secure Zoom from prying eyes; and much more.

PRODUCTIVITY IS FOR ROBOTS: HOW TO (RE)CONNECT, GET CREATIVE, AND STAY HUMAN IN THE NEW WORLD

by Corey McComb | © 2021, Independently Published

In an age of where technology is capable of producing work efficiently at an ever-increasing rate, what does that mean for the value of human productivity? Is there still room for humanity’s tendency to search for meaning and purpose in this fast-paced work reality? Productivity Is For Robots is for anyone who seeks to reinvent job fulfilment toward becoming so much more than just a cog in a capitalist machine.

In Productivity Is For Robots, Corey McComb suggests that we bring humanity, ingenuity, and purpose back into our understanding of what it means to be industrious. Presenting insightful lessons from great thinkers and artists through the ages, he proposes a mindset shift that incorporates our human need for connection and meaning as the new yardstick for gauging adequate work output.

MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW ARTICLE ON THE PANDEMIC’S LESSONS FOR MANAGING UNCERTAINTY

by MIT Sloan Management Review | © 2020, MIT Sloan Management Review

Following the experiences of four companies—Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Vodafone, Arup, and Artemis Connection—over the past several months, each is facing big unknowns. None of the leaders of these companies believes they have all the answers yet; all describe their organizations as being in motion.

While each company’s experience is unique, common themes are emerging that are proving crucial to their journeys: the importance of project management; the need to embrace trial and error; the floating of big, long-term questions; and an excitement to build on the upsides of this moment. This collection of articles illustrates the four themes through the lens of these companies.

HIJACKED BY YOUR BRAIN: HOW TO FREE YOURSELF WHEN STRESS TAKES OVER

by Julian Ford and Jon Wortmann | © 2013, Sourcebooks

Stress is not the enemy. In order to reduce stress, you have to understand why your brain causes you to feel stress and how you can take advantage of it to handle the high-stress people and situations in your life.

When stress takes over, and our better judgment and attempts to cope fail us, terrible things can happen, sometimes immediately, but often gradually. You don't notice until your life is in crisis, a relationship you deeply care about falls apart, or you wake up and realize you've lost track of how to be the person you know you can be.

But why does this happen? And what's the solution?

This groundbreaking book reveals the step missing in most stress reduction guides. We can't stop stress, but we can control the effect stress has on us.

MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW ARTICLE ON MANAGING STRESS AND EMOTIONS WHEN WORKING REMOTELY

by MIT Sloan Management Review | © 2020, MIT Sloan Management Review

As COVID-19 continues to spread around the globe, more of us are starting to make changes to the way we work. Google, Microsoft, Trader Joe’s, Gap, and United Airlines are among a growing number of US companies that have already acted to address their workers’ most immediate employment concerns stemming from the pandemic, including recommending or requiring employees to work from home, offering more paid sick leave, or maintaining wages in spite of reduced hours.

MIT SMR has spent the past four years studying the science of emotions and their intersection with our lives at work. In their research, they have spoken to thousands of remote workers around the world, and from these conversations—and their own personal remote work experiences—they can attest that feeling isolated is common when working from home. Living with uncertainty in the face of a pandemic makes the current situation even more stressful. Here, they’ve pulled together top tips for both tackling the challenges of remote work and managing stress and difficult emotions.

RETURNING TO WORK AFTER COVID-19

by McKinsey & Company

FUTURE OF WORK

by Accenture

HOW WE WORK: THE RETURN

by Accenture

REMOTE TEAMWORK: A GUIDE TO BUILDING RESILIENCE

by Microsoft

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