It’s time to gear up for some professional growth in the summer sun. Here are our top reads on career development and life advice for talented people.
This new release by attorney and mediator Damali Peterman is one she wishes she had had to guide her as the only Black woman in her office.
Peterman has advocated for children who attend predominantly white schools and has fought prejudice in her personal and professional life.
Here, trained negotiators for critical situations offer simple strategies that work for everyone, regardless of identity.
After reading Jessica Bacal, author of Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Gained by Doing It Wrong , this paean to rejection, you’ll feel more motivated than ever to keep trying after failures and setbacks.
The book features interviews with notable women like Kelly Smith, Angela Duckworth, and Roz Chast, and men might learn something from it about facing career challenges, too.
You may not know this, but the world has been obsessed with chess in recent years. This book, released in April, was written by Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grandmaster.
A member of the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame, his chess skills began as a young man playing in the parks and clubs of Brooklyn.
He draws practical life lessons and hard-won wisdom from his 30-year chess career on a range of topics including embracing chaos, failure and strategic risk.
Even if you are not a chess enthusiast, reading this book is sure to leave you with a new appreciation for chess and ideas that you can apply to your personal and professional life.
Kara Lowentheil has received critical acclaim. “UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Improvement for Everyone” podcast, and now the author of this manual for resetting your career.
In this book, the Harvard Law grad turned life coach coaches women on a range of topics from body image to finding more joy.
Advice is given in terms of implementing cognitive changes to free yourself from anxiety and pave a better path forward.
In 2001, author David Allen launched a movement and acronym for time management mastery (GTD — Getting Things Done), and now he’s teamed up with Edward Lamont to write this playbook on how to optimize collaboration.
This means learning how to implement GTD principles in a group context, which may be more important than ever in times of hybrid and remote work.
Throughout, case studies from leading companies reveal the joys of working together when you have a system that actually works.
Since hitting bookstores in March, this practical how-to book has inspired experts to speak out in boardrooms and beyond.
Drawing from human psychology, Elaine Lynn Herring explains the unconscious patterns that have trained us to keep quiet and how we can change this behavior.
By the time you finish reading this book, you’ll feel more confident speaking up at work, whether that’s in a Slack channel or during your annual review with your manager.
Cady Coleman’s memoir will inspire all of us to push the boundaries and break stereotypes at work. In 2010, Coleman blasted into space to spend six months aboard the International Space Station as the only woman on a crew of six, so she knows a thing or two about doing just that.
While most of us will want to glean information to help us thrive on Earth again, the journey offers plenty of fascinating anecdotes (Meteor hunting in Antarctica! Launching a $1.6 billion telescope into space!) and motivational lessons to enjoy.
Some may say you can’t have it all, but the retired U.S. Air Force colonel, mother, and former NASA astronaut reminds us that you can and should have it all.
