Reading List
Our (Current) Top 13
On Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression
- How to be an Anti-Racist
by Ibram X. Kendi - Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
by Layla F. Saad - White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
by Robin DeAngelo - So You Want To Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Olou
On Change Management
- Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization
by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey
On Collaboration and Teaming
- Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy
by Amy Edmondson
On Motivation, Engagement and Culture
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
by Daniel Pink
On Leadership
- Leadership Agility: Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change
by Bill Joiner and Stephen Josephs - First Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently
by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
On Personal and Professional Development
- When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
by Pema Chödrönby Lynne Twist and Teresa Barker - The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
by Eckhart Tolle - The Art of Happiness
by The Dalai Lama
On Social and Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman
Also Noteworthy
On Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression
- The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race
Edited by Jesmyn Ward - White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
by Carol Anderson - Bad Feminist
by Roxanne Gay - My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
by Resmaa Menakem - Deep Diversity: Overcoming Us vs. Them
by Shakil Choudury
On Collaboration and Teaming
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
by Patrick Lencioni
Leadership
- Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life
by Kevin Cashman - Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer
by Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell - Leadership Presence: Dramatic Techniques to Reach Out, Motivate, and Inspire
by Kathy Lubar, Belle Linda Halpern - Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
by Seth Godin
On Personal and Professional Development
- The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
by Brené Brown - The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
by M. Scott Peck - The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
by Don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills - Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives
by Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl and Laura Whitworth - The Power of TED (The Empowerment Dynamic)
by David Emerald - The Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
by Karen Armstrong - The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life
On Conflict Resolution
- The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
by The Arbinger Institute
On Organizational Development
- Leading from the Emerging Future: From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies
by C. Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer - Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
by Frederic Laloux
On Communication
- Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time
by Susan Scott
On Neuroscience
- Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
by Rick Hanson
On Purpose
- The Bigger Game: 9 Minutes to Learn, a Lifetime to Live
by Rick Tamlyn - Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future
by Joe Jaworski
On The Nightstand
On Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression
- Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias
by La”wanna Harris - Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
On Leadership
- Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
by Simon Sinek
On Personal and Professional Development
- The Art of Possibility: Transforming Personal and Professional Life
by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander - Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
On Organizational Development
- The Fifth Discipline: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization
by Peter Senge
On Creativity
- The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
by Dan Ariely
On Purpose
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell