Recommended Books
Lianne’s Picks
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| 10 Career Essentials: Excel at Your Career by Using Your Personality Type | Donna Dunning |
| Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type | Paul Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger |
| Doing Work you Love | Cheryl Gilman |
| Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live | Martha Beck |
| Highly Effective Networking: Meet the Right People and Get a Great Job | Orville Pierson |
| I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It | Barbara Sher |
| Networking for People who Hate Networking, A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected | Devora Zack |
| The Authentic Career | Maggie Craddock |
| The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide: How to Find Hope and Rewarding Work, Even When "There Are No Jobs" | Richard N. Bolles |
| What Next? The Complete Guide to Taking Control of your Working Life | Barbara Moses |
| What Should I Do with My Life? | Po Bronson |
| Working Identity | Herminia Ibarra |
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader | Herminia Ibarra |
| Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value | Bill George |
| The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever | Michael Bungay Stanier |
| Fierce Conversations | Susan Scott |
| The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter | Michael Watkins |
| The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable | Patrick Lencioni |
| Getting Things Done, The Art of Stress-Free Productivity | David Allen |
| Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't | Jim Collins |
| The Happiness Advantage | Shawn Achor |
| Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization | Robert Keegan and Lisa Lahey |
| The Leadership Challenge | Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner |
| Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life | Kevin Cashman |
| Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg |
| Managing for People Who Hate Managing: Be a Success by Being Yourself | Devora Zack |
| Mindful Leadership: The 9 Ways to Self-Awareness, Transforming Yourself, and Inspiring Others | Maria Gonzalez |
| On Becoming a Leader | Warren Bennis |
| Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work | David Rock |
| Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow | Tom Rath, Gallup Press |
| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Stephen Covey |
| Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders | L. David Marquet |
| Dare to Lead | Brené Brown |
| The Extraordinary Leader | Zenger and Folkman |
| The Five Levels of Leadership | John Maxwell |
| Mindset: The New Psychology of Success | Carol Dweck |
| The Saint, the Surfer and the CEO | Robin Sharma |
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life | Arthur Brooks |
| Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life | James Hollis |
| Learning to Love Mid-Life: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets Better with Age | Chip Conley |
| Authentic Happiness | Martin Seligman |
| Finding Your Way in a Wild New World: Reclaim Your True Nature to Create the Life You Want | Martha Beck |
| Learned Optimism, How to Change Your Mind and Your Life | Martin Seligman |
| Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation | Daniel Siegel, M.D. |
| Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy | Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant |
| Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time | Brigid Schulte |
| Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life | Barbara Fredrickson |
| Slowing Down to the Speed of Life: How to Create a More Peaceful, Simpler Life from the Inside Out | Richard Carlson & Joseph Bailey |
| The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom | Don Miguel Ruiz |
| The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Spiritual Fable about Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny | Robin S. Sharma |
| Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes | William Bridges |
| When Things Fall Apart | Pema Chodron |
| Wherever you Go, There you Are | Jon Kabat-Zinn |
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| A Lawyers Guide to Networking | Susan Sneider |
| Alternative Careers for Lawyers | Hilary Mantis |
| Choosing Small Choosing Smart: Job Search Strategies from Lawyers in the Small Firm Market | Donna Gerson |
| Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the J.D. You Have | Liz Brown |
| Out of Practice: Exploring Legal Career Paths in Canada | Amy Kaufman & Leeann Beggs, (2015) |
| The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction | Michael F. Melcher |
| The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law | Nancy Levit and Dougla Linder |
| The (Un) Happy Lawyer (2008) | Monica Parker |
| What Can You Do With a Law Degree?: A Lawyers' Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside & Around the Law | Deborah Arron |
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People | Carol Eikleberry |
| Creating a Life Worth Living | Carol Lloyd |
| Refuse to Choose!: A Revolutionary Program for Doing Everything That You Love | Barbara Sher |
| The Idealist Guide to NonProfit Careers for Sector Switchers | Steven Joiner and Meg Busse |
| Zen and the Art of Making a Living | Laurence Boldt |
