Library
Career Development Resources
SkillPath
www.skillpath.com
Myers Briggs Personality Assessment – MBTI
www.myersbriggs.org
The American Management Association
www.amanet.org
Recommended Reading
Diversity Done Right
Tyronne Stoudemire
In Diversity Done Right: Navigating Cultural Difference to Create Positive Change In the Workplace the Senior Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Hyatt, Tyronne Stoudemire, delivers an enlightening and startling look at group dynamics via case studies and interviews representing a variety of backgrounds.
On Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Michael Gervais, Angela L. Duckworth, Martin E.P. Seligman, Herminia Ibarra
Come back from every setback stronger and better as a leader. If you read nothing else on mental toughness, read this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you embrace challenges and adversity, learn from disappointment, and build your emotional strength and resilience.
The Memo
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene ten years ago and revolutionized the way people communicate when stakes are high, opinions vary and emotions run strong. Since then, millions of people have learned how to hold effective crucial conversations and have dramatically improved their lives and careers thanks to the methods outlined in this book.
Making Your Net Work
Billy Dexter and Melissa G. Wilson
Based on the bestselling book, #10 on Amazon for an entire year, "Networlding," has merged with networking veteran and winner of a "Best Networker in the World" contest, Billy Dexter's book, "Making Your Net Work." This guidebook takes all of the rich stories and proven networking "How-to's" and provides you with the best of two successful networking processes to offer you both a science and an art approach to the ever-timely top of networking.
Learning to Lead
Ron Williams
In Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization, Ron Williams provides you with practical, tested leadership advice, whether you're searching for a new career, looking for proven management solutions, or seeking to transform your organization.
Repurpose Your Career
Marc Miller
Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the Second Half of Life provides that strategy. Career design expert Marc Miller helps you repurpose your old career, using the experience you ve gained so far to make practical pivots into a new career.
The Memo
Minda Harts
Minda Harts is the CEO of The Memo LLC, a career development platform for women of color, and an Assistant Professor at NYU Wagner. She has been featured on MSNBC's Morning Joe and FastCompany, and speaks at companies like Microsoft, Levi's, and Google. She hosts the podcast Secure The Seat, and lives in New York City.
Emotional Intelligence - Influence & Persuasion
Harvard Business Review
Changing hearts is an important part of changing minds. Research shows that appealing to human emotion can help you make your case and build your authority as a leader.
This book highlights that research and shows you how to act on it, presenting both comprehensive frameworks for developing influence and small, simple tactics you can use to convince others every day.
Quietly Visible
Carol Stewart
Quietly Visible is written from the perspective of the lived experience of the author (herself an introvert), her clients, her research, and the many, many introverted women across the globe who regularly share their experiences and challenges with her.
Road Map to Your Job
Trevor M. Morgan
Catalyze your job search or internship search! Prepare for a job interview... You are just 1 click and 5 Pit Stops away from finding your dream job! No work experience? Low GPA? Don't let that stop you. This book serves as a handbook to any job or internship seeker and guides readers through five main topics (or Pit Stops) that the reader will tackle on the road to their employment.
Personal Branding
C. Parker Williams Ph.D
A book and workbook that will demystify the personal branding process and guide you through the process of creating or revamping your self-brand. It will help you identify the excuses, emotions, and destructive habits that stand in the way of you achieving your career goals.
Answers to the Top 20 Interview Questions
Katie Weiser
Your resume got you in the door or someone referred you to the perfect job. That is great! But, all of a sudden that sinking feeling begins to set in because the interview date is fast approaching. You wonder what questions are going to be asked, how to best represent yourself, how to prepare, how to reduce your anxiety, how to follow-up. How do you get job interview ready? Katie Weiser's Answers to the Top 20 Interview Questions will help you
