It’s time to gear up for some professional growth under the summer sun. Here are the best reads for career development and life advice for movers and shakers.
This new release by lawyer and mediator Damali Peterman is one she wishes she could have had to guide her through being the only black woman in the office.
Peterman advocated for her children, who attended predominantly white schools, and tackled biases in her personal and professional life.
Here, the trained negotiator for high-stakes situations lays out simple strategies that work for all people, regardless of their identity.
From the author of “Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong,” you’ll finish Jessica Bacal’s ode to rejection more inspired than ever to keep striving post flops or failure.
The book spotlights interviews with Keri Smith, Angela Duckworth and Roz Chast, among other noteworthy ladies. The men might learn a thing or two about facing career struggles from this one, too.
In case you haven’t noticed, the whole world has become obsessed with chess these past few years. This book, released in April, was penned by Maurice Ashley, the first black chess grand master.
The US Chess Hall of Fame inductee’s skills on the board bloomed in Brooklyn during his adolescence, when he played in parks and clubs throughout the city.
Drawing from his 30-year career in chess, he extracts practical takeaways and hard-won wisdom about life on topics ranging from embracing chaos to failure to strategic risks.
Even if you’re not a chess enthusiast, it’s safe to say you’ll come away from this book with a new appreciation for the game and ideas that you can apply to your personal and professional life.
Kara Loewentheil is the host of the critically acclaimed “UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone” podcast, and now the author of this manual to resetting your career.
Within, the Harvard Law grad turned life coach guides women on topics running the gamut from body image to finding more joy.
The counsel is doled out through the lens of implementing cognitive change to break free from anxiety and blaze a better pathway.
Back in 2001, author David Allen launched a movement and acronym (GTD — Getting Things Done) for acing time management. Now, he’s teamed up with Edward Lamont for this playbook on how to optimize collaboration.
In short, you’ll learn how to implement GTD principles in group contexts, perhaps more vital than ever in an era of hybrid and remote work.
Throughout, case studies from prestigious companies reveal the joy of working together when you’ve got a system that actually works.
Since hitting bookstores in March, this practical how-to tome has been inspiring professionals to speak up in the boardroom and beyond.
Grounded in human psychology, Elaine Lin Hering explains unconscious patterns that have trained us to keep our lips glued shut and how to change this behavior.
You’ll close the final page of the book feeling more confident than ever to speak up at work, whether it’s in a Slack channel or in your annual review with your boss.
Cady Coleman’s memoir motivates us all to push boundaries at work and shatter stereotypes. In 2010 Coleman blasted off to spend six months on the International Space Station as the only woman on her six-person crew, and knows a thing or two about doing just that.
While most of us likely want to glean intel on flourishing back on planet Earth, you’ll enjoy plenty of fascinating anecdotes (meteorite sleuthing in Antarctica! Deploying a $1.6 billion telescope into space!) and motivational takeaways along the ride.
Some may say, “You can’t have it all,” but this retired US Air Force colonel, mom and former NASA astronaut will remind you that you can — and should.
