Browse My Bookshelf
Some books are just meh. These? These are the ones that shake things up, call you out, and push you to be bolder, smarter, and more intentional—whether in your career, leadership, personal growth, or job search. These are the books I’ve dog-eared, highlighted, and filled with margin notes because they actually work.
I’ve broken them down into categories so you can find exactly what you need:
Because work should work for you. These books help you take charge of your career.
The ones that feel like wise friends, guiding you to be a better leader, mentor, and change-maker.
Résumés, interviews, networking—it’s all here, minus the outdated, generic advice.
No fluff, no gimmicks—just high-impact insights on how to lead with confidence and clarity.
Mindset, boundaries, communication, life design—if it helps you level up, it’s on this shelf.
Every book here has made a real impact on me, and if you’re ready to dig in, you can pull up a comfy chair and filter by category tags below. (Heads up: I may earn a small commission if you purchase through my link—at no extra cost to you. So, if you grab one, you’re not just investing in yourself, you’re also helping me keep my book-buying habit alive. Win-win. 😉)
Ready to find your next great read?
Overcoming The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators
by Patrick M Lencioni
Lencioni offers specific, practical guidance for overcoming the five dysfunctions of a team, using tools, exercises, assessments, and real-world examples. He examines questions that all teams must ask themselves: Are we really a team? How are we currently performing? Are we prepared to invest the time and energy required to be a great team?
Positive Intelligence
Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential AND HOW YOU CAN ACHIEVE YOURS
by Shirzad Chamine
Learn the secret to defeating ten well-disguised mental Saboteurs. Positive Intelligence (PQ) measures the percentage of time your mind is serving you as opposed to sabotaging you. While your IQ and EQ (emotional intelligence) contribute to your maximum potential, it is your PQ that determines how much of that potential you actually achieve.
Quiet Leadership
Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work
by David Rock
A brain-based approach that will help busy leaders, executives, and managers improve their own and their colleagues' performance. Rock offers a practical, six-step guide to making permanent workplace performance change by unleashing higher productivity, new levels of morale, and greater job satisfaction.
Scaling Leadership
Building Organizational Capability and Capacity to Create Outcomes that Matter Most
by Robert J. Anderson, William A. Adams
Scalable leadership drives forward-momentum by multiplying high-achieving leaders so that growth, productivity and innovation increase exponentially. Creative leaders multiply their strengths beyond technical competence by leading in deep relationship, with radical humanity, passion and integrity. Reactive leaders limit scale. Which type are you?