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Résumés, interviews, networking—it’s all here, minus the outdated, generic advice.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?
StandOut 2.0
Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Edge, Win at Work
by Marcus Buckingham
In the years since the publication of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, millions have come to the simple but powerful realization that to get the most out of people, you must build on their strengths. This is an indispensable guide for building on your strengths to further your career and lead your team.
Strengths Based Leadership
Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow
by Tom Rath, Barry Conchie
Based on Gallup’s extensive research, this book identifies three keys to being a more effective leader: knowing your strengths and investing in others’ strengths, getting people with the right strengths on your team, and understanding and meeting the four basic needs of those who look to you for leadership. Includes Assessment Access Code.
Thanks for the Feedback
The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
by Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen
Explore why receiving feedback is so crucial yet so challenging. The authors offer a simple framework and powerful tools to help us take on life’s blizzard of offhand comments, annual evaluations, and unsolicited input with curiosity and grace. They blend the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology with practical, hard-headed advice.
The 2-Hour Job Search
Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster
by Steve Dalton
The 2-Hour Job Search rejects laundry lists of conventional wisdom in favor of a streamlined job search approach that produces results quickly and efficiently. In three steps, learn how to select, prioritize, and make contact with potential employers so you can land that first interview.
The Advice Trap
Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever
by Michael Bungay Stanier
Get to grips with how to actually change your behavior so you stay curious a little bit longer. It sounds like it should be easy, but it's not. You have to tame your Advice Monster, that part of you that jumps in to offer up ideas, opinions, suggestions and advice. Discover tools to make your conversations, coaching and otherwise, irresistible.