Author: Karen Stein
Title: Be Your Own Leadership Coach: Self-coaching strategies to lead your way
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Many leaders dream of having a leadership coach: a dedicated cheerleader and confidant to support their thinking and development, and help them explore their issues and concerns. But what happens once your coaching sessions come to an end, or if you can’t access a coach in the moment due to financial or practical reasons? How do you support yourself? What many leaders don’t realise is that it’s possible to have a coach with you on tap – and that coach can be you. Be Your Own Leadership Coach is a one-stop shop teaching you powerful self-coaching strategies in support of your leadership of you and in support of yourself as you lead others – anytime and anywhere. Drawing on evidence-based positive psychology and more than 2000 hours of one-on-one coaching, Karen presents 12 practices which bring more equity of access to coaching. Through reflective exercises and learnings, the reader can support themself to be their best self and have a positive long lasting leadership impact.

Author: Karen Stein
Title: Be Your Own Leadership Coach: Self-coaching strategies to lead your way
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Many leaders dream of having a leadership coach: a dedicated cheerleader and confidant to support their thinking and development, and help them explore their issues and concerns. But what happens once your coaching sessions come to an end, or if you can’t access a coach in the moment due to financial or practical reasons? How do you support yourself? What many leaders don’t realise is that it’s possible to have a coach with you on tap – and that coach can be you. Be Your Own Leadership Coach is a one-stop shop teaching you powerful self-coaching strategies in support of your leadership of you and in support of yourself as you lead others – anytime and anywhere. Drawing on evidence-based positive psychology and more than 2000 hours of one-on-one coaching, Karen presents 12 practices which bring more equity of access to coaching. Through reflective exercises and learnings, the reader can support themself to be their best self and have a positive long lasting leadership impact.

Author: Ellen Taaffe
Title: The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women in Place
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
This book helps professional women feel seen, get unstuck, and courageously move into action. It helps them recognize how they might be holding themselves back with sky-high expectations and ingrained learned messages that no longer serve them, creating a distorted reflection that makes them think they aren't worthy or ready to take the risk whether that is to raise their hand or go for the next promotion. Through stories, research, and prompts, they build self-awareness and begin to take small steps. Readers learn the perils of the five success strategies (preparing to perfection, eagerly pleasing, fitting the mold, working pedal to the metal, and performing patiently awaiting to be noticed) and learn how they can drive performance, get sidelined with potential pitfalls personally or perceptually, and how to pivot into new actions. Readers learn to ask for help, set boundaries, show up more authentically, and ask for what they want. They build courage, community, and confidence.

Author: Ellen Taaffe
Title: The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women in Place
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
This book helps professional women feel seen, get unstuck, and courageously move into action. It helps them recognize how they might be holding themselves back with sky-high expectations and ingrained learned messages that no longer serve them, creating a distorted reflection that makes them think they aren't worthy or ready to take the risk whether that is to raise their hand or go for the next promotion. Through stories, research, and prompts, they build self-awareness and begin to take small steps. Readers learn the perils of the five success strategies (preparing to perfection, eagerly pleasing, fitting the mold, working pedal to the metal, and performing patiently awaiting to be noticed) and learn how they can drive performance, get sidelined with potential pitfalls personally or perceptually, and how to pivot into new actions. Readers learn to ask for help, set boundaries, show up more authentically, and ask for what they want. They build courage, community, and confidence.

Author: Ellen Taaffe
Title: The Mirrored Door: Break Through the Hidden Barrier that Locks Successful Women in Place
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
This book helps professional women feel seen, get unstuck, and courageously move into action. It helps them recognize how they might be holding themselves back with sky-high expectations and ingrained learned messages that no longer serve them, creating a distorted reflection that makes them think they aren't worthy or ready to take the risk whether that is to raise their hand or go for the next promotion. Through stories, research, and prompts, they build self-awareness and begin to take small steps. Readers learn the perils of the five success strategies (preparing to perfection, eagerly pleasing, fitting the mold, working pedal to the metal, and performing patiently awaiting to be noticed) and learn how they can drive performance, get sidelined with potential pitfalls personally or perceptually, and how to pivot into new actions. Readers learn to ask for help, set boundaries, show up more authentically, and ask for what they want. They build courage, community, and confidence.

Author: Aytekin Tank
Title: Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
In Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Jotform Aytekin Tank delivers a can’t-miss blueprint to help you make the most of your most precious asset: time. You’ll explore what’s possible when you offload repetitive tasks, why automation has democratized innovation, and how you can use cheap―or even completely free―no-code automation tools to transform your ability to focus on what truly matters in your business and life.

Author: Aytekin Tank
Title: Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
In Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Jotform Aytekin Tank delivers a can’t-miss blueprint to help you make the most of your most precious asset: time. You’ll explore what’s possible when you offload repetitive tasks, why automation has democratized innovation, and how you can use cheap―or even completely free―no-code automation tools to transform your ability to focus on what truly matters in your business and life.

Author: Paul Taylor
Title: Death by Comfort: How modern life is killing us and what we can do about it
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Death by Comfort makes an impact with its very title. Value abounds in every chapter, each meticulously researched and supported by cutting-edge science. Perhaps the biggest impact Death by Comfort makes is its practical solutions to our complex health issues.
Modern humans are the most overweight, depressed, medicated, and addicted cohort of adults that has ever lived, yet life has never been so good! Our sedentary lifestyles and ultra-processed foods are making us overweight and sick. Our digital world is leaving us physically disconnected. The solution? Embrace discomfort. This book explores the science behind counting your steps, cold showers, intermittent fasting, ‘digital sunsets’, and much, much more.
Reading Death by Comfort offers a sense of relief. With every ‘aha’ moment – where complex physiology and psychology is simply explained, with accompanying practical tools – the reader is left with a true drive to positively impact their own physical and mental health.

Author: Paul Taylor
Title: Death by Comfort: How modern life is killing us and what we can do about it
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Death by Comfort makes an impact with its very title. Value abounds in every chapter, each meticulously researched and supported by cutting-edge science. Perhaps the biggest impact Death by Comfort makes is its practical solutions to our complex health issues.
Modern humans are the most overweight, depressed, medicated, and addicted cohort of adults that has ever lived, yet life has never been so good! Our sedentary lifestyles and ultra-processed foods are making us overweight and sick. Our digital world is leaving us physically disconnected. The solution? Embrace discomfort. This book explores the science behind counting your steps, cold showers, intermittent fasting, ‘digital sunsets’, and much, much more.
Reading Death by Comfort offers a sense of relief. With every ‘aha’ moment – where complex physiology and psychology is simply explained, with accompanying practical tools – the reader is left with a true drive to positively impact their own physical and mental health.

Author: Solitaire Townsend
Title: The Solutionists: How Businesses Can Fix the Future
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
As the title claims, this book aims to provide solutions for businesses and individuals to put sustainability at the forefront. In a positive light, 'The Solutionists' provides readers with hope to help solve the environmental crisis as well as drive business growth and innovation.

Author: Natalie Trice
Title: PR School - Your Time To Shine. A Masterclass in Publicity for You and Your Business
Published: 2019
How this book is helping:
"PR School" is more than just a book; it's a toolkit for transforming dreams into reality and guiding people so they can secure ongoing, impactful press coverage for themselves. From coaches to graphic designers, writers to accountants, PR School gives readers the tools, understanding, and confidence to pitch to the press, secure media coverage, which consequently helps with business growth and self-belief. I've taught people the power of PR, enabling them to elevate visibility, establish themselves as experts, and become go-to commentators for journalists, podcasters, and influencers. "PR School" is a journey of empowerment, and I love that my 26-year career is now a book that allows others, to confidently apply the skills I provide on these pages – let's face it, Beyonce wasn't born famous, but PR School can help you to be that! PR isn't rocket science, but it demands grit and conviction, and I love that people who've read it have been in papers, magazines, online, on TV, and radio.

Author: Ethan Turer
Title: The Next Gold Rush: The Future of Investing in People
Published: 2021
How this book is helping:
The Next Gold Rush helps inspire people about a future where they control their total value and empowers them to follow their dreams with an innovative cryptocurrency. The book also helps educate readers about the basics of Bitcoin and Blockchain technology. Beginners to this industry will be helped by reading this book and learning about the fundamentals of investing in crypto as well. Ideally, the entire world would benefit from the creation of the big idea described in this book, for a new cryptocurrency called Challenge Coin. The author wants to create a new type of stock market but instead of trading company's stocks, people would be investing in each other's coins. These coins are connected to a person's total value. Not just people's economic value, currently dictated by corporations and governments, but value based on their terms. This new financial technology could disrupt every facet of society to empower people to control their value and their lives.

Author: Heather VanCura
Title: Developer Career Masterplan
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
This book helps people, specifically technical professionals, engineers and developers, build their path to senior levels and beyond with practical insights from industry experts. It provides techniques to elevate their technical careers with practical guidance, best practices, and actionable insights shared by industry experts.

Key Features:
- Develop the right skills to advance your career with comprehensive skill development
- Explore practical examples and case studies for real-world career guidance
- Understand the importance of activities such as public speaking, mentorship, social media, networking and community engagement for professional growth
- Learn how to develop technical skills such as communication, critical thinking, collaboration and negotiation to enhance your career.

This book is for technical professionals, particularly developers, seeking practical career growth guidelines and best practices.

Author: Purna Virji
Title: High-Impact Content Marketing: Strategies to Make Your Content Intentional, Engaging and Effective
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Content marketing has lost its way, lost focus on customers and turned into a factory assembly line. Create. Publish. Repeat. And hope. Marketers can’t afford to go on like that. To succeed in this highly competitive era of human- and machine-generated content, marketers need to rethink their approach or go the way of the dinosaurs. High-Impact Content Marketing provides time-proven, long-lasting strategies to create video, audio, social media and longer-form content that audiences actually want to consume.
It helps by:
- Teaching behavioral science and adult learning principles to boost effectiveness and engagement.
- Sharing easy-to-implement frameworks and actionable guides throughout and best-in-class examples from the likes of Patagonia, Microsoft, Spotify and Google.
- What sets the book apart is the emphasis on meaningful inclusion (chapter 10.) It offers actionable strategies for accessibility, language and creatives to empower marketers to make inclusion the default.

Author: Purna Virji
Title: High-Impact Content Marketing: Strategies to Make Your Content Intentional, Engaging and Effective
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Content marketing has lost its way, lost focus on customers and turned into a factory assembly line. Create. Publish. Repeat. And hope. Marketers can’t afford to go on like that. To succeed in this highly competitive era of human- and machine-generated content, marketers need to rethink their approach or go the way of the dinosaurs. High-Impact Content Marketing provides time-proven, long-lasting strategies to create video, audio, social media and longer-form content that audiences actually want to consume.
It helps by:
- Teaching behavioral science and adult learning principles to boost effectiveness and engagement.
- Sharing easy-to-implement frameworks and actionable guides throughout and best-in-class examples from the likes of Patagonia, Microsoft, Spotify and Google.
- What sets the book apart is the emphasis on meaningful inclusion (chapter 10.) It offers actionable strategies for accessibility, language and creatives to empower marketers to make inclusion the default.

Author: Cortney Warren
Title: Letting Go of Your Ex: CBT Skills to Heal the Pain of a Breakup and Overcome Love Addiction
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
At some point in our lives, almost all of us will suffer an excruciatingly painful breakup that absolutely rocks our world. The loss of our romantic partner may be so all-consuming that we feel addicted to our ex. Desperate to reconnect and understand what happened, we can become fixated on them as if we need them to survive. As if our life has lost all meaning without them by our side. As if we no longer have value on our own. As if we have lost our identity and purpose.

Letting Go of Your Ex offers powerful, evidence-based skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help manage the harmful thoughts, feelings, and behaviors associated with a difficult breakup or divorce. Feeling addicted to an ex can leave people in a constant state of craving and withdrawal. Yet, we can emerge from breakups as stronger, more honest, and authentic versions of ourselves. This compassionate and practical guide was written to help people heal their heartache and start enjoying life again.

Author: William Warren
Title: The Conquering Creative: 9 Shifts to Build an Unstoppable Creative Business
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
The Conquering Creative, written and illustrated by William Warren, describes how creatives can build a real, thriving career or business out of their creative passions and dispels the myth that artists either have to sell out...or starve. They do, however, have to think critically about how their creative work is a product that creates marketplace value. As founder and CEO of The Sketch Effect, an illustration and animation company that provides businesses with creative visual communication goods and services, Warren draws upon his decades of experience in marrying the worlds of business and art. He leans on his own early struggles leaving his “real business job” at a Fortune 500 company, and lays out nine critical shifts creatives must use to build a sustainable business without sacrificing passion. This book will prove indispensable to anyone who refuses to become the “starving artist” stereotype.

Author: Cortney Warren
Title: Letting Go of Your Ex: CBT Skills to Heal the Pain of a Breakup and Overcome Love Addiction
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
At some point in our lives, almost all of us will suffer an excruciatingly painful breakup that absolutely rocks our world. The loss of our romantic partner may be so all-consuming that we feel addicted to our ex. Desperate to reconnect and understand what happened, we can become fixated on them as if we need them to survive. As if our life has lost all meaning without them by our side. As if we no longer have value on our own. As if we have lost our identity and purpose.

Letting Go of Your Ex offers powerful, evidence-based skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help manage the harmful thoughts, feelings, and behaviors associated with a difficult breakup or divorce. Feeling addicted to an ex can leave people in a constant state of craving and withdrawal. Yet, we can emerge from breakups as stronger, more honest, and authentic versions of ourselves. This compassionate and practical guide was written to help people heal their heartache and start enjoying life again.

Author: Marc Whitt
Title: When In Doubt, Make Applesauce! Core Habits of the Masterful Public Relations Professional
Published: 2022
How this book is helping:
As greater demands and expectations are placed on those who practice public relations, my latest book contends that we should advance ourselves to the ultimate level of professional skill and excellence: that of a masterful public relations professional. Achieving the masterful status should become our North Star – our guiding light. These individuals are the profession’s cream of the cream of the crop. But those wishing to reach the masterful level must embrace and consistently practice eight core habits as they strive to be successful leaders and practitioners. Therefore, a masterful public relations professional is: Habit 1 - a model of unquestionable character and integrity; Habit 2 - an effective and strategic communicator; Habit 3 - an exceptional networker and relationship-builder; Habit 4 - an exceptional networker and relationship-builder; Habit 5 - a master of the mission and brand; Habit 6 - an embracer of life; Habit 7 - a servant leader; and Habit 8 - one who is resilient.

Author: Marc Whitt
Title: PR Lessons Learned Along the Way: Strategies, Tips & Advice for the Higher Ed and Nonprofit Public Relations Professional
Published: 2020
How this book is helping:
Whether the reader is a young, mid-career or senior PR professional, or perhaps a college PR student learning the principles of our profession, this book is filled with strategies, tips, and advice addressing pertinent topics of our role in higher education or nonprofit PR or simply life. I have interspersed throughout the book many of the career lessons that I've personally learned and experienced during my 35-plus years in higher education and nonprofit public relations. I am taking these experiences and insights and passing them along to the reader for their thoughtful consideration and possible application. 'PR Lessons Learned Along the Way' is written in a conversational tone. I want the reader to feel as if we are sitting down together over coffee and learning from one another. I hope this book speaks to the reader in a personal way as it challenges, encourages, inspires, and hopefully leads them to consider ways to become an even more effective professional.

Author: Scott Wozniak
Title: Make Your Brand Legendary: Create Raving Fans With the Customer Experience Engine
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
In Make Your Brand Legendary, Scott Wozniak leverages his decades of brand-building experience within some of America’s most-loved companies to show you how to create world-class customer experience. After years of battle-tested work, Scott realized that there was a set of systems that all the great brands used to create raving fans. He captured these practices in an engine diagram, a simple tool to help leaders become legends.

If you use this approach, you can build a Customer Experience Engine that will create those same kinds of raving fans that always seem to dominate dinner-party conversations and water-cooler chats. Only this time, they’ll be talking about your business. This isn't a hype book. It's a how-to book. Greatness is possible, if you build the right engine.

Author: Scott Wozniak
Title: Make Your Brand Legendary: Create Raving Fans With the Customer Experience Engine
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
In Make Your Brand Legendary, Scott Wozniak leverages his decades of brand-building experience within some of America’s most-loved companies to show you how to create world-class customer experience. After years of battle-tested work, Scott realized that there was a set of systems that all the great brands used to create raving fans. He captured these practices in an engine diagram, a simple tool to help leaders become legends.

If you use this approach, you can build a Customer Experience Engine that will create those same kinds of raving fans that always seem to dominate dinner-party conversations and water-cooler chats. Only this time, they’ll be talking about your business. This isn't a hype book. It's a how-to book. Greatness is possible, if you build the right engine.

Author: Chuen Chuen Yeo
Title: 8 Paradoxes of Leadership Agility
Published: 2020
How this book is helping:
This book helps managers and leaders adopt a new way of thinking in the volatile workplace, reducing stress, increasing a sense of ease and authenticity, and improving their resilience to excel and make a positive difference.

Readers globally have reached out to me after the book was published, sharing how the simple four-step model has offered them another perspective that is more constructive, resourceful and liberating. Many readers have also shared their insights with the rest of the world through my podcast, Agile Leaders Conversations. For some readers, the stories in the book gave them closure on the challenges they faced on their leadership journey.

In a nutshell, the stories coupled with the four-step model gives modern leaders a simple and systematic way to broaden their perpsectives, clarify their values and then leading with agility and ease. This helps them be ready for whatever changes that will come their way.

Author: Chuen Chuen Yeo
Title: 8 Paradoxes of Leadership Agility
Published: 2020
How this book is helping:
This book helps managers and leaders adopt a new way of thinking in the volatile workplace, reducing stress, increasing a sense of ease and authenticity, and improving their resilience to excel and make a positive difference.

Readers globally have reached out to me after the book was published, sharing how the simple four-step model has offered them another perspective that is more constructive, resourceful and liberating. Many readers have also shared their insights with the rest of the world through my podcast, Agile Leaders Conversations. For some readers, the stories in the book gave them closure on the challenges they faced on their leadership journey.

In a nutshell, the stories coupled with the four-step model gives modern leaders a simple and systematic way to broaden their perpsectives, clarify their values and then leading with agility and ease. This helps them be ready for whatever changes that will come their way.

Author: Chuen Chuen Yeo
Title: 8 Paradoxes of Leadership Agility
Published: 2020
How this book is helping:
This book helps managers and leaders adopt a new way of thinking in the volatile workplace, reducing stress, increasing a sense of ease and authenticity, and improving their resilience to excel and make a positive difference.

Readers globally have reached out to me after the book was published, sharing how the simple four-step model has offered them another perspective that is more constructive, resourceful and liberating. Many readers have also shared their insights with the rest of the world through my podcast, Agile Leaders Conversations. For some readers, the stories in the book gave them closure on the challenges they faced on their leadership journey.

In a nutshell, the stories coupled with the four-step model gives modern leaders a simple and systematic way to broaden their perpsectives, clarify their values and then leading with agility and ease. This helps them be ready for whatever changes that will come their way.