What Are We Reading

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain explores the undervalued strengths of introverts. Cain acknowledges introverts for their thoughtfulness, creativity, and depth.

Paulo Savaget is a consultant and entrepreneur who specializes in teaching successful business solutions obtained from non-traditional strategies employed by atypical organizations and individuals. In his book, The Four Workarounds, he emphasizes the importance of concepts implemented in the Amazon more than those of corporate Amazon.

With twenty years of organizational research and a keen sense of today’s post-Covid workplace environment, King advocates navigating a meaningful career on your terms and staying true to your authentic self, and she expertly provides the essential playbook to achieve both.

In fifteen chapters, this conversational textbook cuts through the hype to clarify and demystify the who, what, when, where and why of storytelling. It’s a step-by-step roadmap for finding, shaping and telling powerful stories. This no-nonsense handbook belongs on everyone’s bookshelf.

This book is described as “a management tool to effectively build a creative culture for long-term success and sustainability,” and it skillfully succeeds.

A leading thinker on productivity, David Allen’s book, Getting Things Done, teaches his five steps to gain control of your life. Learn how to corral your “stuff,” get projects organized, and build new mental skills for stress-free productivity with simplicity, speed and fun.

Bestselling author and former professional poker player, Annie Duke outrivals in the decision-making space. In her latest book, Quit, she challenges the norm with breakthrough ideas about the role quitting plays in achieving long-term success—to pick the right thing to stick to and quit the rest.

Grab your hat and coat for a ride along with expert economist and professor, John List, author of The Voltage Effect, for an inside view of how top executives at companies such as Uber and Chrysler make crucial decisions.

“Influence doesn’t work the way you think” according to Zoe Chance, author of Influence is Your Superpower. Her groundbreaking research combined with skillfully developed techniques has catapulted this award-winning teacher and Yale professor as a recognized authority on how to be successfully influential with ease and integrity.

The average person spends fewer than 15 seconds on web page clicks. Recognizing this ultra-fast-paced noise of words, three co-founders of Axios and Politico wrote Smart Brevity to “cut to the chase of communication.”