The RJOS Mentoring and Professional Development Committees are pleased to provide the following book recommendations as additional resources that RJOS members may find helpful in developing the next stages of your career.
Do you have suggestions for additional reading? Please send the full title, and author, of your book recommendation to rjos@aaos.org.
Female Leadership
Give and Take – Adam Grant
Lean In—Sheryl Sandberg
The Credibility Code—Cara Hale
The Charisma Myth—Olivia Fox Cabanas Click here to read a synopsis by the RJOS Mentoring Committee
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges—Amy Cuddy (Power Pose)
The Confident Woman—Majorie Hansen Shaevitz
Resiliency/Grit
Option B—Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
Emotional Agility—Susan David
Grit—Angela Duckworth
Small Miracles—Yitta Halberstam
Leadership
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Lead—Liz Wiseman
Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard—Chip Heath
The Heart of Mentoring—David Stoddard
Resonant Leadership—Richard Boyatzis and Anne
Essentialism—Greg McKeown
Beyond Talent—John C. Maxwell
Failing Forward—John C. Maxwell
Laws of Leadership—John C. Maxwell
The Difference Maker—John C. Maxwell
Extreme Ownership: How US Navel Seals Lead and Win—Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills that Transform Individuals—Michael Simpson
Leadership is an Art-- Max DePree
Crucial Conversations—Kerry Patterson
How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie Click here to read a synposis provided by the RJOS Mentoring Committee
Negotiation Strategy
Pushback: How Smart Women Ask and Stand Up for What they Want—Selena Rezvani
Presentation Strategy
Steal the Show from speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches--- Michael Port
Talk Like TED—Carmine Gallo
Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs—Carmine Gallo (similar to talk like TED)
How To Deliver a TED Talk--- Jeremy Donovan
Magic of Impromptu Speaking—Andrii Deniev
Business Highlights
Digital Disruption— James McQuivey
The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge—Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble
Research Recommendations
Originals—Adam Grant
Peak: The New Science of Expertise—Anders Ericcson
Smartcuts—Shane Snow
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs—Carmine Gallo
Everything is Obvious Once You Know the Answer—Duncan Watts
Drive-- Daniel Pink
Deviate--- Beau Lotto
Thinking Fast and Slow—Daniel Kahneman
Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change—Joseph Grenny
Start with the Why—Simon Sinek
The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable—Nassim Nicolas Taleb
Seeing What Others Don’t See—Gary Klein
Linked: How Everything is Connected to Everything Else— Albert-Iaszlo Barabasi
Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age—Duncan Watts
Connected: The Surprising Power of Social Networks—Nicholas A. Christakis
Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence Decisions—Carmen Simon
Fun/Socially Popular Recommendations:
Tipping Point—Malcom Gladwell
Blink—Malcom Gladwell
Outliers- Malcom Gladwell
Good to Great—Jim Collins
When Breath Becomes Air—Paul Kalanithi