January
17, 2005
Interested in learning how to be more effective in self-managing your life and your career? Here's a reading list that may provide a useful place to start. It's a compendium of some of the resources I've found most useful over the years. A majority of the books below directly treat issues related to career management in the new world of work. The remainder address related issues that tangentially impact that challenge. Happy reading!
This list is notably different from my list of 50 books that have most influenced me, as you'll note, though not surprisingly there is some overlap between the two lists.
Ambrose,
Delorese. Healing the Downsized
Organization. New York:
Harmony Books, 1996.
Amen,
Daniel. Change Your Brain,
Change Your Life. New York:
Times Books, 1998.
Asker,
Stephanie. Plan B:
How To Get Unstuck From Work, Family, and Relationship Problems.
New York: Perigee Books,
1999.
Barkley,
Nella, and Sandburg, Eric. Taking
Charge of Your Career. New
York: Workman Publishing, 1995.
Bennis,
Warren. Leading People is Like Herding Cats. Provo, UT: Executive
Excellence Publishing, 1997.
Bolles,
Richard Nelson. The Three Boxes
of Life and How To Get Out of Them. Berkeley,
CA: Ten Speed Press, 1978.
Bridges,
William. Job Shift:
How to Prosper in a World Without Jobs.
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1994.
Bridges,
William. Managing Transitions.
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1991.
Bridges,
William. Surviving Corporate
Transition: Rational Management in
a World of Mergers, Start-Ups, Takeovers, Layoffs, Divestitures, Deregulation
and New Technologies. New York:
Doubleday, 1988.
Briggs,
Isabel M. Gifts Differing.
Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1990.
Buckingham,
Marcus, and Clifton, Donald O. Now,
Discover Your Strengths. New
York: Free Press, 2001.
Burton,
Mary L., and Wedemeyer, Richard A. In
Transition. New York:
Harper Collins, 1991.
Butler,
Timothy, and Waldroop, James. Discovering
Your Career in Business. Reading,
MA: Perseus Books, 1997.
Covey,
Stephen R. The Seven Habits of
Highly Effective People. Thorndike,
ME: G.K. Hall, 1997.
Crystal,
John C., and Bolles, Richard N. Where
Do I Go From Here With The Rest of MyLife?
Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed
Press, 1974.
Csikszentmihalyi,
Mihaly. Finding Flow.
New York: Basic Books, 1997.
De
Bono, Edward. Six Thinking Hats.
Boston: Back Bay Books,
1999.
De
Bono, Edward. Six Action Shoes.
New York: Harper Business,
1991.
De
Bono, Edward. Lateral Thinking.
London: Ward Lock
Educational, 1970.
Dempcy,
Mary H., and Tihista, Rene. Dear
Job Stressed. Palo Alto, CA:
Davies-Black, 1996.
Dent,
Harry S., Jr. Job Shock:
Four New Principles Transforming Our Work and Business.
New York: St. Martin’s
Press, 1995.
Drucker,
Peter F. The Age of
Discontinuity: Guidelines to our
Changing Society. New York:
Harper & Row, 1968.
Edwards,
Paul and Sarah. Finding Your
Perfect Work. New York:
G. P. Putnam, 1996.
Embree,
Marlowe C. Self-Managing Your
Career: An Interactive Career
Workbook. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, 2003.
Farren,
Caela. Who’s Running Your
Career? Austin, TX:
Bard Press, 1997.
Finzel,
Hans. Change is Like a Slinky.
Chicago: Northfield
Publishing, 2004.
Florida,
Richard. The Rise of the Creative Class.
New York: Basic Books, 2002.
Frankl,
Viktor. Man’s Search for
Meaning. Boston:
Beacon Press, 1963.
Friedman,
Thomas L. The Lexus and the
Olive Tree: Understanding
Globalization. New York:
Anchor Books, 2000.
Gross,
Andrea. Shifting Gears:
Planning a New Strategy at Midlife.
New York: Crown Publishers,
1991.
Harary,
Keith, and Donohue, Eileen. Who
Do You Think You Are? San
Francisco: Harper Collins, 1994.
Harkness,
Helen. The Career Chase.
Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black, 1997.
Hawken,
Paul. Growing a Business.
New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1987.
Hyatt,
Carole, and Gottlieb, Linda. When
Smart People Fail: Rebuilding
Yourself for Success. New York:
Penguin Books, 1993.
Jackson,
Tom. Not Just Another Job.
New York: Random House,
1992.
Jacobs, Jane. Dark Age Ahead. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2004.
Jaffe,
Betsy. Altered Ambitions:
What’s Next In Your Life? New
York: Donald I. Fine, 1991.
Johnson,
Spencer. Who Moved My Cheese?
New York: Putnam, 1998.
Kanter,
Rosabeth M. The Change Masters.
New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1983.
Keeffe, Carol. How to Get What You Want with the Money You Already Have. Boston: Little-Brown, 1995.
Keirsey,
David. Please Understand Me II.
Del Mar, CA: Prometheus Nemesis Press, 1998.
Knowdell, Richard L.; Branstead, Elizabeth; and Moravec, Milan. From Downsizing to Recovery: Strategic Transition Options for Organizations and Individuals. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1994.
Krumboltz, John D., and Levin, Al S.
Planned Happenstance:
Making the Most of Chance Events in Your Life and Your Career.
Atascadero, CA : Impact Publishers, 2002.
Levine,
Mel. A Mind At A Time.
New York: Simon and
Schuster, 2002.
Lore,
Nicholas. The Pathfinder.
New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1998.
Miller, Adrienne, and Goldblatt, Andrew. The Hamlet Syndrome: Overthinkers Who Underachieve. New York: Morrow, 1989.
Noer, David M. Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1993.
Oldham,
John, and Morris, Lois. The
Personality Self-Portrait. New
York: Bantam Books, 1990.
Patterson,
Tom. Living the Life You Were
Meant to Live. Nashville:
Thomas Nelson, 1998.
Potter,
Beverly. The Way of the Ronin:
Riding the Waves of Change. Berkeley,
CA: Ronin Publications, 2001.
Ramsey,
Dave. The Financial Peace
Planner. New York:
Penguin Books, 1998.
Schein,
Edgar. Career Anchors.
San Diego: Pfeiffer and Co.,
1993.
Sheerer,
Robin A. No More Blue Mondays.
Palo Alto, CA: Davies-Black, 1999.
Sher,
Barbara. Wishcraft:
How To Get What You Really Want.
New York: Ballantine Books,
2004.
Smith,
Kenwyn K. “Philosophical Problems
in Thinking About Change.” In
Goodman, Paul S., et al., Change in Organizations. San Francisco: Jossey
Bass, 1982.
Sternberg,
Robert J. Why Smart People Can
Be So Stupid. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 2002.
Strauss,
William, and Howe, Neil. The
Fourth Turning: An American
Prophecy. New York:
Broadway Books, 1997.
Tieger,
Paul, and Barron-Tieger, Barbara. Do
What You Are. Boston:
Little Brown, 2001.
Toffler,
Alvin. Future Shock.
New York: Random House,
1970.
Van
Oech, Roger. A Kick in the Seat
of the Pants. New York:
Harper and Row, 1986.
Winter,
Barbara J. Making a Living
Without a Job. New York:
Bantam Books, 1993.