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Introducing our Management Masters Shelf! From building trust and adapting to change to improving workplace culture, these books offer actionable insights for seasoned leaders and first-time managers alike. Check them out!
1. Culture Impact: Strategies to Create World-changing Workplaces by Tosca DiMatteo
How do you build a thriving, multigenerational company culture in a post-pandemic world; one that fuels growth, reflection and innovation? Culture Impact, led by workplace culture expert Melanie Booher, brings together a powerhouse team of HR leaders to show you how. From silencing inner critics to strengthening leadership integrity and cultivating recognition-worthy cultures, this book is your guide to creating workplaces where people love what they do.
2. Fired Up!: A guide to transforming your team from burnout to engagement by Mia Russell
Do you dream of leading a team that’s energized, creative, and truly enjoys working together? A team that helps you achieve goals on time and on budget? While that is many people’s ideal vision, many leaders face the reality of burnout. Fired Up! provides a practical framework through real stories, strategies and actionable tools to help address causes of burnout and in turn create an engaging work environment.
3. HR Is Sexy! Revolutionizing Human Resources by Nicole Anderson
In HR Is Sexy!, Nicole Anderson is leading the HR revolution, breaking old molds and redefining what HR can be. Through modern, people-first leadership, she’s inspiring organizations to rethink workplace culture, embrace change and put the “human” back in Human Resources. Nicole Anderson helps bridge gaps, not widen them. The HR revolution is tearing down the outdated practices, redefining what HR can be with modern solutions, sparking change and inspiring people-focused leaders!
4. Making Change Work by Natasha Todorovic
This digital guide offers real-world case studies and a fresh, people-centered approach to organizational transformation. Across 11 chapters, it helps leaders design and implement change strategies that build resilience and lasting impact, with tools to draft your own Playbook for Change.
5. People Fusion: Best Practices to Build and Retain a Strong Team (Business Fusion) by Cheryle Hays
People Fusion equips small to midsize business leaders with practical tools, tactics and strategies to build strong teams and retain top talent. Featuring expertise from fourteen authors, this final book in the Business Fusion series by Influence Network Media brings together guidance on leadership, people operations, marketing and more, helping businesses align their people strategy with overall growth and success.
6. Pivot, Disrupt, Transform: How Leaders Beat the Odds and Survive by Marcia Daszko
In Pivot, Disrupt, Transform, leadership expert Marcia Daszko challenges outdated business habits and offers a bold roadmap for lasting success. Her three-step stop, start, transform method, helps leaders abandon ineffective practices, embrace innovative thinking, and build resilient, adaptable organizations. With most startups and even Fortune 500 companies likely to fail, Daszko’s contrarian approach shows how questioning conventional wisdom can be the key to thriving, pivoting and adapting.
7. Rethinking Talent Decisions: A Tale of Complexity, Technology and Subjectivity by Sharna Wiblen
ReThinking Talent Decisions by Dr. Sharna Wiblen is a 2024 finalist in the Leadership – HR and Employee Development category. The book challenges traditional views of talent management, revealing that every talent decision is subjective. Through real-world examples, Dr. Wiblen empowers leaders to make more intentional, human-centered and informed decisions that drive organizational success.
8. Safe & Sound: Cultivating a Whole-human, Trauma-Informed Approach for Employee and Employer Well-Being by Anita Roach
In Safe & Sound, Anita Roach reveals how unacknowledged trauma quietly shapes performance, leadership and culture—and offers a powerful framework for change. Drawing on lived experience and systems of insight, she guides leaders in building psychologically safe, whole-human workplaces where both people and organizations thrive.
9. The Secret to Managing Gen Z: The Handbook by Janet Granger
There’s a growing tension in today’s workplaces, a quiet war between generations. Misunderstandings and frustrations about Gen Z workers are creating division instead of collaboration. This book dives into what’s really happening and offers practical, step-by-step guidance for leaders on how to recruit, hire, manage and retain Gen Z employees effectively. Learn how to bridge the generational gap and create a stronger, more cohesive workplace.
10. Women in Top Management: Role Models from Around the Globe Share Their Paths to Success by Dr. Bettina Al-Sadik-Lowinski
Based on interviews with 110 top female executives from Russia, China, Japan, France and Germany, this book uncovers what drives women to succeed in international leadership. Through the Global Women Career Lab study, it reveals how these leaders plan their careers, overcome challenges, and rise to the top—offering valuable insights for aspiring women leaders and the companies that want to support them.
About the Authors
These authors are Innovation Women Content Creator members, a group of speakers who are also authors and/or podcast hosts. We’ll be spotlighting their books regularly to help you discover your next favorite read. Be on the lookout for more!
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