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INTERVIEW: Reading Books for Professional Development

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Watch or listen to this interview with a number of different career service providers who are also book-lovers. Below the interview, you will find the books they recommended in the interview.
 
(1) Why do you think reading books is important for your own professional development?
(2) What is your favorite book in 2018 that helped you professionally?

I hope you are inspired to read one of these books, I know I am. This interview is a follow up to my blog Are You Faster Than 300?

 

Brian Hutchison, Department Chair and Associate Professor at New Jersey City University and the Global Career Guy – follow me at Global Career Guy Channel on youtube.

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by  Nadine Burke Harris M.D. 

For fun, Brian reads a lot of books by Deon Meyer

Carol Pelletier, School to Career Coordinator at Camden Hills Regional High School

The End of College, Creating the Future of Learning in the University of Everywhere, by Kevin Carey
Teach, Breathe, Learn by Meena Srinivisasan

The Quiet American, Graham Greene

Intention, Critical  Creativity in the Classroom, by Amy Burvall and Dan Ryder
 
Belinda J. Wilkerson, Founder of Steps To The Future, LLC  www.steps2thefuture.com
Her STEM Career: Adventures of 51 Remarkable Women by Diane Propsner
 
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
 
Becoming by Michelle Obama
 
Edward Lawrence, Training Coordinator for MassHire Metro Southwest, which comprises MassHire Framingham and MassHire Norwood, two Massachusetts-based American Job Centers. By night, I offer coaching and career services through my business Getstarted LLC  (www.getstart-ed.com).
 
Grant by Ron Chernow. A study Presidential leadership styles.
 
The Startup of You by Reid Hoffman
Recommended by my boss; has enabled us to transform the message for job-seekers.
 
The Work of Leaders by Straw, Scullard, Kukkonen, and David
Excellent summation of how Vision and Alignment and Execution are used by leaders.
 
I met the author Elizabeth White. She told me, “Ed, the cavalry isn’t coming through that door!”
Her experience echoes the philosophy of Hoffman. We are responsible for our careers.

Barry L. Davis, MS, CTC, CMCS, Career Coach at Gift of Self Career Services and Adjunct Professor for Concordia and Huntington Universities

Steal Like an Artist – 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon

Barbara Janssens, 
Living Nonviolent Communication: Practical Tools to Connect and Communicate Skillfully in Every Situation.  By Marshall Rosenberg
 
Marie Eddy, CCSP, GCDF, Eddy Career Services eddycareerservices.com
Career Kred. 4 Simples Steps to Build Your Digital Brand & Boost Credibility in Your Career. By Ryan Rhoten
 
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. By Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
 
Alease Copelin, CT/Academic Counselor, Center High School Career Center
Note: Alease like a few others here, do not have a “favorite” book per se, but whatever they are currently reading…
The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea   
Author:  Bob Burg and John David Mann
Interested in seeing what I read in 2018? Check out my book summary page.

Jim Peacock is the Principal at Peak-Careers Consulting and writes a monthly newsletter for career practitioners. Peak-Careers offers discussion-based online seminars for career practitioners focused on meeting continuing education needs for CCSP, GCDF and BCC certified professionals as well as workshops for career practitioners and individual career coaching.

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