Career Transitioning

TOP PICK: Personal Best: 1001 Great Ideas for Achieving Success in Your Career, Joe Tye, MJF
Career Map – Deciding What You Want, Getting It and Keeping It, Neal Yeager, John Wiley & Sons
Creating You & Co., William Bridges, Perseus Books
Take Yourself to the Top, Laura Berman Fortgang, Warner Books
Don’t Send a Resume, Jeffrey J. Fox, Hyperion
You’ve Only Got Three Seconds, Camille Lavington with Stephanie Losee, Main Street Books
Work for a Living and Still be Free to Live, Eileen McDargh, BookPartners
Do What You Are, Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger, Little, Brown and Company
JobShift, William Bridges, Perseus Books
Becoming The Obvious Choice, Bryan Dodge and David Cottrell, Cornerstone Leadership Institute

Executive Coaching

TOP PICK: Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others, James Flaherty, Butterworth Heinemann
Executive Coaching, Peter Stephenson, Prentice Hall
Executive Coaching: An Appreciative Approach, William Bergquist, Kenneth Merritt and Steven Phillips, Pacific Sounding Press
This Little Book of Coaching, Ken Blanchard and Don Shula, Harper Business
The Handbook of Coaching, Frederic M. Hudson, Ph.D., Jossey-Bass Publishers
Coach Yourself to Success, Talane Miedaner, Contemporary Books
Leader As Coach, David B. Peterson, Ph.D. & Mary Dee Hicks, Ph.D., Personnel Decisions, International
Executive Coaching: An Annotated Bibliography, Christina A. Douglas & William H. Morley, Center for Creative Leadership

Professional Development & Communication

TOP PICK: The Articulate Executive, Granville Toogood, Mcgraw-Hill
Life Launch , Frederic M. Hudson, Ph.D., and Pamela D. McLean, Hudson Institute
The Creative Executive, Granville Toogood, McGraw-Hill
The Inspired Executive, Granville Toogood, McGrw-Hill
Take Time for Your Life, Cheryl Richardson, The Free Press
Stand Up for Your Life, Cheryl Richardson, The Free Press
The Way of Transition, William Bridges, Perseus Publishing
Managing Transitions, William Bridges, Perseus Publishing
When Money is Not Enough, Eileen R. Hannegan, M.S., Beyond Words Publishing
How to Say It, Rosalie Maggio, Prentice Hall
New Sales Speak, Terri L. Sjodin, CSP, John Wiley & Sons
Capture the Rapture, Marcia Reynolds, Hathor Hill Press
The Creative Communicator, Barbara A. Glanz, McGraw-Hill
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey, Fireside
The Brand You, Tom Peters, Knopf

Leadership

Gung Ho!, Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles, William Morrow and Company
The Loyalty Effect, Frederick F. Reichheld, Harvard Business School Press
Empowerment Takes More Than a Minute, Ken Blanchard, John P. Carlos & Alan Randolph, MJF Books
The 3 Keys to Empowerment, Ken Blanchard, John P. Carlos & Alan Randolph, Berrett-Koehler
The Pursuit of WOW!, Tom Peters, Vintage Books
The Deep Blue Sea: Rethinking the Source of Leadership, Wilfred Drath, Jossey-Bass

Human Resources Management (Retention & Mentoring)

Love’Em or Lose’Em Second Edition, Beverly Kay and Sharon Jordan-Evans, Berrett-Koehler
Mentoring, Floyd Wickman & Terri Sjodin, McGraw-Hill
Mentoring For Exceptional Performance, Harold E. Johnson, Griffin Publishing

Directories

The Directory of Executive Recruiters, Kennedy Information
The Directory of Outplacement and Career Management Firms, Kennedy Information
Susann Linn’s Orange County Directory of Networking Organizations, Susann Linn

International Employment

The Complete Guide to International Jobs & Careers, Ronald L. Krannich, Ph.D. and Caryl R. Krannich, Ph.D., Impact Publications
International Jobs – Where They Are & How To Get Them, Eric Kocher, Addison Wesley

Nonprofit Careers

Nonprofit Careers for Business Professionals, Richard King, The Scoville Corporation
Non-Profits’ Job Finder, Daniel Lauber

Professional Training/Resource Centers

These centers provide a broad range of individual and group training programs. Each organization publishes a variety of resources.