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Contributors to the May 2025 issue of TD magazine offer their book recommendations.

Contributors to the May 2025 issue of TD magazine offer their book recommendations.

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Margaret Spence

Margaret Spence

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Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Employees Want

Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Employees Want

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By Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni

By Beverly Kaye and Julie Winkle Giulioni

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This new edition of the bestselling employee development classic includes advice on engagement and retention in today's more flexible employment environment, a new chapter on remote and hybrid work, and a deeper discussion of career development in your organization.

This new edition of the bestselling employee development classic includes advice on engagement and retention in today's more flexible employment environment, a new chapter on remote and hybrid work, and a deeper discussion of career development in your organization.

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The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table

The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table

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By Minda Harts

By Minda Harts

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This book offers women of color the lens of career improvement. Most business books provide a one-size-fits-all approach to career advice that overlooks the unique barriers that women of color face. The Memo offers a much-needed career guide tailored specifically for women of color.

This book offers women of color the lens of career improvement. Most business books provide a one-size-fits-all approach to career advice that overlooks the unique barriers that women of color face. The Memo offers a much-needed career guide tailored specifically for women of color.

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Managers’ First Aid Kit: A Practical Guide to Remedy the Three Most Common Managerial Challenges

Managers’ First Aid Kit: A Practical Guide to Remedy the Three Most Common Managerial Challenges

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By Joan H. Underwood

By Joan H. Underwood

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This practical “how to” guide is an invaluable resource for experienced, new, and aspiring supervisors and managers who want to take their performance to the next level.

This practical “how to” guide is an invaluable resource for experienced, new, and aspiring supervisors and managers who want to take their performance to the next level.

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Convo Catalyst

Convo Catalyst

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By Kelly Charles-Collins

By Kelly Charles-Collins

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This book is your ultimate resource to transform your organization through the power of conversations. Learn how to open hearts and change minds one conversation at a time. From the lens of a former employment attorney, the book takes you on a journey to master the art of effective communication.

This book is your ultimate resource to transform your organization through the power of conversations. Learn how to open hearts and change minds one conversation at a time. From the lens of a former employment attorney, the book takes you on a journey to master the art of effective communication.

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Wendy Terwelp

Wendy Terwelp

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Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

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By Amy Cuddy

By Amy Cuddy

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Going for a promotion at work? Got a big interview? Want to nail that presentation? These can be nerve-wracking experiences for some. Cuddy shows you how to access your personal power and presence to help you perform at your best. Well researched and packed with real-world examples. I regularly recommend this book to my private coaching clients.

Going for a promotion at work? Got a big interview? Want to nail that presentation? These can be nerve-wracking experiences for some. Cuddy shows you how to access your personal power and presence to help you perform at your best. Well researched and packed with real-world examples. I regularly recommend this book to my private coaching clients.

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

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By Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

By Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

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As learning professionals, many of us already have a growth mindset. How do we work with others who don’t? Dwek provides in-depth research combined with powerful stories of how a growth mindset influences success. Helpful when motivating those you work with and who attend your programs.

As learning professionals, many of us already have a growth mindset. How do we work with others who don’t? Dwek provides in-depth research combined with powerful stories of how a growth mindset influences success. Helpful when motivating those you work with and who attend your programs.

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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

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By Chip Heath and Dan Heath

By Chip Heath and Dan Heath

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Why is change hard, especially in organizations? Chip and Dan Heath provide real-world examples of how everyday people get results. What looks like a people problem is often a situational problem. Uses the Rider and the Elephant model. Shape the Path. The glove story… check it out. A must-read for those involved with organizational change (and who isn’t right now?).

Why is change hard, especially in organizations? Chip and Dan Heath provide real-world examples of how everyday people get results. What looks like a people problem is often a situational problem. Uses the Rider and the Elephant model. Shape the Path. The glove story… check it out. A must-read for those involved with organizational change (and who isn’t right now?).

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Believe IT: How to Go from Underestimated to Unstoppable

Believe IT: How to Go from Underestimated to Unstoppable

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By Jamie Kern Lima

By Jamie Kern Lima

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Go from underestimated to unstoppable. Lima created a company and sold it to L'Oréal for $1B, becoming the first female CEO of a brand in L’Oréal’s history. If you’ve ever had self-doubt, “imposter syndrome” or been passed over, the tactics and examples in this book will help you overcome it. “When we let fear, or other people’s opinions, govern our decisions, it often comes at the price of everything that actually matters,” Jamie Kern Lima. You’ve got this!

Go from underestimated to unstoppable. Lima created a company and sold it to L'Oréal for $1B, becoming the first female CEO of a brand in L’Oréal’s history. If you’ve ever had self-doubt, “imposter syndrome” or been passed over, the tactics and examples in this book will help you overcome it. “When we let fear, or other people’s opinions, govern our decisions, it often comes at the price of everything that actually matters,” Jamie Kern Lima. You’ve got this!

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Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

Nine Things Successful People Do Differently

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By Heidi Grant Halvorson

By Heidi Grant Halvorson

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A short, powerful read. Stories backed by research that shows exactly what nine things have the biggest impact on performance.

A short, powerful read. Stories backed by research that shows exactly what nine things have the biggest impact on performance.

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Joelle Jay

Joelle Jay

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Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better

Radical Respect: How to Work Together Better

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By Kim Scott

By Kim Scott

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In today's polarized world, it can be hard to find the joy in teamwork. But we can only do the best work of our lives when we are building the best relationships of our careers. Radical Respect will help you remember how to enjoy working together not despite your differences, but because of them.

In today's polarized world, it can be hard to find the joy in teamwork. But we can only do the best work of our lives when we are building the best relationships of our careers. Radical Respect will help you remember how to enjoy working together not despite your differences, but because of them.

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The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People: Why Some Flourish When Others Fold

The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People: Why Some Flourish When Others Fold

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By Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal

By Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal

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Resilience is not bouncing back, it’s about bouncing forward. Rather than developing a special skillset, resilience is the essence of being human, tied to our DNA, and practicing resilience is about tapping into and identifying the strengths that already exist within us.

Resilience is not bouncing back, it’s about bouncing forward. Rather than developing a special skillset, resilience is the essence of being human, tied to our DNA, and practicing resilience is about tapping into and identifying the strengths that already exist within us.

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Lesli Beavers

Lesli Beavers

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Digital Body Language

Digital Body Language

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By Erica Dhawan

By Erica Dhawan

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With the majority of communication being behind a screen through email, text, chat, or hybrid work, humans have become distant from traditional body language cues. However, this book explores and defines new cues—known as digital body language. Delving into the intricacies of communication, for both in-person and hybrid teams, Dhawan creates a road map for more effective and efficient teams.

With the majority of communication being behind a screen through email, text, chat, or hybrid work, humans have become distant from traditional body language cues. However, this book explores and defines new cues—known as digital body language. Delving into the intricacies of communication, for both in-person and hybrid teams, Dhawan creates a road map for more effective and efficient teams.

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Christy Tucker

Christy Tucker

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Co-Intelligence

Co-Intelligence

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By Ethan Mollick

By Ethan Mollick

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Part of understanding how artificial intelligence will affect the L&D field is understanding how it will affect work and life overall. Mollick shares how to use AI productively, explores possible visions of the future, and discusses the ethics and pitfalls of this rapidly evolving technology.

Part of understanding how artificial intelligence will affect the L&D field is understanding how it will affect work and life overall. Mollick shares how to use AI productively, explores possible visions of the future, and discusses the ethics and pitfalls of this rapidly evolving technology.

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