Hopefully the pace of life settles a bit in the summer for you and allows for some great summer reading. We asked some of our staff and board for their summer reading suggestions on the professional side and the personal side. We believe leaders are readers so be sure to respond back with your summer reading list!
Some of our team suggestions
Alyssa–
Personal: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Professional: Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Geries–
Personal: Rising Strong by Brene Brown
Professional: The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner, 4th Edition
Erica-
Personal: Let The Nations Be Glad by John Piper and The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Professional: The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
Carissa-
Personal: The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon
Professional: Punch fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work that Matters by Jon Acuff
Some of our board suggestions
Cindy–
Personal: The Plantagenets by Dan Jones and Sea Wolves by Lars Brownsworth (I just love to learn about history!)
Professional: The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt (I’m re-reading this great “process improvement/thinking out of the box” book
Heather–
Personal: Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes ( I’m a sucker for romantic novels)
Professional: The Advertising Effect by Adam Ferrier. It has some really good information on marketing and public relations.
Kirk-
Personal: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (soon to be a major motion picture!)
Professional: reading new IRS regulations
Mark-
Personal: Joe DiMaggio’s biography- 1950’s era baseball players fascinate and the life of Joltin’ Joe is amazing
Personal: Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull- it is about overocming the forrces that stand the way of true creative inspiration
Kevin-
Professional: SCRUM The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half The Time by Jeff Sutherland.
Personal: anything by Clive Cussler