Suggested Reading

Sorted by Title | Sorted by Author | Sorted by Rating | Suggest a book

Make your Contacts Count: Networking Know-How for Business and Career Success
by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon *
A must-read for anyone who wants to get another job or make a career change.
* A former presenter at Miles/LeHane’s Women’s Forum
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

Good to Great
by Jim Collins
Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
By the author of Built to Last
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

Leadership that Matters
by Marshall Sashkin, Molly G. Sashkin
The Critical Factors for Making a Difference in People's Lives and Organizations' Success
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

Leadership from the Inside Out
by Kevin Cashman
Becoming A Leader for Life
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age
by Daniel H Pink
The argument at the center of this provocative book—“Left brain” dominance and the Information Age is giving way to a new world in which artistic and holistic “right brain” abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who falls behind.
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell
A book about how we think without thinking, about choices than seem to be made in an instant—in the blink of an eye.
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

Secrets of Six-Figure Women
by Barbara Stanny
Surprising Strategies To Up Your Earnings and Change Your Life
Bestselling author of Prince Charming Isn’t Coming
www.barbarastanny.com
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Scott Miles

DreamMakers: Putting Vision and Values to Work
by Michele Hunt
Thirteen stories of eminent leaders who have led grand-scale organizational transformations in the face of resistance, fear, and adversity.
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

Hire With Your Head
by Lou Adler
USING PERFORMANCE – BASED HIRING TO BUILD GREAT TEAMS – Any organization is only as strong as its weakest link, and just a few poor performers can adversely affect your entire company. Though there’s no foolproof method for hiring the right people, there is a system for minimizing mistakes and consistently recruiting better, more successful candidates. Hire with Your Head introduces you to the Performance-based Hiring system, a methodology designed in response to the needs of top recruits and based on how they actually look for and accept offers.
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

Success On Our Own Terms: Tales of Extraordinary, Ordinary Business Women
by Virginia O’Brien
Featuring women of different ages, ethnic backgrounds, and educational levels whose combined experiences offer a fascinating portrait of how the corporate landscape has changed for women over the last few decades.
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

We Are All Athletes: Bringing Courage, Confidence, and Peak Performance into Our Everyday Lives
by Mariah Burton Nelson *
The author shows readers how to approach life with an athletic mentality, bringing courage, conficence, commitment, leadership, and teamwork to everyday endeavors.
* A former presenter at Miles/LeHane’s Women’s Forum
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

The 1st Ninety Days
by Michael Waltham
CRITICAL SUCCESS STRATEGIES FOR NEW LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS - You've just been promoted to a new leadership position. You're not yet sure of the challenges ahead or how you will meet them. All you know is that you have three months to get on top of the job and move forward – or fail. This book is your road map for taking charge quickly and effectively during critical career transition periods, whether you're a first-time manager or a new CEO.
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

Blue Ocean Strategy
by W. Chan & Renée Mauborgne
HOW TO CREATE UNCONTESTED MARKET SPACE AND MAKE THE COMPETITION IRRELEVANT – In today's overcrowded industries, competing head-on results in nothing but a bloody "red ocean" of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. In a book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne contend that while most companies compete within such red oceans, this strategy is increasingly unlikely to create profitable growth in the future.
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

It's Not a Glass Ceiling, It's a Sticky Floor
by R Shambaugh
FREE YOURSELF FROM THE HIDDEN BEHAVIORS SABOTAGING YOUR CAREER SUCCESS – You’ve probably been “stuck” in at least one or more sticky situations. This book will show you how to get unstuck from these common traps. You’ll discover how other successful women have managed to break out of middle management jobs to grab the top leadership positions.
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

It's OK to Be the Boss
by Bruce Julgan
THE STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO BECOMING THE MANAGER YOUR EMPLOYEES NEED – Managing people is harder and more high-pressure today than ever before. There’s no room for downtime, waste, or inefficiency. You have to do more with less. And employees have become high maintenance. Not only are they more likely to disagree openly and push back, but they also won’t work hard for vague promises of long-term rewards. They look to you – their immediate boss – to help them get what they need and want at work. This book will help tackle this huge management challenge.
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

Bodacious! An AOL insider cracks the code to outrageous success for women.
by Mary Foley *
With wise advice and potent strategies, Bodacious! helps you turn your unique gifts and vision into a satisfying, expectations-defying career.
* A former presenter at Miles/LeHane’s Women’s Forum
Rating: 5 stars
Submitted By: Melanie Miles

The Lessons of Experience
by Morgan W. McCall, Jr.
How Successful Executives Develop On The Job
Guidelines to make the most of career opportunities and practical insights for developing executive talent.
Rating: 4 stars
Submitted By: Scott Miles