For the traditionalist, a café is not a café without a collection of books. We have curated some of our favorites, from career and leadership to personal growth and life coaching. We refresh the collection regularly, so stop back from time to time.
And if there is a book that has made a difference for you, let us know. We would love to share it with the Café community.
Career Resources
Networking
- How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie - More Info
- Networking is a Contact Sport: How Staying Connected and Serving Others Will Help You Grow Your Business, Expand Your Influence -- or Even Land Your Next Job by Joe Sweeney with Mike Yorkey - More Info
- Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi - More Info
Personal Growth
- Emotional Intelligence in Action: Training and Coaching Activities for Leaders, Managers, and Teams by Marcia Hughes & James Bradford Terrell - More Info
- Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman - More Info
- On Coaching with The Birkman Method by Robert T. De Filippis - More Info
- StrengthsFinder 2.0: Discover Your CliftonStrengths by Tom Rath - More Info
- The Birkman Method: Your Personality at Work by Sharon Birkman Fink & Stephanie Capparell - More Info
- The Emotionally Intelligent Team: Understanding and Developing the Behaviors of Success by Marcia Hughes & James Bradford Terrell - More Info
Second Half Careers
- Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life by Marc Freedman - More Info
- Moving from Success to Significance by Bob Buford - More Info
- Purposeful Retirement: How to Bring Happiness and Meaning to Your Retirement (Volunteer Work, Retirement Planning, Retirement Gift) by Hyrum Smith & Stephen M.R. Covey - More Info
- Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life by Marc Miller & Susan Lahey - More Info
Management & Leadership
- It's the Manager: Moving From Boss to Coach by Jim Clifton & Jim Harter - More Info
- Reclaiming Higher Ground: Creating Organizations that Inspire the Soul by Lance Secretan - More Info
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by John C. Maxwell - More Info
- The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business by Patrick M. Lencioni - More Info
- The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner - More Info
- The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch:Inspire Self. Inspire Others. Inspire the World by Lance Secretan - More Info
Future of Business & Work
- Alive at Work: The Neuroscience of Helping Your People Love What They Do by Daniel M. Cable - More Info
- Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey & Rajendra Sisodia - More Info
- Conscious Capitalism Field Guide: Tools for Transforming Your Organization by Raj Sisodia, Timothy Henry & Thomas Eckschmidt - More Info
- Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business by John Mackey, Steve Mcintosh & Carter Phipps - More Info
- Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose by Rajendra Sisodia, Jagdish Sheth & David Wolfe - More Info
- The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5 by Taylor Pearson - More Info
- Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman - More Info
- Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead by Laszlo Bock - More Info