Titles Recommended by Real Careers Alumni – Listed by Author

A

• Allcott, Graham – How to be a Productivity Ninja: Worry Less, Achieve More, and Love What You Do

B

• Baker, Heather – Speed Writing Skills Training Course: Speedwriting for Faster Note Taking, Writing and Dictation, an Alternative to Shorthand to Help You Take Notes
• Barron-Stubley, Susie – Create a Business-Busting Partnership with your Assistant
• Birkinshaw, Julian – Becoming A Better Boss: Why Good Management is So Difficult
• Bridges, William – Managing Transitions – Making the Most of Change
• Buckingham, Marcus – assorted titles: Now, Discover Your Strengths; First, Break All the Rules; Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently, Standout 2.0, etc.

C

• Caan, James – How to Get the Job You Really Want
• Carnegie, Dale – How to Win Friends and Influence People, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, How to Develop Self Confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking
• Covey, Stephen – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and  The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

D

• Dix, Ann – Teeline Fast
• Duncan, Melba – The New Executive Assistant: Advice for Succeeding in Your Career

E

• Egan, Marsha – Inbox Detox
• Everett, Lesley – Walking Tall: Key Steps to Total Image Impact

F

• France, Sue – The Definitive Executive Assistant and Managerial Handbook: A Professional Guide to Leadership for all PAs, Senior Secretaries, Office Managers and Executive Assistants and The Definitive Personal Assistant & Secretarial Handbook; 3rd edition
• Frankel, Lois P. – Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers
• Freeman, Fraze, Burge – Who Took My Pen … Again?

G

• Gambi, Jo – Seven Summits, aka Holding On: A Story of Love and Survival
• Garry, Angela – Brave PAs: The ultimate guide to being outstanding in a tough job
• Gonthier, Giovinella –Rude Awakenings: Overcoming the Civility Crisis in the Workplace

H

• Hamel, Gary – The Future of Management
• Harris, Cathy – Mobi-Jane: Self-Development and Innovation

I

J

•  Johnson, Spencer – Who Moved My Cheese?

K

• Kellar, Gary and Papasan, Jay – The ONE Thing

L

• la Grange, Zelda – Good Morning, Mr. Mandela
• Low-Kramen, Bonnie – Be the Ultimate Assistant – a celebrity assistant’s secrets to working with any high-powered employer
• Lowndes, Leil – How to Talk to Anyone

M

• Martin, Anel – Building a Powerful PA Brand – coming in November 2015
• Maxwell, John – The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player; Becoming a Person of Influence

N, O

P

• Patterson, Kerry; Grenny, Joseph; McMillan, Ron – Crucial Conversations – Tools For Talking When Stakes Are High
• Perrine, Julie – The Innovative Admin

Q, R

S

• Sandberg, Sheryl  – Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Succeed
• Schwartz, Laura – Eat, Drink and Succeed – Climb Your Way to the Top Using the Networking Power of Social Events
• Seeley, Monica – Brilliant Email – How to Win Back Time and Increase Your Productivity
• Sokol Evans, Vicki –100 Tips using Windows 8.1 & Office 2013

T , U

• Tracy, Brian – Eat That Frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time 

V

• Vallely, Vanessa – Heels of Steel: Surviving & Thriving in the Corporate World
• Vasquez, Peggy – Not, “Just An Admin!”

W

• Wheatley, Margaret – Leadership and the New Science

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