Further reading
In this section there is a list of books and other materials that are support effective Career Management. Clicking on a book title will link you to a website that will give you more information the topic and each author's expertise. Some sites include exercises to complete that can help you develop greater self-awareness and advice on how to improve your career and life management. All books referenced in this section have been used by Action Focus in our Career Management programs.
One of a series of books by a leading career counsellor, Barbara Sher. This book helps you to explore what is holding you back from achieving career and life goals.
A practical book crammed with loads of job hunting advice and exercises to help job hunters find a rewarding role. It also includes advice on how to find a good Career Coach. Published annually since 1970 alongside guides to help specific types of job searchers such as: teenagers; retireees and those with disabilities.
This book is a handy guide on how to read body language to understand other's thoughts by their gestures. It is useful for interview preparation and managing relationships too.
Understanding how other's may think differently yourself can help relationship building. This book explores the differences between the sexes based on research about left and right brain differences. Highly practical and entertaining reading.
A useful guide to understanding how you contribute to successful relationships through your own level of self awareness. A really important subject to explore for any leader or someone coping with change.
Martin Seligman is a leading expert on Positive Psychology - how to get the most out of life through understanding what makes you satisfied. This book, crammed with loads of simple exercises, helps the reader identify what makes them happy. It explores key strengths and then develops strategies on how to capitalise on these skills and attributes and develop rewarding career opportunities. There are extra exercises on the website and useful articles to help you understand your key strengths.
This book and assessment tool is based on Gallup's 40 year research on human strengths. Tom Rath is a Research and Leadership Consultant who has developed this reference book and assessment tool to help individuals understand their key strengths and includes strategies on how to capitalise on these talents. It is a very helpful and simple to understand book that includes a link to an assessment and member based website to identify your key strengths.
Based on Eckhart Tolle's personal experiences and counselling expertise, this book is for people who are stuck in limbo and fixated on the fears of the future. It helps you get out of worry mode into action mode and create the future that you want.
Dr Susan Jeffers has developed techniques on how to overcome fears that stop us from achieving our goals based on her research and practical workshops on the power of controlling fear. She has written several books on similar subjects and this book is now in it's 20th edition.
A really helpful guide to settling into a new role, managing expectations of yourself and others and getting some wins on the board too. Michael Watkins, a leadership guru, has also published leadership books as well as a guide help manage the first 90 days in a public sector role.
A best seller listing that has a very practical guide to help to reader deal with difficult conversation that they might otherwise avoid. These conversations often start with yourself too! Susan Scott has a wealth of experience in guiding leaders through their fierce conversations.
Does you life feel in a mess? Are you avoiding dealing with jobs such as tax returns, housework or storing vast amounts of reading material that you never look at? This book is for you! It draws on Karen Kingston's space clearing expertise and she explains why you are keeping the clutter to describing how to clear it effectively. The book has been in print since 1998 and now in 10 languages. Available in paperback and e-book versions.
A technique to collecting your thoughts and remember important information using memory techniques. Very useful when preparing for interviews. Tony Buzan invented this methodology in the 1970's and is an expert on memory and speed reading.
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If you are interested in understanding the power of networking and the science behind the 'six degrees of separation', this is a must read! The book is written by an expert in the science of social networks and the extensive applications for 21st century living.