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Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide

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The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know

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Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life

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Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader’s Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You

Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them

Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

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The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age

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Coaching with Heart: Taoist Wisdom to Inspire, Empower, and Lead in Sports & Life

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Win the Day: Building and Sustain a Championship Culture

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The Big Nine: How The Tech Titans & Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity

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Leadership: The Warrior’s Art

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Winning Now, Winning Later: How Companies Can Succeed in the Short Term While Investing for the Long Term

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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

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Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization

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Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking Into Breakthrough Growth

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Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything

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Influence PEOPLE: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical

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The Renaissance Campaign: A Problem-Solving Formula for Your Biggest Challenges

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Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk

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You — According to Them: Uncovering the blind spots that impact your reputation and your career

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Leadership Unchained: Defy Conventional Wisdom for Breakthrough Performance

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Man’s Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust

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No Time for Spectators: The Lessons that Mattered Most from West Point to the West Wing

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All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Master the Most Important Skill for Success

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The Infinite Game

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Creating the Good Life: Applying Aristotle’s Wisdom to Find Meaning and Happiness

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It’s Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

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How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath & Donald Clifton

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Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow

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The Gift of Struggle: Life-Changing Lessons About Leading

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How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results

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How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results

Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell

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Plato’s Lemonade Stand: Stirring Change into Something Great

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Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best… and Learn from the Worst

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