The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits
of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
by Dan Ariely
HarperCollins Publishers, June 2010

Author Dan Ariely shows the reader the surprising negative and positive effects irrationality can have on our lives. He focuses on our behaviors at work and in relationships, and offers new insights and eye-opening truths about what really motivates us on the job, how one unwise action can become a long-term habit, how we learn to love the ones we're with, and more.

Your Career Game: How Game Theory Can Help You Achieve Your Professional Goals
by Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles
Stanford University Press, 2010

Can game theory help your career? Two of the country's top experts on career strategy think so, and have written a book that shows how to use this rigorous discipline -“ usually associated with warfare, politics, and business strategy -“ to conquer the job market.

The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing and Start Living a Richer, Happier Llife
by Tal Ben-Shahar
McGraw-Hill, 2009

Ben-Shahar offers an optimal way of thinking about failure and success--and the very way we live. He provides exercises for self reflection, meditations, and "Time-Ins" to help you rediscover what you really want out of life.

Convince Them in 90 Seconds or Less: Make Instant Connections that Pay Off in Business and In Life
by Nicholas Boothman
Workman Publishing Company, May 2010

Learn how to use the tools that belong to all of us; face, body, attitude, and voice, to make a dazzling first impression, establish immediate rapport and trust, and master the people-to-people skills that will help you persuade others to embrace and act on your ideas.

Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results
by Thomas H. Davenport, Jeanne G. Harris, and Robert Morison
Harvard Business Press, 2010

In Analytics at Work, Davenport, Harris, and coauthor Robert Morison reveal how all managers can effectively deploy analytics in their day-to-day operations, one business decision at a time. Read how many types of analytical tools, from statistical analysis to qualitative measures like systematic behavior coding, can improve decisions about everything from what new product offering might interest customers to whether marketing dollars are being most effectively deployed.

The Pleaures and Sorrows of Work
by Alain de Botton
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2009

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully evoking what other people wake up to do each day and night -- to make the frenzied contemporary world function.

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere,
and Join the New Rich
by Timothy Ferriss
Crown Publishers, 2009

Forget the old concept of retirement and the rest of the deferred-life plan--there is no need to wait and every reason not to, especially in unpredictable economic times. Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, here is the blueprint.

Reboot Your Life: Energize Your Career
& Life by Taking a Break
Co-authored by Rita Foley, SEP '95
Beaufort Books, Incorporated, April 2011

When is the last time you took a real break? Whether you're disillusioned with your career, yearning to follow a dream, or taking time out after a layoff, now is a great time to step back and recharge. We call it rebooting your life. This book will show you how you can give yourself the best gift ever - the gift of time. Details

Rework
by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
and forward by Seth Godin, MBA '84
Crown Business, 2010

Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. You'll learn how to be more productive, how to get exposure without breaking the bank, and tons more counterintuitive ideas that will inspire and provoke you.

Linchpin : Are You Indispensable?
by Seth Godin, MBA '84
Penguin Group (USA), 2010

As Godin writes, "Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been bullied enough or frightened enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must."

The Daily Carrot Principle: 365 Ways to Enhance Your Career and Life
by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton
Free Press, 2010

Whether you are a business leader, team member, student, mom or dad, or anyone hoping to achieve more in your life, this book will be an inspiring and practical guide to unleashing your hidden potential and leading a richer life.

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
by Chip Heath
Crown Publishing Group, 2010

Humans possess two minds: an "analytical brain" that plans for the future and an "emotional brain" that falls in love with routines and familiarity. The dichotomy helps explain why change is so hard, says GSB Professor Chip Heath.

The Art of Choosing
by Sheena Iyengar
Twelve, 2010

Sheena Iyengar's award-winning research reveals how and why we choose: whether or not choice is innate or bound by culture, why we sometimes choose against our best interests, and how much control we really have over what we choose.

Successful Networking: How to Build New Networks for Career and Company Progression
by Francis Kay
Kogan Page, July 2010

Successful Networking is designed to remove the fear factor and encourage you to make the effort to "network for success.

Getting to 50:50 How Working Couples Can Have It
All by Sharing It All
by Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober
Random House Publishing, 2009

Here are real-world solutions for parents who want to get ahead in their careers and still get to their children's soccer games; strategies for working mothers facing gender bias in the workplace; advice to fathers new to the homefront; and tips for finding 50/50 solutions to deal with issues of money, time, and much more.

The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence
by Thomas J. Peters
HarperCollins Publishers, March 2010

In his latest book, business guru Peters combines observations he has gleaned from his travels, current news items, conversations, and followers of his blog in a compact guide that aims to help readers realize effective projects, customer contentment, employee engagement, and business profitability.

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
by Daniel H. Pink
Riverhead Books, 2009

Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does - and how that affects every aspect of life. He demonstrates that while carrots and sticks worked successfully in the twentieth century, that''s precisely the wrong way to motivate people for today's challenges. In Drive, he examines the three elements of true motivation - autonomy, mastery, and purpose - and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action.

Nudge, Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth,
and Happiness
by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
Penguin Group (USA), 2009

A groundbreaking discussion of how we can apply the new science of choice architecture to nudge people toward decisions that will improve their lives by making them healthier, wealthier, and more free.

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
by Eckhart Tolle
Penguin Group (USA), 2008

Building on his earlier book, "The Power of Now," Eckhart Tolle looks at the current state of humanity. He describes in detail how to move from our current ego-based state of consciousness to a new consciousness to learn who we truly are.

Multipliers : How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
by Liz Wiseman with Greg McKeown
HarperBusiness, June 2010

Drawing on interviews with more than 150 executives and on her own experience as a former executive at the Oracle Corporation and the former vice president of Oracle University, Weisman argues that executives fall into two distinct leadership categories: Multipliers and Diminishers.