Are you looking for the perfect gift for a friend, family member or colleague? We’ve identified several top books on leadership and also some exceptional trending books on recruiting. Reading books like these can give better insight into how a person can plan, lead and flourish in the coming 2016 year.
Books on Leadership
From the New York Times Business Best-Seller list, here’s a few that we believe can translate to any department in corporate America, including the ever-challenging human resource department. Here’s of the top books and why we like them.
Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain, By Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Book Insights: Forget what you ever learned in business and possible in life. Levitt and Dubner break the mold with their uniquely freakish way of thinking. Somethings you may have never heard such as, “Learn to appreciate the upside of quitting—because you can’t solve tomorrow’s problem if you aren’t willing to abandon today’s dud.” Others you may have considered like “Learn to say “I don’t know”—for until you can admit what you don’t yet know, it’s virtually impossible to learn what you need to.” Whatever the advice, we can promise you this book will help you take a vastly different approach to your business and decision-making. And sometimes, that’s just what a business needs to jump-start their year.
Outliers: The Story of Success Paperback – June 7, 2011, by Malcolm Gladwell (Author)
Book Insights: Want to learn more about what makes an overachiever achieve so much? This book explores beyond what the achievers accomplishments and even what drives them. Outliers’ author discovers what’s unique about an over achiever comes from “their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing.” If you’re looking to target these types of individuals for your hiring initiatives, this book will help you better understand them.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Paperback – January 7, 2014, by Charles Duhigg (Author)
Book Insight: Are you struggling to create good habits and break old, bad ones? This book, penned by Pulitzer Prize–winning business reporter Charles Duhigg, delves into the science of how habits work and how you can break, create and maintain positive ones to help improve your life and business.
The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy Hardcover – October 27, 2015
Book Overview: Lewis Howes created framework for personal development, The School of Greatness gives you the tools, knowledge, and actionable resources you need to reach your potential. Howes anchors each chapter with a specific lesson he culled from his greatness “professors” and his own experiences to teach you how to create a vision, develop hustle, and use dedication, mindfulness, joy, and love to reach goals. His lessons and practical exercises prove that anyone is capable of achieving success and that we can all strive for greatness in our everyday lives.
Recruiting Books Worth the Read
If you’re looking to catch up on some reading this holiday break and just searching for the perfect gift, there are tons of excellent choices on recruiting. Within the last few years, we’ve cataloged many books that we feel hit the mark for the recruiting industry. Below are some of trending favorites that are deemed a “must read.”
Rework: Change The Way You Work Forever,
By Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
The Rare Find: How Great Talent Stands Out,
By George Ander
Hiring for Attitude: A Revolutionary Approach to Recruiting and Selecting People with Both Tremendous Skills and Superb Attitude Hardcover – December 2, 201,
by Mark Murphy (Author)
How to Spot a Liar, Revised Edition: Why People Don’t Tell the Truth…and How You Can Catch Them,
by Gregory Hartley (Author), Maryann Karinch (Author)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR, Ingrid Moore
Ingrid Moore is the Founder and CEO of Corporate Resources of Illinois, an employment & staffing agency withover 20+years’ experience located in Schaumburg, IL. Ingrid and her team assist employers with finding the right hire for their business. For more info, follow us on our LinkedIn Company Page, or follow us Corporate Resources of Illinois‘s Google+ page.
