Recommended Books
The ATHR Team has a few great books on their reading list. We thought we’d share.
We’d also love to hear what you’re reading. Reach out and let us know!
50 Top Tools for Coaching: A Complete Toolkit for Developing and Empowering People
by Gillian Jones / Ro Gorell
Auditing Your Human Resources Department: A Step-by-Step Guide to Assessing the Key Areas of Your Program
by John H. McConnell
Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company
by James Collins / William Lazier
Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work: Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT
by Paul Marciano
Catalytic Coaching: The End of the Performance Review
by Garold Markle
Common Sense Talent Management: Using Strategic Human Resources to Improve Company Performance
by Steven Hunt
Communication Skills for Managers
by Janis Fisher
Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior
by Kerry Patterson / Joseph Grenny / Ron McMillan / Al Switzler
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
by Kerry Patterson / Joseph Grenny / Ron McMillan / Al Switzler
Disney U: How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, and Customer-Centric Employees
by Doug Lipp
Employee Engagement 2.0: How to Motivate Your Team for High Performance (A Real-World Guide for Busy Managers)
by Kevin Kruse
Fierce Conversations
by Susan Scott
First, Break All The Rules: What the Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently
by Jim Harter
Good Leaders Ask Great Questions
by John C Maxwell
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… And Others Don’t
by Jim Collins
Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck–Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
by Jim Collins / Morten Hansen
Handbook for Strategic HR: Best Practices in Organization Development from the OD Network
by OD Network / John Vogelsang PhD
HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Leadership
by Harvard Business Review
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… And Others Don’t
by Jim Collins
How Performance Management is Killing Performance–And What to do About It
by M. Tamara Chandler
How the Best Leaders Lead
by Brain Tracy
How to Measure Human Resource Management (3rd Edition)
by Jac Fitz-enz / Barbara Davison
HR Analytics Handbook
by Laurie Bassi
HR Metrics The World Class Way
by John Sullivan
HR Metrics ToolKit – 2009
by HR Performance, Inc
HR Transformation: Building Human Resources From the Outside In (Business Skills and Development)
by Dave Ulrich / Justin Allen / Wayne Brockbank / Jon Younger / Mark Nyman
Investing in What Matters
by Scott Mondore / Shane Douthitt
It’s the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken, and clear
by Carol A. Fleming
Lean HR
by Dwane Lay
Lean In
by Sheryl Sandberg
Magic Numbers for Human Resource Management: Basic Measures to Achieve Better Results
by Hugh Bucknall / Zheng Wei
MAGIC: Five Keys to Unlock the Power of Employee Engagement
by Tracy Maylett / Paul Warner
Managing The Professional Service Firm
by David Maister
Mastering Communication at Work: How to Lead, Manage, and Influence (Business Books)
by Ethan F. Becker, Jon Wortmann
Mastering Professional Services
by Thomas Lah
Metrics You Can Manage for Success
by Lynn Hunsaker
Our Iceberg is Melting
by John Kotter
Outliers
by Malcom Gladwell
People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts
by Robert Bolton
PHR / SPHR Practice Test – 2012 Edition: 225-Question Practice Test
by Aaron Frias
PHR / SPHR Practice Test: Presented by PHRPrep.com
by Frias SPHR, Aaron
PHR / SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide
by Sandra Reed / Anne Bogardus
PHR / SPHR Professional in Human Resources Total Test Prep
by Sandra Reed / Anne Bogardus
PHR Certification Study Guide 2014-2015: Test Prep for the PHR/SPHRProfessional in Human Resources Certification Exam
by PHR SPHR Team
PHR Exam Practice Questions: PHR Practice Tests & Review for the Professional in Human Resources Certification Exams
by PHR Exam Secrets Test Prep Team
PHR Exam Secrets Study Guide: PHR Test Review for the Professional In Human Resources Certification Exam
by PHR Exam Secrets Test Prep Team
Professional Services Marketing: How the Best Firms Build Premier Brands, Thriving Lead Generation Engines, and Cultures of Business Development Success
by Mike Schultz / John Doerr
Release Your Brilliance: The 4 Steps to Transforming Your Life and Revealing Your Genius to the World
by Simon T. Bailey
Results: How to Assess Performance, Learning, & Perceptions in Organizations (A Publication in the Berrett-Koehler Organizational Performance Series)
by Richard A. Swanson / Elwood F. Holton III
SPHR Exam Flashcard Study System: SPHR Test Practice Questions & Review for the Senior Professional in Human Resources Certification Exam (Cards)
by SPHR Exam Secrets Test Prep Team
SPHR Exam Prep: Senior Professional in Human Resources (2nd Edition)
by Larry Phillips
Strategic Management: Concepts
by Frank Rothaermel
The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Recognize the Subtle Signs and Act Before It’s Too Late
by Leigh Branham
The ACE Advantage
by Dr. William Schiemann
The Art of Managing Professional Services: Insights from Leaders of the World’s Top Firms
by Maureen Broderick
The Art of War for Managers
by Gerald A. Michaelson
The Balanced Scorecard
by Robert S. Kaplan / David P. Norton
The Chief HR Officer: Defining the New Role of Human Resource Leaders
by Patrick M. Wright / John W. Boudreau / David Pace / Libby Sartain / Paul McKinnon / Richard Antoine
The Effective Manager
by Mark Horstman
The Elements of Great Managing
by Jim Harter / Rodd Wagner
The End of the Performance Review: A New Approach to Appraising Employee Performance
by T. Baker
The Essential HR Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Any Manager or HR Professional
by Sharon Armstrong / Barbara Mitchell
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
by Patrick Lencioni
The HR Scorecard: Linking People, Strategy, and Performance
by Dave Ulrich / Mark Huselid / Brian Becker
The HR Toolkit: An Indispensable Resource for Being a Credible Activist (Business Skills and Development)
by Denise Romano
The HR Value Proposition
by David Ulrich / Wayne Brocknank
The Leader’s Pocket Guide: 101 Indispensable Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Any Situation
by John Baldoni
The New HR Analytics: Predicting the Economic Value of Your Company’s Human Capital Investments
by Dr. Jac Fitz-enz
The Official PHR / SPHR Certification Guide
by Raymond B Weinberg SPHR CCP
The Oz Principle: Getting Results Through Individual and Organizational Accountability
by Roger Connors / Tom Smith / Craig Hickman
The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership
by James Hunter
The Strategy Focused Organization
by Robert S. Kaplan / David P. Norton
The Workforce Scorecard: Managing Human Capital to Execute Strategy
by Mark A. Huselid / Brian E. Becker / Richard Beatty
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
by Marsall Goldsmith
Why Managing Sucks and How to Fix It
by Cali Ressler / Jody Thompson
Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It
by Cali Ressler / Jody Thompson