If you’re looking for HR Book Reviews, this is the place. I take the time to read a lot of books that are valuable tools for HR professionals and business leaders, and I write up my comments on what I found valuable as an “in the trenches” HR pro. These are some of the best “HR” books to read, not because they are all about human resources, but because they help us be better business leaders as well. Here’s a little motivation to get you inspired:

“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have
small libraries and big TVs.” Zig Ziglar 

Start Here

• How to Read a Book Per Week
• How to Set Up a Corporate Library
• How to Set up a Company Book Club (alternative reading program)
• In case you are looking for an e-reader for your reading fun…
• How to Set Up a HR and Management Book Club
• How to Create A Leadership Reading List

Leadership/Management-HR Book Reviews

• Why Managing Sucks by Jody Thompson and Cali Ressler (Get it on Amazon)
• The Titleless Leader by Nan Russell (Get it on Amazon)
• The Orange Revolution by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton (Get it on Amazon)
• All In-Building a Culture of Belief by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton (Get it on Amazon)
• Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet (Get it on Amazon)
• Handling Disrespect at Work by Paul Meshanko (Get it on Amazon)
• The Levity Effect by Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher (Get it on Amazon)
• Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work by Paul Marciano (Get it on Amazon)
• A Leader’s Heart Devotional by John Maxwell (Get it on Amazon)
• Be Bodacious-Put Life in Your Leadership by Steven Wood (Get it on Amazon)
• The Pursuit of Something Better by Myra Kruger and Dave Esler (Get it on Amazon)
• AMA Business Boot Camp by Edward Reilly (Get it on Amazon)
• The Secret of Teams by Mark Miller (Get it on Amazon)
• How High Will You Climb by John Maxwell (Get it on Amazon)

Employee Relations-HR Book Reviews

• Got a Minute? 9 Lessons for HR Professionals by Dale Dwyer and Sherri Caldwell (Get it on Amazon)
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (Get it on Amazon)

Talent-HR Book Reviews

• The Talent Mandate: Why Smart Companies Put People First by Andrew Benett (Get it on Amazon)
• Talent Leadership by John Mattone (Get it on Amazon)
• 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave by Leigh Branham (Get it on Amazon)
• Field Tested-Recruiting, Managing, and Retaining Veterans by Emily King (Get it on Amazon)
• 101 Strategies for Recruiting Success by Christopher Pritchard (Get it on Amazon)
• Everybody’s Business by Marta Wilson (Get it on Amazon)

Miscellaneous HR Book Reviews

• Tweak It by Cali Williams Yost (Get it on Amazon)
• Seeing the Big Picture by Kevin Cope (Get it on Amazon)
• Wisdom Meets Passion by Dan Miller and Jared Angaza (Get it on Amazon)
• Perform Like a Rock Star by Orna Drawas (Get it on Amazon)
• The 1% Solution for Work and Life by Tom Connellan (Get it on Amazon)
• Jolt! by Phil Cooke (Get it on Amazon)
• Change Your Life Not Your Wife by Tony Ferretti and Peter Weiss (Get it on Amazon)
• The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt (Get it on Amazon)
• The Customer Rules by Lee Cockerell (Get it on Amazon) 
• Global HR Competencies by Dave Ulrich (Get it on Amazon)

As I do more HR book reviews I will post the links to this page. Enjoy!

Book Review Policy

 

Authors & Publishers – If you would like to send me a book to review, please email me with a synopsis of the book. Please note that I only respond to pitches that I choose to accept.

My Preferred Genres: HR, recruiting, business, leadership, management, marketing, entrepreneurship, and others that an audience of business leaders would find valuable.

Although I own an eReader and a smartphone, I prefer to read nonfiction books in hard copy to make notes, highlight important sections, add sticky notes to remind me of ideas that I particularly enjoyed. In the end, that makes for more valuable reviews than if I’d skimmed it in a Kindle and slapped something together.

By accepting a review copy of a book, I can not guarantee that I'll finish it or that I'll review it; I can guarantee that I will try to do both. If I do finish the book, I'll review it honestly on this site.

I do my best to read and review books in a timely manner. However, due to time constraints and other fluid commitments, I can’t always get a review done on a very short timeline. If that is an issue then you might not want to send me one. :-)

Disclosure

The majority of the books I review are given to me as advance review copies by publishers and authors. Others are purchased by me because I believe in the power of books to educate and enlighten. I don’t give positive reviews in exchange for free books–I give positive reviews for books that challenge me to think or act.

Want to contact me about reviewing a book? Click here to email me and I will send you my mailing address. Thanks!