Good Reads
The Good Reads Collection is the blog category for books and other written works that inspire us and make us smarter. The Good Search CEO Krista Bradford offers up our favorite books, articles, and research. Some of the books may be about leadership, work, and executive search. Others may be about technology or have nothing whatsoever to do with business.
Of course, we welcome your comments and suggestions of other books to include in Good Reads.
Recruit A Players | Steve Jobs Quote
Recruit A-Players | Steve Jobs Quote When you recruit A-Players and you are channelling a key talent acquisition strategy of Apple founder Steve Jobs. There's a vast difference between talent that is simply qualified and exceptional. Jobs understood that, which is why...
Laszlo Bock | Work Rules Book and Video
Work Rules! (And So Does Laszlo Bock) Author of the book Work Rules, Laszlo Bock is the innovative, data-driven human resources director who helped transform Google's workforce and culture. He worked there for a decade. He has stepped down to found Humu, a machine...
Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers In his book Outliers, Author Malcolm Gladwell asks: What makes high-achievers different? He answers that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from. We don't pay enough attention to their...
Cybersecurity Classic The Art of Deception
Cybersecurity Classic The Art of Deception The Art of Deception is a brilliant cybersecurity book written by legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick. In stunning detail, he shares how social engineering works -- how he and other hackers con people into giving up passwords,...
The Soul of Leadership: Unlocking Your Potential for Greatness
The Soul of Leadership The Soul of Leadership is a dimension worth cultivating in one's career. Mindfulness is playing an increasing role in all areas of our lives. It repeatedly yields positive results. So it stands to reason that honoring the spiritual side of our...
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Power of Habit The power of habit is a power you can harness. So, before you decide to eliminate or add a new habit, check out this book by Pulitzer Prize-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg. He details what science now knows about why habits exist and how...
Webinar on Smarter Executive Recruiting
Smarter Executive Recruiting The Good Search webinar on smarter executive recruiting is about reaching beyond the same old executive recruiting resources for a competitive advantage. If you head the executive search function for an internal executive recruiting team...
How to Take Executive Search to The Next Level
Executive Search Author Scott Eblin's book The Next Level offers insights that can be applied to improve executive search. Scott observes that in order to progress, we must acquire new behavior and habits as we let go of old ones. Scott explains, "The whole premise...